<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON S.F. No. 661<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>relating to campaign finance; providing for additional disclosure; making various <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>changes to campaign finance and public disclosure law; expanding jurisdiction of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board; expanding definition of public <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>official;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 10A.01, subdivisions 10, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>11, 16, 27, 28, 35, by adding subdivisions; 10A.02, subdivisions 9, 10, 11, 12, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>15; 10A.025, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 10A.04, subdivision 5; 10A.071, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>3; 10A.105, subdivision 1; 10A.12, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2; 10A.121; 10A.14, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 10A.15, subdivisions 1, 3; 10A.16; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>10A.20, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, by adding a subdivision; 10A.241; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>10A.242, subdivision 1; 10A.25, subdivisions 2, 2a, 3, 3a; 10A.257, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>1; 10A.27, subdivisions 1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15; 10A.273, subdivisions 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>4; 10A.30; 10A.31, subdivisions 1, 4, 7; 10A.315; 10A.321, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>10A.322, subdivision 4; 10A.323; 10A.324, subdivision 1; 211B.32, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10A; repealing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 10A.24; 10A.242; 10A.25, subdivision 6.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>May 18, 2013<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>The Honorable Sandra L. Pappas<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>President of the Senate<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>The Honorable Paul Thissen<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>We, the undersigned conferees for S.F. No. 661 report that we have agreed upon the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>That the House recede from its amendments and that S.F. No. 661 be further <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>amended as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>"<b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var><b>POLICY CHANGES</b><br />
            		
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         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.01, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7c. <b>Ballot question political committee.</b> "Ballot question political <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>committee" means a political committee that makes only expenditures to promote or defeat <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>a ballot question and disbursements permitted under section 10A.121, subdivision 1.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7d. <b>Ballot question political fund.</b> "Ballot question political fund" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>a political fund that makes only expenditures to promote or defeat a ballot question and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>disbursements permitted under section 10A.121, subdivision 1.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.01, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Candidate.</b> "Candidate" means an individual who seeks nomination or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>election as a state constitutional officer, legislator, or judge. An individual is deemed to seek <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>nomination or election if the individual has taken the action necessary under the law of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>state to qualify for nomination or election, has received contributions or made expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>in excess of $100, or has given implicit or explicit consent for any other person to receive <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>contributions or make expenditures in excess of $100, for the purpose of bringing about the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>individual's nomination or election. A candidate remains a candidate until the candidate's <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>principal campaign committee is dissolved as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>10A.24</statute_ref> 10A.243.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.01, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11. <b>Contribution.</b> (a) "Contribution" means money, a negotiable instrument, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>or a donation in kind that is given to a political committee, political fund, principal <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>campaign committee, or party unit. An allocation by an association of general treasury <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>money to be used for activities that must be or are reported through the association's <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>political fund is considered to be a contribution for the purposes of disclosure required <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>by this chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>(b) "Contribution" includes a loan or advance of credit to a political committee, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit, if the loan or advance of credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>is: (1) forgiven; or (2) repaid by an individual or an association other than the political <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit to which the loan <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>or advance of credit was made. If an advance of credit or a loan is forgiven or repaid as <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>provided in this paragraph, it is a contribution in the year in which the loan or advance <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>of credit was made.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>(c) "Contribution" does not include services provided without compensation by an <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>individual volunteering personal time on behalf of a candidate, ballot question, political <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit; the publishing or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>broadcasting of news items or editorial comments by the news media; or an individual's <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>unreimbursed personal use of an automobile owned by the individual while volunteering <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>personal time.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.01, subdivision 16, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 16. <b>Election cycle.</b> "Election cycle" means the period from January 1 <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>following a general election for an office to December 31 following the next general <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>election for that office, except that "election cycle" for a special election means the period <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>from the date the special election writ is issued to 60 days after the special election is held.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var> For a regular election, the period from January 1 of the year prior to an election year through <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>December 31 of the election year is the "election segment" of the election cycle. Each <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>other two-year segment of an election cycle is a "non-election segment" of the election <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>cycle. An election cycle that consists of two calendar years has only an election segment. <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>The election segment of a special election cycle includes the entire special election cycle.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 16a. <b>Expressly advocating.</b> "Expressly advocating" means that a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>communication clearly identifies a candidate and uses words or phrases of express <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>advocacy.