Bill Text: MN SF1198 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Senate and house of representatives candidates campaign contribution limits increase
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-11 - Referred to Rules and Administration [SF1198 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF1198-Introduced.html
1.2relating to campaign finance; increasing contribution limits for offices of state
1.3senator and state representative;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections
1.410A.255, subdivisions 1, 3; 10A.27, subdivisions 1, 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.255, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision 1. Method of calculation. (a) The dollar amounts in section10A.25,
1.8subdivision 2 , must be adjusted for general election years as provided in this section.
1.9Each general election year, the executive director of the board must determine the
1.10percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index from December of the year preceding
1.11the last general election year to December of the year preceding the year in which the
1.12determination is made. The dollar amounts used for the preceding general election year
1.13must be multiplied by that percentage. The product of the calculation must be added to
1.14each dollar amount to produce the dollar limitations to be in effect for the next general
1.15election. The product must be rounded up to the next highest $100 increment. The
1.16index used must be the revised Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for the St.
1.17Paul-Minneapolis metropolitan area prepared by the United States Department of Labor.
1.18(b) The dollar amounts in section 10A.27, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (3)
1.19and (4), must be adjusted each year ending in a zero or five as provided in this section.
1.20Each year ending in a zero or five, the executive director of the board must determine the
1.21percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index from December of the year preceding the
1.22last increase to the December of the year preceding the year in which the determination
1.23is made. The dollar amounts must be multiplied by that percentage. The product of the
1.24calculation must be added to each dollar amount to produce the dollar limitations to be in
2.1effect for the next five years. The product must be rounded to the nearest $100 increment.
2.2The index used must be the revised Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for the
2.3St. Paul-Minneapolis metropolitan area prepared by the United States Department of Labor.
2.4 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.255, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.5 Subd. 3. Publication of expenditure limit. (a) By April 15 of each election year
2.6the board must publish in the State Register the expenditure limit for each office for that
2.7calendar year under section10A.25 as adjusted by this section. The revisor of statutes
2.8must code the adjusted amounts in the next edition of Minnesota Statutes, section10A.25,
2.9subdivision 2 .
2.10(b) By April 15 of each year ending in a zero or five, the board must publish in the
2.11State Register the expenditure limit for each office for the next five years under section
2.1210A.27, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), as adjusted by this section. The
2.13amount must be rounded to the nearest $100 increment. The revisor of statutes must
2.14code the adjusted amounts in the next edition of Minnesota Statutes, section 10A.27,
2.15subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4).
2.16 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.27, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.17 Subdivision 1. Contribution limits. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 2,
2.18a candidate must not permit the candidate's principal campaign committee to accept
2.19aggregate contributions made or delivered by any individual, political committee, or
2.20political fund in excess of the following:
2.21(1) to candidates for governor and lieutenant governor running together, $2,000 in
2.22an election year for the office sought and $500 in other years;
2.23(2) to a candidate for attorney general, secretary of state, or state auditor, $1,000 in
2.24an election year for the office sought and $200 in other years;
2.25(3) to a candidate for state senator,$500 $750 in an election year for the office
2.26sought and$100 $200 in other years;
2.27(4) to a candidate for state representative,$500 $750 in an election year for the office
2.28sought and$100 $200 in the other year; and
2.29(5) to a candidate for judicial office, $2,000 in an election year for the office sought
2.30and $500 in other years.
2.31(b) The following deliveries are not subject to the bundling limitation in this
2.32subdivision:
3.1(1) delivery of contributions collected by a member of the candidate's principal
3.2campaign committee, such as a block worker or a volunteer who hosts a fund-raising
3.3event, to the committee's treasurer; and
3.4(2) a delivery made by an individual on behalf of the individual's spouse.
3.5(c) A lobbyist, political committee, political party unit, or political fund must not
3.6make a contribution a candidate is prohibited from accepting.
3.7 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.27, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.8 Subd. 2. Political party and dissolving principal campaign committee limit. (a)
3.9A candidate must not permit the candidate's principal campaign committee to accept
3.10contributions from any political party units or dissolving principal campaign committees
3.11in aggregate in excess of ten times the amount that may be contributed to that candidate
3.12as set forth in subdivision 1, except as provided in paragraph (b). The limitation in
3.13this subdivision does not apply to a contribution from a dissolving principal campaign
3.14committee of a candidate for the legislature to another principal campaign committee of
3.15the same candidate.
3.16(b) A candidate for state senator must not permit the candidate's principal campaign
3.17committee to accept contributions from any political party unit or dissolving principal
3.18campaign committee in aggregate in an amount equal to twice the amount for a state
3.19representative under paragraph (a). The limitation in this subdivision does not apply to
3.20a contribution from a dissolving principal campaign committee of a candidate for the
3.21legislature to another principal campaign committee of the same candidate.
