Bill Text: MN HF2567 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Noncampaign disbursement definition modified.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-10 - Second reading [HF2567 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2567-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to campaign finance; modifying the definition of noncampaign
1.3disbursement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.01, subdivision
1.426.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.01, subdivision 26, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 26. Noncampaign disbursement. "Noncampaign disbursement" means
1.8a purchase or payment of money or anything of value made, or an advance of credit
1.9incurred, or a donation in kind received, by a principal campaign committee for any of
1.10the following purposes:
1.11 (1) payment for accounting and legal services;
1.12 (2) return of a contribution to the source;
1.13 (3) repayment of a loan made to the principal campaign committee by that committee;
1.14 (4) return of a public subsidy;
1.15 (5) payment for food, beverages, and necessary utensils and supplies, entertainment,
1.16and facility rental for a fund-raising event;
1.17 (6) services for a constituent by a member of the legislature or a constitutional officer
1.18in the executive branch, including the costs of preparing and distributing a suggestion or
1.19idea solicitation to constituents, performed from the beginning of the term of office to
1.20adjournment sine die of the legislature in the election year for the office held, and half
1.21the cost of services for a constituent by a member of the legislature or a constitutional
1.22officer in the executive branch performed from adjournment sine die to 60 days after
1.23adjournment sine die;
2.1 (7) payment for food and beverages consumed by a candidate or volunteers while
2.2they are engaged in campaign activities;
2.3 (8) payment for food or a beverage consumed while attending a reception or meeting
2.4directly related to legislative duties;
2.5 (9) payment of expenses incurred by elected or appointed leaders of a legislative
2.6caucus in carrying out their leadership responsibilities;
2.7 (10) payment by a principal campaign committee of the candidate's expenses for
2.8serving in public office, other than for personal uses;
2.9 (11) costs of child care for the candidate's children when campaigning;
2.10 (12) fees paid to attend a campaign school;
2.11 (13) costs of a postelection party during the election year when a candidate's name
2.12will no longer appear on a ballot or the general election is concluded, whichever occurs first;
2.13 (14) interest on loans paid by a principal campaign committee on outstanding loans;
2.14 (15) filing fees;
2.15 (16) post-general election holiday or seasonal cards, thank-you notes, or
2.16advertisements in the news media mailed or published prior to the end of the election cycle;
2.17 (17) the cost of campaign material purchased to replace defective campaign material,
2.18if the defective material is destroyed without being used;
2.19 (18) contributions to a party unit;
2.20 (19) payments for funeral gifts or memorials;
2.21 (20) the cost of a magnet less than six inches in diameter containing legislator
2.22contact information and distributed to constituents;
2.23 (21) costs associated with a candidate attending a political party state or national
2.24convention in this state;
2.25 (22) other purchases or payments specified in board rules or advisory opinions as
2.26being for any purpose other than to influence the nomination or election of a candidate or
2.27to promote or defeat a ballot question; and
2.28(23) costs paid to a third party for processing contributions made by a credit card,
2.29debit card, or electronic check.
2.30 The board must determine whether an activity involves a noncampaign disbursement
2.31within the meaning of this subdivision.
2.32 A noncampaign disbursement is considered to be made in the year in which the
2.33candidate made the purchase of goods or services or incurred an obligation to pay for
2.34goods or services.
1.3disbursement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.01, subdivision
1.426.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.01, subdivision 26, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 26. Noncampaign disbursement. "Noncampaign disbursement" means
1.8a purchase or payment of money or anything of value made, or an advance of credit
1.9incurred, or a donation in kind received, by a principal campaign committee for any of
1.10the following purposes:
1.11 (1) payment for accounting and legal services;
1.12 (2) return of a contribution to the source;
1.13 (3) repayment of a loan made to the principal campaign committee by that committee;
1.14 (4) return of a public subsidy;
1.15 (5) payment for food, beverages, and necessary utensils and supplies, entertainment,
1.16and facility rental for a fund-raising event;
1.17 (6) services for a constituent by a member of the legislature or a constitutional officer
1.18in the executive branch, including the costs of preparing and distributing a suggestion or
1.19idea solicitation to constituents, performed from the beginning of the term of office to
1.20adjournment sine die of the legislature in the election year for the office held, and half
1.21the cost of services for a constituent by a member of the legislature or a constitutional
1.22officer in the executive branch performed from adjournment sine die to 60 days after
1.23adjournment sine die;
2.1 (7) payment for food and beverages consumed by a candidate or volunteers while
2.2they are engaged in campaign activities;
2.3 (8) payment for food or a beverage consumed while attending a reception or meeting
2.4directly related to legislative duties;
2.5 (9) payment of expenses incurred by elected or appointed leaders of a legislative
2.6caucus in carrying out their leadership responsibilities;
2.7 (10) payment by a principal campaign committee of the candidate's expenses for
2.8serving in public office, other than for personal uses;
2.9 (11) costs of child care for the candidate's children when campaigning;
2.10 (12) fees paid to attend a campaign school;
2.11 (13) costs of a postelection party during the election year when a candidate's name
2.12will no longer appear on a ballot or the general election is concluded, whichever occurs first;
2.13 (14) interest on loans paid by a principal campaign committee on outstanding loans;
2.14 (15) filing fees;
2.15 (16) post-general election holiday or seasonal cards, thank-you notes, or
2.16advertisements in the news media mailed or published prior to the end of the election cycle;
2.17 (17) the cost of campaign material purchased to replace defective campaign material,
2.18if the defective material is destroyed without being used;
2.19 (18) contributions to a party unit;
2.20 (19) payments for funeral gifts or memorials;
2.21 (20) the cost of a magnet less than six inches in diameter containing legislator
2.22contact information and distributed to constituents;
2.23 (21) costs associated with a candidate attending a political party state or national
2.24convention in this state;
2.25 (22) other purchases or payments specified in board rules or advisory opinions as
2.26being for any purpose other than to influence the nomination or election of a candidate or
2.27to promote or defeat a ballot question; and
2.28(23) costs paid to a third party for processing contributions made by a credit card,
2.29debit card, or electronic check.
2.30 The board must determine whether an activity involves a noncampaign disbursement
2.31within the meaning of this subdivision.
2.32 A noncampaign disbursement is considered to be made in the year in which the
2.33candidate made the purchase of goods or services or incurred an obligation to pay for
2.34goods or services.