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 17c. <b>General treasury money.</b> "General treasury money" means money <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>that an association other than a principal campaign committee, party unit, or political <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>committee accumulates through membership dues and fees, donations to the association <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>for its general purposes, and income from the operation of a business. General treasury <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>money does not include money collected to influence the nomination or election of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>candidates or to promote or defeat a ballot question.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 26a. <b>Person.</b> "Person" means an individual, an association, a political <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>subdivision, or a public higher education system.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.01, subdivision 27, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 27. <b>Political committee.</b> "Political committee" means an association whose <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>major purpose is to influence the nomination or election of a candidate one or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>candidates or to promote or defeat a ballot question, other than a principal campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>committee or a political party unit.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.01, subdivision 28, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 28. <b>Political fund.</b> "Political fund" means an accumulation of dues or <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>voluntary contributions by an association other than a political committee, principal <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>campaign committee, or party unit, if the accumulation is collected or expended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>influence the nomination or election of a candidate one or more candidates or to promote <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>or defeat a ballot question. The term "political fund" as used in this chapter may also refer <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>to the association acting through its political fund.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.02, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Documents; information.</b> The executive director must inspect all material <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>filed with the board as promptly as necessary to comply with this chapter and, with other <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>provisions of law requiring the filing of a document with the board, and with other <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>provisions of law under the board's jurisdiction pursuant to subdivision 11. The executive <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>director must immediately notify the an individual required to file a document with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>board if a written complaint is filed with the board alleging, or it otherwise appears, that a <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>document filed with the board is inaccurate or does not comply with this chapter, or that <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>the individual has failed to file a document required by this chapter or has failed to comply <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>with this chapter or other provisions under the board's jurisdiction pursuant to subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>11. The executive director may provide an individual required to file a document under <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>this chapter with factual information concerning the limitations on corporate campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>contributions imposed by section 
         <statute_ref>211B.15</statute_ref>.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.02, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Audits and investigations.</b> The board may make audits and investigations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>impose statutory civil penalties, and issue orders for compliance with respect to statements <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>and reports that are filed or that should have been filed under the requirements of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>chapter and provisions under the board's jurisdiction pursuant to subdivision 11. In all <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>matters relating to its official duties, the board has the power to issue subpoenas and cause <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>them to be served. If a person does not comply with a subpoena, the board may apply to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>the District Court of Ramsey County for issuance of an order compelling obedience to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>subpoena. A person failing to obey the order is punishable by the court as for contempt.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.02, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11. <b>Violations; enforcement.</b> (a) The board may investigate any alleged <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>violation of this chapter. The board may also investigate an alleged violation of section <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>211B.04, 211B.12, or 211B.15 by or related to a candidate, treasurer, principal campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>committee, political committee, political fund, or party unit, as those terms are defined in <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>this chapter. The board must investigate any violation that is alleged in a written complaint <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>filed with the board and must within 30 days after the filing of the complaint make a public <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>finding of whether there is probable cause to believe a violation has occurred findings and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>conclusions as to whether a violation has occurred and must issue an order, except that <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>if the complaint alleges a violation of section 
         <statute_ref>10A.25</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>10A.27</statute_ref>, the board must either <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>enter a conciliation agreement or make a public finding of whether there is probable cause,<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var> findings and conclusions as to whether a violation has occurred and must issue an order<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var> within 60 days after the filing of the complaint. The deadline for action on a written <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>complaint may be extended by majority vote of the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>(b) The board may bring legal actions or negotiate settlements in its own name to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>recover money raised from contributions subject to the conditions in this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>(1) No action may be commenced unless the board has made a formal determination, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>after an investigation, that the money was raised for political purposes as defined in <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>section 211B.01, subdivision 6, and that the money was used for purposes not permitted <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>under this chapter or under section 211B.12.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>(2) Prior to commencing an action, the board must give the association whose money <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>was misused written notice by certified mail of its intent to take action under this subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>and must give the association a reasonable opportunity, for a period of not less than 90 <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>days, to recover the money without board intervention. This period must be extended <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>for at least an additional 90 days for good cause if the association is actively pursuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>recovery of the money. The board may not commence a legal action under this subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>if the association has commenced a legal action for the recovery of the same money.