Bill Text: MN HF1538 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Contribution and expenditure limits modified.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-28 - Second reading [HF1538 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF1538-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to campaign finance; modifying certain contribution and expenditure
1.3limits;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 10A.25, subdivision 2;
1.410A.27, subdivisions 1, 11.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 10A.25, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Amounts. (a) In a year in which an election is held for an office sought by
1.8a candidate, the principal campaign committee of the candidate must not make campaign
1.9expenditures nor permit approved expenditures to be made on behalf of the candidate that
1.10result in aggregate expenditures in excess of the following:
1.11(1) for governor and lieutenant governor, running together, $2,577,200;
1.12(2) for attorney general, secretary of state, and state auditor, separately,$429,600
1.13$1,000,000;
1.14(3) for secretary of state and state auditor, separately, $214,800;
1.15(4) (3) for state senator, $64,500 $70,000;
1.16(5) (4) for state representative, $32,500 $35,000.
1.17(b) In addition to the amount in paragraph (a), clause (1), a candidate for
1.18endorsement for the office of lieutenant governor at the convention of a political party
1.19may make campaign expenditures and approved expenditures of five percent of that
1.20amount to seek endorsement.
1.21(c) If a special election cycle occurs during a general election cycle, expenditures by
1.22or on behalf of a candidate in the special election do not count as expenditures by or on
1.23behalf of the candidate in the general election.
2.1(d) The expenditure limits in this subdivision for an office are increased by ten
2.2percent for a candidate who is running for that office for the first time and who has not run
2.3previously for any other office whose territory now includes a population that is more than
2.4one-third of the population in the territory of the new office.
2.5EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.This section is effective January 1,
2.62012. The expenditure limits in this section shall be the limits in place for elections held
2.7in 2012. These limits must be adjusted by the consumer price index as required by section
2.810A.255, beginning in 2014 and thereafter.
2.9 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 10A.27, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.10 Subdivision 1. Contribution limits. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 2,
2.11a candidate must not permit the candidate's principal campaign committee to accept
2.12aggregate contributions made or delivered by any individual, political committee, or
2.13political fund in excess of the following:
2.14(1) to candidates for governor and lieutenant governor running together, attorney
2.15general, secretary of state, or state auditor, $2,000 in an election year for the office sought
2.16and $500 in other years;
2.17(2) to a candidate for attorney general, secretary of state, or state auditor, $1,000 in
2.18an election year for the office sought and $200 in other years;
2.19(3) (2) to a candidate for state senator, $500 in an election year for the office sought
2.20and$100 $250 in other years;
2.21(4) (3) to a candidate for state representative, $500 in an election year for the office
2.22sought and$100 $250 in the other year; and
2.23(5) (4) to a candidate for judicial office, $2,000 in an election year for the office
2.24sought and $500 in other years.
2.25(b) The following deliveries are not subject to the bundling limitation in this
2.26subdivision:
2.27(1) delivery of contributions collected by a member of the candidate's principal
2.28campaign committee, such as a block worker or a volunteer who hosts a fund-raising
2.29event, to the committee's treasurer; and
2.30(2) a delivery made by an individual on behalf of the individual's spouse.
2.31(c) A lobbyist, political committee, political party unit, or political fund must not
2.32make a contribution a candidate is prohibited from accepting.
2.33EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
2.34and applies to contributions received on or after that date.
3.1 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 10A.27, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
3.2 Subd. 11. Contributions from certain types of contributors. A candidate must
3.3not permit the candidate's principal campaign committee to accept a contribution from a
3.4political committee, political fund, lobbyist, or large contributor, if the contribution will
3.5cause the aggregate contributions from those types of contributors to exceed an amount
3.6equal to 20 percent of the expenditure limits for the office sought by the candidate,
3.7provided that the 20 percent limit must be rounded to the nearest $100. For purposes of
3.8this subdivision, "large contributor" means an individual, other than the candidate, who
3.9contributes an amount that is more than$100 $250 and more than one-half the amount an
3.10individual may contribute.
3.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
3.12and applies to contributions received on or after that date.
1.3limits;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 10A.25, subdivision 2;
1.410A.27, subdivisions 1, 11.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 10A.25, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Amounts. (a) In a year in which an election is held for an office sought by
1.8a candidate, the principal campaign committee of the candidate must not make campaign
1.9expenditures nor permit approved expenditures to be made on behalf of the candidate that
1.10result in aggregate expenditures in excess of the following:
1.11(1) for governor and lieutenant governor, running together, $2,577,200;
1.12(2) for attorney general, secretary of state, and state auditor, separately,
1.13$1,000,000;
1.14
1.15
1.16
1.17(b) In addition to the amount in paragraph (a), clause (1), a candidate for
1.18endorsement for the office of lieutenant governor at the convention of a political party
1.19may make campaign expenditures and approved expenditures of five percent of that
1.20amount to seek endorsement.
1.21(c) If a special election cycle occurs during a general election cycle, expenditures by
1.22or on behalf of a candidate in the special election do not count as expenditures by or on
1.23behalf of the candidate in the general election.
2.1(d) The expenditure limits in this subdivision for an office are increased by ten
2.2percent for a candidate who is running for that office for the first time and who has not run
2.3previously for any other office whose territory now includes a population that is more than
2.4one-third of the population in the territory of the new office.
2.5EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.This section is effective January 1,
2.62012. The expenditure limits in this section shall be the limits in place for elections held
2.7in 2012. These limits must be adjusted by the consumer price index as required by section
2.810A.255, beginning in 2014 and thereafter.
2.9 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 10A.27, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.10 Subdivision 1. Contribution limits. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 2,
2.11a candidate must not permit the candidate's principal campaign committee to accept
2.12aggregate contributions made or delivered by any individual, political committee, or
2.13political fund in excess of the following:
2.14(1) to candidates for governor and lieutenant governor running together, attorney
2.15general, secretary of state, or state auditor, $2,000 in an election year for the office sought
2.16and $500 in other years;
2.17
2.18
2.19
2.20and
2.21
2.22sought and
2.23
2.24sought and $500 in other years.
2.25(b) The following deliveries are not subject to the bundling limitation in this
2.26subdivision:
2.27(1) delivery of contributions collected by a member of the candidate's principal
2.28campaign committee, such as a block worker or a volunteer who hosts a fund-raising
2.29event, to the committee's treasurer; and
2.30(2) a delivery made by an individual on behalf of the individual's spouse.
2.31(c) A lobbyist, political committee, political party unit, or political fund must not
2.32make a contribution a candidate is prohibited from accepting.
2.33EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
2.34and applies to contributions received on or after that date.
3.1 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 10A.27, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
3.2 Subd. 11. Contributions from certain types of contributors. A candidate must
3.3not permit the candidate's principal campaign committee to accept a contribution from a
3.4political committee, political fund, lobbyist, or large contributor, if the contribution will
3.5cause the aggregate contributions from those types of contributors to exceed an amount
3.6equal to 20 percent of the expenditure limits for the office sought by the candidate,
3.7provided that the 20 percent limit must be rounded to the nearest $100. For purposes of
3.8this subdivision, "large contributor" means an individual, other than the candidate, who
3.9contributes an amount that is more than
3.10individual may contribute.
3.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
3.12and applies to contributions received on or after that date.
