SF 3384

Conference Committee Report - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1             CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON S.F. NO. 3384 
  1.2                          A bill for an act 
  1.3             relating to elections; changing certain provisions of 
  1.4             the campaign finance and public disclosure law; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 10A.01, 
  1.6             subdivision 35; 10A.02, subdivision 11; 10A.025, 
  1.7             subdivisions 2, 4; 10A.03, subdivision 3; 10A.04, 
  1.8             subdivisions 4, 5, 6; 10A.08; 10A.09, subdivision 7; 
  1.9             10A.11, subdivision 7; 10A.12, subdivision 6; 10A.13, 
  1.10            subdivision 1; 10A.14, subdivision 4; 10A.15, 
  1.11            subdivision 4; 10A.16; 10A.17, subdivision 5, by 
  1.12            adding a subdivision; 10A.18; 10A.20, subdivision 12, 
  1.13            by adding subdivisions; 10A.25, subdivision 10, by 
  1.14            adding a subdivision; 10A.255, subdivision 1; 10A.27, 
  1.15            subdivisions 1, 9, 11, 13; 10A.273, subdivisions 1, 4, 
  1.16            5; 10A.28, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 10A.29; 10A.322, 
  1.17            subdivision 1; 10A.323; 356A.06, subdivision 4; 
  1.18            Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, section 10A.31, 
  1.19            subdivision 7. 
  1.20                                               April 25, 2002
  1.21  The Honorable Don Samuelson 
  1.22  President of the Senate
  1.24  The Honorable Steve Sviggum 
  1.25  Speaker of the House of Representatives
  1.27     We, the undersigned conferees for S.F. No. 3384, report 
  1.28  that we have agreed upon the items in dispute and recommend as 
  1.29  follows: 
  1.30     
  1.31     That the House recede from its amendments and that S.F. No. 
  1.32  3384 be further amended as follows: 
  1.33     Page 3, line 29, delete "$3,000" and insert "$1,000" 
  1.34     Page 4, line 18, before the period, insert "and is subject 
  1.35  to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $3,000" and 
  2.1   after the period, insert paragraph coding 
  2.2      Page 4, line 31, delete "$3,000" and insert "$1,000" 
  2.3      Page 5, line 13, delete "$3,000" and insert "$1,000" 
  2.4      Page 6, line 32, delete "$3,000" and insert "$1,000" 
  2.5      Page 8, lines 25, 30, and 35, delete "$3,000" and insert 
  2.6   "$1,000" 
  2.7      Page 9, line 22, delete "$3,000" and insert "$1,000" 
  2.8      Page 10, lines 5, 10, and 34, delete "$3,000" and insert 
  2.9   "$1,000" 
  2.10     Page 11, line 14, delete "$3,000" and insert "$1,000" 
  2.11     Page 12, line 11, delete "$3,000" and insert "$1,000" 
  2.12     Pages 15 and 16, delete section 27 and insert: 
  2.13     "Sec. 27.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 10A.27, 
  2.14  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  2.15     Subd. 2.  [POLITICAL PARTY AND DISSOLVING PRINCIPAL 
  2.16  CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE LIMIT.] A candidate must not permit the 
  2.17  candidate's principal campaign committee to accept contributions 
  2.18  from any political party units or dissolving principal campaign 
  2.19  committees in aggregate in excess of ten times the amount that 
  2.20  may be contributed to that candidate as set forth in subdivision 
  2.21  1.  The limitation in this subdivision does not apply to a 
  2.22  contribution from a dissolving principal campaign committee of a 
  2.23  candidate for the legislature to another principal campaign 
  2.24  committee of the same candidate. 
  2.25     Sec. 28.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 10A.27, 
  2.26  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
  2.27     Subd. 9.  [CONTRIBUTIONS TO AND FROM OTHER CANDIDATES.] (a) 
  2.28  A candidate or the treasurer of a candidate's principal campaign 
  2.29  committee must not accept a contribution from another 
  2.30  candidate's principal campaign committee or from any other 
  2.31  committee bearing the contributing candidate's name or title or 
  2.32  otherwise authorized by the contributing candidate, unless the 
  2.33  contributing candidate's principal campaign committee is being 
  2.34  dissolved.  A candidate's principal campaign committee must not 
  2.35  make a contribution to another candidate's principal campaign 
  2.36  committee, except when the contributing committee is being 
  3.1   dissolved.  