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>(3) Any funds recovered under this subdivision must be deposited in a campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>finance recovery account in the special revenue fund and are appropriated as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>(i) an amount equal to the board's actual costs and disbursements in the action, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>including court reporter fees for depositions taken in the course of an investigation, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>appropriated to the board for its operations; <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>(ii) an amount equal to the reasonable value of legal services provided by the Office <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>of the Attorney General in the recovery matter, calculated on the same basis as is used <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>for charging legal fees to state agencies, is appropriated to the attorney general for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>attorney general's operations; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>(iii) any remaining balance is appropriated to the board for distribution to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>association to which the money was originally contributed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>(4) Notwithstanding clause (3), item (iii), if the candidate of a principal campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>committee is the person who used the association's money for illegal purposes, or if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>association or political fund whose money was misused is no longer registered with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>board, any money remaining after the payments specified in clause (3), items (i) and (ii), <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>must be transferred to the general account of the state elections campaign account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>(5) Any action by the board under this paragraph must be commenced not later than <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>four years after the improper use of money is shown on a report filed with the board or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>board has actual knowledge of improper use. No action may be commenced under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>paragraph for improper uses disclosed on reports for calendar years prior to 2011.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>(6) If the board prevails in an action brought under this subdivision and the court <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>makes a finding that the misuse of funds was willful, the court may enter judgment in favor <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>of the board and against the person misusing the funds in the amount of the misused funds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>(b) (c) Within a reasonable time after beginning an investigation of an individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>or association, the board must notify the individual or association of the fact of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>investigation. The board must not make a finding of whether there is probable cause to <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>believe a violation has occurred without notifying the individual or association of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>nature of the allegations and affording an opportunity to answer those allegations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>(c) (d) A hearing or action of the board concerning a complaint or investigation <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>other than a finding concerning probable cause or a conciliation agreement is confidential. <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>Until the board makes a public finding concerning probable cause or enters a conciliation <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>agreement:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>(1) a member, employee, or agent of the board must not disclose to an individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>information obtained by that member, employee, or agent concerning a complaint or <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>investigation except as required to carry out the investigation or take action in the matter <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>as authorized by this chapter; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>(2) an individual who discloses information contrary to this subdivision is subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>(e) A matter that is under the board's jurisdiction pursuant to this section and that <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>may result in a criminal offense must be finally disposed of by the board before the alleged <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.36"></a><var>6.36</var>violation may be prosecuted by a city or county attorney.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.02, subdivision 12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 12. <b>Advisory opinions.</b> (a) The board may issue and publish advisory <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>opinions on the requirements of this chapter and of those sections listed in subdivision 11<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var> based upon real or hypothetical situations. An application for an advisory opinion may <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>be made only by an individual or association a person who is subject to chapter 10A and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>who wishes to use the opinion to guide the individual's or the association's person's own <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>conduct. The board must issue written opinions on all such questions submitted to it <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>within 30 days after receipt of written application, unless a majority of the board agrees <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>to extend the time limit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>(b) A written advisory opinion issued by the board is binding on the board in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>subsequent board proceeding concerning the person making or covered by the request and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>is a defense in a judicial proceeding that involves the subject matter of the opinion and is <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>brought against the person making or covered by the request unless:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>(1) the board has amended or revoked the opinion before the initiation of the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>or judicial proceeding, has notified the person making or covered by the request of its <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>action, and has allowed at least 30 days for the person to do anything that might be <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>necessary to comply with the amended or revoked opinion;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>(2) the request has omitted or misstated material facts; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>(3) the person making or covered by the request has not acted in good faith in <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>reliance on the opinion.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>(c) A request for an opinion and the opinion itself are nonpublic data. The board, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>however, may publish an opinion or a summary of an opinion, but may not include in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>publication the name of the requester, the name of a person covered by a request from an <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>agency or political subdivision, or any other information that might identify the requester, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>unless the person consents to the inclusion.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.02, subdivision 15, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 15. <b>Disposition of fees.