10A.257 CARRYFORWARD.
Subdivision 1.
Unused funds. After all campaign expenditures and noncampaign
disbursements for an election cycle have been made, an amount up to 50 percent of the election
year expenditure limit for the office may be carried forward. Any remaining amount up to the
total amount of the public subsidy from the state elections campaign fund must be returned to
the state treasury for credit to the general fund under section
10A.324. Any remaining amount in
excess of the total public subsidy must be contributed to the state elections campaign fund or a
political party for multicandidate expenditures as defined in section
10A.275.
Subd. 2.
Unused postage and credit balances carried forward. Postage that is purchased
but not used during an election cycle and credit balances at vendors that exceed a combined total
of $500 must be carried forward and counted as expenditures during the election cycle during
which they are used.
History: 1974 c 470 s 25; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 307 s 21-23; 1978 c 463 s 67-74; 1986 c
444; 1987 c 214 s 5,6; 1988 c 686 art 1 s 41; 1988 c 707 s 2; 1990 c 608 art 3 s 11-15; 1991 c
349 s 13-15; 1993 c 318 art 2 s 20-25; 1996 c 459 s 2; 1999 c 220 s 30,50