  3.2      (b) A principal campaign committee that makes a 
  3.3   contribution to another principal campaign committee must 
  3.4   provide with the contribution a written statement of the 
  3.5   committee's intent to dissolve and terminate its registration 
  3.6   within 12 months after the contribution was made.  If the 
  3.7   committee fails to dissolve and terminate its registration by 
  3.8   that time, the board may levy a civil penalty up to four times 
  3.9   the size of the contribution against the contributing 
  3.10  committee.  A contribution from a terminating principal campaign 
  3.11  committee that is not accepted by another principal campaign 
  3.12  committee must be forwarded to the board for deposit in the 
  3.13  general account of the state elections campaign fund.  
  3.14     (c) A candidate's principal campaign committee must not 
  3.15  accept a contribution from, or make a contribution to, a 
  3.16  committee associated with a person who seeks nomination or 
  3.17  election to the office of President, Senator, or Representative 
  3.18  in Congress of the United States. 
  3.19     (c) (d) A candidate or the treasurer of a candidate's 
  3.20  principal campaign committee must not accept a contribution from 
  3.21  a candidate for political subdivision office in any state, 
  3.22  unless the contribution is from the personal funds of the 
  3.23  candidate for political subdivision office.  A candidate or the 
  3.24  treasurer of a candidate's principal campaign committee must not 
  3.25  make a contribution from the principal campaign committee to a 
  3.26  candidate for political subdivision office in any state." 
  3.27     Page 17, line 20, delete "$3,000" and insert "$1,000" 
  3.28     Pages 17 and 18, delete sections 30 and 31 and insert: 
  3.29     "Sec. 31.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 10A.273, 
  3.30  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  3.31     Subdivision 1.  [CONTRIBUTIONS DURING LEGISLATIVE 
  3.32  SESSION.] (a) A candidate for the legislature or for 
  3.33  constitutional office, the candidate's principal campaign 
  3.34  committee, or a political committee or party unit established by 
  3.35  all or a part of the party organization within a house of the 
  3.36  legislature, must not solicit or accept a contribution from a 
  4.1   registered lobbyist, political committee, or political fund, or 
  4.2   dissolving principal campaign committee, or from a party unit 
  4.3   established by the party organization within a house of the 
  4.4   legislature, during a regular session of the legislature. 
  4.5      (b) A registered lobbyist, political committee, political 
  4.6   fund, or dissolving principal campaign committee, or a party 
  4.7   unit established by the party organization within a house of the 
  4.8   legislature, must not make a contribution to a candidate for the 
  4.9   legislature or for constitutional office, the candidate's 
  4.10  principal campaign committee, or a political committee or party 
  4.11  unit established by all or a part of the party organization 
  4.12  within a house of the legislature during a regular session of 
  4.13  the legislature. 
  4.14     Sec. 32.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 10A.273, 
  4.15  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  4.16     Subd. 4.  [CIVIL PENALTY.] A candidate, political 
  4.17  committee, or party unit, political fund, principal campaign 
  4.18  committee, or registered lobbyist that violates this section is 
  4.19  subject to a civil fine of up to $500 penalty imposed by the 
  4.20  board of up to $1,000.  If the board makes a public finding that 
  4.21  there is probable cause to believe a violation of this section 
  4.22  has occurred, the board must bring an action, or transmit the 
  4.23  finding to a county attorney who must bring an action, in the 
  4.24  district court of Ramsey county, to collect a civil fine penalty 
  4.25  as imposed by the board.  Fines Penalties paid under this 
  4.26  section must be deposited in the general fund in the state 
  4.27  treasury." 
  4.28     Page 19, delete section 34 and insert: 
  4.29     "Sec. 35.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 10A.28, 
  4.30  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  4.31     Subd. 2.  [EXCEEDING CONTRIBUTION LIMITS.] A political 
  4.32  committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee that 
  4.33  makes a contribution, or a candidate who permits the candidate's 
  4.34  principal campaign committee to accept contributions, in excess 
  4.35  of the limits imposed by section 10A.27 is subject to a 
  4.36  civil fine penalty of up to four times the amount by which the 
  5.1   contribution exceeded the limits." 
  5.2      Page 24, line 13, after "months" insert "and the address of 
  5.3   the office referenced in paragraph (d)" 
  5.4      Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal 
  5.5   references 
  5.6      Amend the title as follows: 
  5.7      Page 1, line 14, after "1," insert "2," 
  6.1      We request adoption of this report and repassage of the 
  6.2   bill. 
  6.5      Senate Conferees: 
  6.8   .........................     .........................
  6.9   John C. Hottinger             Linda Scheid 
  6.12  .........................     
  6.13  Mark Ourada                    
  6.18     House Conferees: 
  6.21  .........................     .........................
  6.22  Jim Rhodes                    Marty Seifert  
  6.25  .........................     
  6.26  Tim Mahoney