</b> The board must deposit all fees and civil penalties<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var> collected under this chapter into the general fund in the state treasury.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.025, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Penalty for false statements.</b> (a) A report or statement required to be filed <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>under this chapter must be signed and certified as true by the individual required to file the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>report. The signature may be an electronic signature consisting of a password assigned <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>by the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>(b) An individual who signs and certifies shall not sign and certify to be true a <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>report or statement knowing it contains false information or who knowingly knowing it<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var> omits required information is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and subject to a civil penalty <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>imposed by the board of up to $3,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>(c) An individual shall not knowingly provide false or incomplete information to <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>a treasurer with the intent that the treasurer will rely on that information in signing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>certifying to be true a report or statement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>(d) A person who violates paragraph (b) or (c) is subject to a civil penalty imposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>by the board of up to $3,000. A violation of paragraph (b) or (c) is a gross misdemeanor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>(e) The board may impose an additional civil penalty of up to $3,000 on the principal <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>campaign committee or candidate, party unit, political committee, or association that has a <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>political fund that is affiliated with an individual who violated paragraph (b) or (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.025, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Record keeping; penalty.</b> (a) A person required to file a report or statement<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var> or who has accepted record-keeping responsibility for the filer must maintain records on <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>the matters required to be reported, including vouchers, canceled checks, bills, invoices, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>worksheets, and receipts, that will provide in sufficient detail the necessary information <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>from which the filed reports and statements may be verified, explained, clarified, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>checked for accuracy and completeness. The person must keep the records available for <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>audit, inspection, or examination by the board or its authorized representatives for four <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>years from the date of filing of the reports or statements or of changes or corrections to <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>them. A person who knowingly violates this subdivision is guilty of a misdemeanor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>(b) The board may impose a civil penalty of up to $3,000 on a person who knowingly <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>violates this subdivision. The board may impose a separate civil penalty of up to $3,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>on the principal campaign committee or candidate, party unit, political committee, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>association that has a political fund that is affiliated with an individual who violated <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>(c) A knowing violation of this subdivision is a misdemeanor.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.071, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Exceptions.</b> (a) The prohibitions in this section do not apply if the gift is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a contribution as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>10A.01, subdivision 11</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) services to assist an official in the performance of official duties, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>but not limited to providing advice, consultation, information, and communication in <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>connection with legislation, and services to constituents;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) services of insignificant monetary value;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) a plaque with a resale value of $5 or less;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) a trinket or memento costing $5 or less;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) informational material with a resale value of $5 or less; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) food or a beverage given at a reception, meal, or meeting if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>(i) the reception, meal, or meeting is held away from the recipient's place of work by <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>an organization before whom the recipient appears to make a speech or answer questions <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>as part of a program.; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>(ii) the recipient is a member or employee of the legislature and an invitation to <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>attend the reception, meal, or meeting was provided to all members of the legislature at <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>least five days prior to the date of the event.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The prohibitions in this section do not apply if the gift is given:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) because of the recipient's membership in a group, a majority of whose members <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>are not officials, and an equivalent gift is given to the other members of the group; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) by a lobbyist or principal who is a member of the family of the recipient, unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>the gift is given on behalf of someone who is not a member of that family.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.105, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Single committee.</b> A candidate must not accept contributions from a <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>source, other than self, in aggregate in excess of $100 $750 or accept a public subsidy <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>unless the candidate designates and causes to be formed a single principal campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>committee for each office sought. A candidate may not authorize, designate, or cause to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>formed any other political committee bearing the candidate's name or title or otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>operating under the direct or indirect control of the candidate. However, a candidate may <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>be involved in the direct or indirect control of a party unit.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>When required</b><b> for contributions and approved expenditures</b><b>.</b> An <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>association other than a political committee or party unit may not contribute more than <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>$100 $750 in aggregate in any one calendar year to candidates, political committees, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>party units or make any approved or independent expenditure or expenditure to promote <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>or defeat a ballot question expenditures of more than $750 in aggregate in any calendar <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>year unless the contribution or expenditure is made from through a political fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.12, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>When required for independent expenditures</b><b> or ballot questions</b><b>.</b> An <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>association other than a political committee that makes only independent expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>and disbursements permitted under section 
