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HF 754

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 01:41am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to elections; providing for assessment and payment of certain costs;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 211B.37.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 211B.37, is amended to read:


211B.37 COSTS ASSESSED.

Except as otherwise provided in section 211B.36, subdivision 3, the chief
administrative law judge shall assess the cost of considering complaints filed under section
211B.32 as provided in this section. Costs of complaints relating to a statewide ballot
question or an election for a statewide or legislative office must be assessed against the
appropriation from the general fund to the general account of the state elections campaign
fund in section 10A.31, subdivision 4. Costs of complaints relating to any other ballot
question or elective office must be assessed against the deleted text begin county or counties in which the
election is helddeleted text end new text begin local jurisdiction where the election was the subject of the complaintnew text end .
Where the election is held in more than one deleted text begin countydeleted text end new text begin jurisdictionnew text end , the chief administrative
law judge shall apportion the assessment among the deleted text begin countiesdeleted text end new text begin jurisdictionsnew text end in proportion
to their respective populations within the election district to which the complaint relates
according to the most recent decennial federal census.