Bill Text: MN HF412 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Public Utilities Commission lobbying expense reporting requirements amended.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-13 - Author added Laine [HF412 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF412-Introduced.html
1.2relating to lobbying reports; amending the reporting requirements for lobbying
1.3expenses for certain procedures at the Public Utilities Commission;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.04, subdivision 6.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.04, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 6. Principal reports. (a) A principal must report to the board as required in
1.8this subdivision by March 15 for the preceding calendar year.
1.9(b)Except as provided in paragraph (d), The principal must report the total amount,
1.10rounded to the nearest $20,000, spent by the principal during the preceding calendar year
1.11to influence legislative action, administrative action, and the official action of metropolitan
1.12governmental units.
1.13(c)Except as provided in paragraph (d), The principal must report under this
1.14subdivision a total amount that includes:
1.15(1) all direct payments by the principal to lobbyists in this state;
1.16(2) all expenditures for advertising, mailing, research, analysis, compilation and
1.17dissemination of information, and public relations campaigns related to legislative action,
1.18administrative action, or the official action of metropolitan governmental units in this
1.19state; and
1.20(3) all salaries and administrative expenses attributable to activities of the principal
1.21relating to efforts to influence legislative action, administrative action, or the official
1.22action of metropolitan governmental units in this state.
1.23(d) A principal that must report spending to influence administrative action in cases
1.24of rate setting, power plant and powerline siting, and granting of certificates of need under
2.1section
216B.243 must report those amounts as provided in this subdivision, except that
2.2they must be reported separately and not included in the totals required under paragraphs
2.3(b) and (c).
2.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3expenses for certain procedures at the Public Utilities Commission;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.04, subdivision 6.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.04, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 6. Principal reports. (a) A principal must report to the board as required in
1.8this subdivision by March 15 for the preceding calendar year.
1.9(b)
1.10rounded to the nearest $20,000, spent by the principal during the preceding calendar year
1.11to influence legislative action, administrative action, and the official action of metropolitan
1.12governmental units.
1.13(c)
1.14subdivision a total amount that includes:
1.15(1) all direct payments by the principal to lobbyists in this state;
1.16(2) all expenditures for advertising, mailing, research, analysis, compilation and
1.17dissemination of information, and public relations campaigns related to legislative action,
1.18administrative action, or the official action of metropolitan governmental units in this
1.19state; and
1.20(3) all salaries and administrative expenses attributable to activities of the principal
1.21relating to efforts to influence legislative action, administrative action, or the official
1.22action of metropolitan governmental units in this state.
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2.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