         <statute_ref>10A.121, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, or expenditures to <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>promote or defeat a ballot question must do so by forming and registering through an <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>independent expenditure or ballot question political fund if the expenditure is in excess of <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>$100 independent expenditures aggregate more than $1,500 in a calendar year or if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>expenditures to promote or defeat a ballot question aggregate more than $5,000 in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>calendar year,  or by contributing to an existing independent expenditure or ballot question<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var> political committee or political fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Commingling prohibited.</b> The contents of a an association's political <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>fund may not be commingled with other funds or with the personal funds of an officer or <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>member of the association or the fund. It is not commingling for an association that uses <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>only its own general treasury money to make expenditures and disbursements permitted <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>under section 10A.121, subdivision 1, directly from the depository used for its general <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>treasury money. An association that accepts more than $1,500 in contributions to influence <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>the nomination or election of candidates or more than $5,000 in contributions to promote <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>or defeat a ballot question must establish a separate depository for those contributions.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.121, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var><b>10A.121 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE </b><b>AND BALLOT QUESTION </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var><b>POLITICAL COMMITTEES AND </b><b>INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE POLITICAL </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var><b>FUNDS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Permitted disbursements.</b> An independent expenditure political <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>committee or an independent expenditure political fund, or a ballot question political <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>committee or fund, in addition to making independent expenditures, may:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) pay costs associated with its fund-raising and general operations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) pay for communications that do not constitute contributions or approved <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>expenditures; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) make contributions to other independent expenditure or ballot question political <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>committees or independent expenditure political funds;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) make independent expenditures; <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) make expenditures to promote or defeat ballot questions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) return a contribution to its source; <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) for a political fund, record bookkeeping entries transferring the association's <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>general treasury money allocated for political purposes back to the general treasury of <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>the association; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) for a political fund, return general treasury money transferred to a separate <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>depository to the general depository of the association.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Penalty.</b> (a) An independent expenditure political committee or <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>independent expenditure political fund is subject to a civil penalty of up to four times the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>amount of the contribution or approved expenditure if it does the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) makes a contribution to a candidate, party unit, political committee, or political <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>fund other than an independent expenditure political committee or an independent <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>expenditure political fund; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) makes an approved expenditure.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) No other penalty provided in law may be imposed for conduct that is subject to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>civil penalty under this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.24.0"></a><a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.14, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>First registration.</b> The treasurer of a political committee, political <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit must register with the board by filing <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>a registration statement of organization no later than 14 days after the committee, fund, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>or party unit has made a contribution, received contributions, or made expenditures in <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>excess of $100 $750, or by the end of the next business day after it has received a loan <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>or contribution that must be reported under section 
         <statute_ref>10A.20, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, whichever is <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>earlier. This subdivision does not apply to ballot question or independent expenditure <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>political committees or funds, which are subject to subdivision 1a.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.25.0"></a><a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.14, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Independent expenditure or ballot question political committees </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var><b>and funds; first registration; reporting.</b> The treasurer of an independent expenditure <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>or ballot question political committee or fund must register with the board by filing <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>a registration statement:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>(1) no later than 14 calendar days after the committee or the association registering <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>the political fund has:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>(i) received aggregate contributions for independent expenditures of more than <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>$1,500 in a calendar year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>(ii) received aggregate contributions for expenditures to promote or defeat a ballot <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>question of more than $5,000 in a calendar year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>(iii) made aggregate independent expenditures of more than $1,500 in a calendar <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>year; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>(iv) made aggregate expenditures to promote or defeat a ballot question of more <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>than $5,000 in a calendar year; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>(2) by the end of the next business day after it has received a loan or contribution <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>that must be reported under section 10A.20, subdivision 5, and it has met one of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>requirements of clause (1).