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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to lobbying; modifying certain reporting requirements for lobbyists and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>principals;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 10A.04, subdivisions 4, 6.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 10A.04, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Content.</b> (a) A report under this section must include information the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>board requires from the registration form and the information required by this subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>for the reporting period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>(b) A lobbyist must report the lobbyist's total disbursements on lobbying, separately <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>listing lobbying to influence legislative action, lobbying to influence administrative action, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>lobbying to influence recommendations or actions of a legislative council or commission, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>and lobbying to influence the official actions of a metropolitan governmental unit, and a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>breakdown of disbursements for each of those kinds of lobbying into categories specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>by the board, including but not limited to the cost of publication and distribution of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>publication used in lobbying; other printing; media, including the cost of production; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>postage; travel; fees, including allowances; entertainment; telephone and telegraph; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>other expenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>(c) A lobbyist must report the amount and nature of each gift, item, or benefit, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>excluding contributions to a candidate, equal in value to $5 or more, given or paid to any <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>official, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>10A.071, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, by the lobbyist or an employer or <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>employee of the lobbyist. The list must include the name and address of each official to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>whom the gift, item, or benefit was given or paid and the date it was given or paid.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>(d) A lobbyist must report each original source of money in excess of $500 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>any year used for the purpose of lobbying to influence legislative action, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>but not limited to recommendations or actions of a legislative council or commission, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>administrative action, or the official action of a metropolitan governmental unit. The list <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>must include the name, address, and employer, or, if self-employed, the occupation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>principal place of business, of each payer of money in excess of $500.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>(e) On the report due June 15, the lobbyist must provide a general description of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>subjects lobbied in the previous 12 months.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 10A.04, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Principal reports.</b> (a) A principal must report to the board as required in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>this subdivision by March 15 for the preceding calendar year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>(b) Except as provided in paragraph (d), the principal must report the total amount, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>rounded to the nearest $20,000, spent by the principal during the preceding calendar year <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>to influence legislative action, administrative action, and the official action of metropolitan <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>governmental units.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d), the principal must report under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>subdivision a total amount that includes:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>(1) all direct payments by the principal to lobbyists in this state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>(2) all expenditures for advertising, mailing, research, analysis, compilation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>dissemination of information, and public relations campaigns related to legislative action, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>administrative action, or the official action of metropolitan governmental units in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>state; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>(3) all salaries and administrative expenses attributable to activities of the principal <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>relating to efforts to influence legislative action, administrative action, or the official <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>action of metropolitan governmental units in this state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>(d) A principal that must report spending to influence administrative action in cases <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>of rate setting, power plant and powerline siting, and granting of certificates of need under <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>section 216B.243 must report those amounts as provided in this subdivision, except that <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>they must be reported separately and not included in the totals required under paragraphs <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>(b) and (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>(e) A principal must separately report expenses incurred to educate, inform, lobby, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>and otherwise influence a public official related to industry conventions, facility tours, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>travel arrangements, including but not limited to private company aircraft, and any other <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>hospitality-related expenses shall be included in the totals required under paragraphs <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>(b) and (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>(f) A principal must separately report expenses incurred to promote or defeat a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>candidate for public office or to advocate approval or defeat of a ballot question and these <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>expenses shall be included in the totals required under paragraphs (b) and (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for reports due March 15, 2013, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>and thereafter.<br />
         		
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