3.22 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
3.23This act is effective January 1, 2014.
1.3senator and state representative;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections
1.410A.255, subdivisions 1, 3; 10A.27, subdivisions 1, 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.255, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision 1. Method of calculation. (a) The dollar amounts in section
1.8subdivision 2
1.9Each general election year, the executive director of the board must determine the
1.10percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index from December of the year preceding
1.11the last general election year to December of the year preceding the year in which the
1.12determination is made. The dollar amounts used for the preceding general election year
1.13must be multiplied by that percentage. The product of the calculation must be added to
1.14each dollar amount to produce the dollar limitations to be in effect for the next general
1.15election. The product must be rounded up to the next highest $100 increment. The
1.16index used must be the revised Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for the St.
1.17Paul-Minneapolis metropolitan area prepared by the United States Department of Labor.
1.18(b) The dollar amounts in section 10A.27, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (3)
1.19and (4), must be adjusted each year ending in a zero or five as provided in this section.
1.20Each year ending in a zero or five, the executive director of the board must determine the
1.21percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index from December of the year preceding the
1.22last increase to the December of the year preceding the year in which the determination
1.23is made. The dollar amounts must be multiplied by that percentage. The product of the
1.24calculation must be added to each dollar amount to produce the dollar limitations to be in
2.1effect for the next five years. The product must be rounded to the nearest $100 increment.
2.2The index used must be the revised Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for the
2.3St. Paul-Minneapolis metropolitan area prepared by the United States Department of Labor.
2.4 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.255, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.5 Subd. 3. Publication of expenditure limit. (a) By April 15 of each election year
2.6the board must publish in the State Register the expenditure limit for each office for that
2.7calendar year under section
2.8must code the adjusted amounts in the next edition of Minnesota Statutes, section
2.9subdivision 2
2.10(b) By April 15 of each year ending in a zero or five, the board must publish in the
2.11State Register the expenditure limit for each office for the next five years under section
2.1210A.27, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), as adjusted by this section. The
2.13amount must be rounded to the nearest $100 increment. The revisor of statutes must
2.14code the adjusted amounts in the next edition of Minnesota Statutes, section 10A.27,
2.15subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4).
2.16 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.27, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.17 Subdivision 1. Contribution limits. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 2,
2.18a candidate must not permit the candidate's principal campaign committee to accept
2.19aggregate contributions made or delivered by any individual, political committee, or
2.20political fund in excess of the following:
2.21(1) to candidates for governor and lieutenant governor running together, $2,000 in
2.22an election year for the office sought and $500 in other years;
2.23(2) to a candidate for attorney general, secretary of state, or state auditor, $1,000 in
2.24an election year for the office sought and $200 in other years;
2.25(3) to a candidate for state senator,
2.26sought and
2.27(4) to a candidate for state representative,
2.28sought and
2.29(5) to a candidate for judicial office, $2,000 in an election year for the office sought
2.30and $500 in other years.
2.31(b) The following deliveries are not subject to the bundling limitation in this
2.32subdivision:
3.1(1) delivery of contributions collected by a member of the candidate's principal
3.2campaign committee, such as a block worker or a volunteer who hosts a fund-raising
3.3event, to the committee's treasurer; and
3.4(2) a delivery made by an individual on behalf of the individual's spouse.
3.5(c) A lobbyist, political committee, political party unit, or political fund must not
3.6make a contribution a candidate is prohibited from accepting.
3.7 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.27, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.8 Subd. 2. Political party and dissolving principal campaign committee limit. (a)
3.9A candidate must not permit the candidate's principal campaign committee to accept
3.10contributions from any political party units or dissolving principal campaign committees
3.11in aggregate in excess of ten times the amount that may be contributed to that candidate
3.12as set forth in subdivision 1, except as provided in paragraph (b). The limitation in
3.13this subdivision does not apply to a contribution from a dissolving principal campaign
3.14committee of a candidate for the legislature to another principal campaign committee of
3.15the same candidate.
3.16(b) A candidate for state senator must not permit the candidate's principal campaign
3.17committee to accept contributions from any political party unit or dissolving principal
3.18campaign committee in aggregate in an amount equal to twice the amount for a state
3.19representative under paragraph (a). The limitation in this subdivision does not apply to
3.20a contribution from a dissolving principal campaign committee of a candidate for the
3.21legislature to another principal campaign committee of the same candidate.
3.22 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
3.23This act is effective January 1, 2014.