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.26.0"></a><a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.15, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Anonymous contributions.</b> A political committee, political fund, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>principal campaign committee, or party unit may not retain an anonymous contribution <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>in excess of $20, but must forward it to the board for deposit in the general account of <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>the state elections campaign fund account.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.27.0"></a><a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.15, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Deposit.</b> All contributions received by or on behalf of a candidate, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>principal campaign committee, political committee, political fund, or party unit must <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>be deposited in an account designated "Campaign Fund of ..... (name of candidate, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>committee, fund, or party unit)." All contributions must be deposited promptly upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>receipt and, except for contributions received during the last three days of a reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>period as described in section 
         <statute_ref>10A.20</statute_ref>, must be deposited during the reporting period <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>in which they were received. A contribution received during the last three days of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>reporting period must be deposited within 72 hours after receipt and must be reported <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>as received during the reporting period whether or not deposited within that period. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>candidate, principal campaign committee, political committee, political fund, or party unit <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>may refuse to accept a contribution. A deposited contribution may be returned to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>contributor within 60 90 days after deposit. A contribution deposited and not returned <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>within 60 90 days after that deposit must be reported as accepted.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.28.0"></a><a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>First filing; duration.</b> The treasurer of a political committee, political <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit must begin to file the reports required <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>by this section in for the first year it receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>of $100 that require it to register under section 10A.14 and must continue to file until the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>committee, fund, or party unit is terminated. The reports must be filed electronically in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>standards-based open format specified by the board. For good cause shown, the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>must grant exemptions to the requirement that reports be filed electronically.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.29.0"></a><a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Time for filing.</b> (a) The reports must be filed with the board on or before <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>January 31 of each year and additional reports must be filed as required and in accordance <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>with paragraphs (b) to (d).<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>(b) In each year in which the name of the a candidate for legislative or district court <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>judicial office is on the ballot, the report of the principal campaign committee must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>filed 15 days before a primary and ten days before a general election, seven days before a <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>special primary and a special election, and ten days after a special election cycle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>(c) In each general election year, a political committee or, a political fund must file <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>reports 28 and 15 days before a primary and 42 and ten days before a general election. <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>Beginning in 2012, reports required under this paragraph must also be filed 56 days before <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>a primary., a state party committee, a party unit established by all or a part of the party <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>organization within a house of the legislature, and the principal campaign committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>of a candidate for constitutional or appellate court judicial office must file reports on <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>the following schedule:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>(1) a first-quarter report covering the calendar year through March 31, which is <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>due April 14;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>(2) in a year in which a primary election is held in August, a report covering the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>calendar year through May 31, which is due June 14;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>(3) in a year in which a primary election is held before August, a pre-general-election <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>report covering the calendar year through July 15, which is due July 29;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>(4) a pre-primary-election report due 15 days before a primary election;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>(5) a pre-general-election report due 42 days before the general election;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>(6) a pre-general-election report due ten days before a general election; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>(7) for a special election, a constitutional office candidate whose name is on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>ballot must file reports seven days before a special primary and a special election, and ten <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>days after a special election cycle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>(d) In each general election year, a party unit not included in paragraph (c) must file <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>reports 15 days before a primary election and ten days before a general election.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>(e) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (d), the principal campaign committee of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>candidate whose name will not be on the general election ballot is not required to file the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.35"></a><var>13.35</var>report due ten days before a general election or seven days before a special election.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.30.0"></a><a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Contents of report.</b> (a) The report required by this section must include <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>each of the items listed in paragraphs (b) to (o) that are applicable to the filer. The board <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>shall prescribe forms based on filer type indicating which of those items must be included <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>on the filer's report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>(a) (b) The report must disclose the amount of liquid assets on hand at the beginning <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>of the reporting period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>(b) (c) The report must disclose the name, address, and employer, or occupation if <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>self-employed, of each individual or association that has made one or more contributions <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>to the reporting entity, including the purchase of tickets for a fund-raising effort, that in <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>aggregate within the year exceed $100 $200 for legislative or statewide candidates or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>than $500 for ballot questions, together with the amount and date of each contribution, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>the aggregate amount of contributions within the year from each source so disclosed. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>donation in kind must be disclosed at its fair market value. An approved expenditure must <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>be listed as a donation in kind. A donation in kind is considered consumed in the reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>period in which it is received. The names of contributors must be listed in alphabetical <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>order. Contributions from the same contributor must be listed under the same name. When <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>a contribution received from a contributor in a reporting period is added to previously <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>reported unitemized contributions from the same contributor and the aggregate exceeds <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>the disclosure threshold of this paragraph, the name, address, and employer, or occupation <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>if self-employed, of the contributor must then be listed on the report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>(c) (d) The report must disclose the sum of contributions to the reporting entity <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>during the reporting period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>(d) (e) The report must disclose each loan made or received by the reporting entity <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>within the year in aggregate in excess of $100 $200, continuously reported until repaid or <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>forgiven, together with the name, address, occupation, and principal place of business, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>if any, of the lender and any endorser and the date and amount of the loan. If a loan <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>made to the principal campaign committee of a candidate is forgiven or is repaid by an <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>entity other than that principal campaign committee, it must be reported as a contribution <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>for the year in which the loan was made.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>(e) (f) The report must disclose each receipt over $100 $200 during the reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>period not otherwise listed under paragraphs (b) (c) to (d) (e).<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>(f) (g) The report must disclose the sum of all receipts of the reporting entity during <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>the reporting period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var>(g) (h) The report must disclose the name and address of each individual or <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.36"></a><var>14.36</var>association to whom aggregate expenditures, including approved expenditures,<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var> independent expenditures and ballot question expenditures  have been made by or on <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>behalf of the reporting entity within the year in excess of $100 $200, together with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>amount, date, and purpose of each expenditure and the name and address of, and office <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>sought by, each candidate on whose behalf the expenditure was made, identification of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>ballot question that the expenditure was intended to promote or defeat and an indication of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>whether the expenditure was to promote or to defeat the ballot question, and in the case <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>of independent expenditures made in opposition to a candidate, the candidate's name, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>address, and office sought. A reporting entity making an expenditure on behalf of more <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>than one candidate for state or legislative office must allocate the expenditure among the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>candidates on a reasonable cost basis and report the allocation for each candidate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>(h) (i) The report must disclose the sum of all expenditures made by or on behalf of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>the reporting entity during the reporting period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>(i) (j) The report must disclose the amount and nature of an advance of credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>incurred by the reporting entity, continuously reported until paid or forgiven. If an advance <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>of credit incurred by the principal campaign committee of a candidate is forgiven by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>creditor or paid by an entity other than that principal campaign committee, it must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>reported as a donation in kind for the year in which the advance of credit was made.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>(j) (k) The report must disclose the name and address of each political committee, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit to which contributions have <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>been made that aggregate in excess of $100 $200 within the year and the amount and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>date of each contribution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>(k) (l) The report must disclose the sum of all contributions made by the reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>entity during the reporting period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>(l) (m) The report must disclose the name and address of each individual or <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>association to whom noncampaign disbursements have been made that aggregate in excess <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>of $100 $200 within the year by or on behalf of the reporting entity and the amount, date, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>and purpose of each noncampaign disbursement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>(m) (n) The report must disclose the sum of all noncampaign disbursements made <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>within the year by or on behalf of the reporting entity.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>(n) (o) The report must disclose the name and address of a nonprofit corporation that <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>provides administrative assistance to a political committee or political fund as authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>by section 
         <statute_ref>211B.15, subdivision 17</statute_ref>, the type of administrative assistance provided, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>aggregate fair market value of each type of assistance provided to the political committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>or political fund during the reporting period.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.31.0"></a><a id="pl.15.35"></a><var>15.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.20, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Preelection</b><b> Pre-election</b><b> reports.</b> (a) Any loan, contribution, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>contributions:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) to a political committee or political fund from any one source totaling more than<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var> $1,000 or more, or in a statewide election for;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) to the principal campaign committee of a candidate for an appellate court judicial <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>office, any loan, contribution, or contributions from any one source totaling more than<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var> $2,000 or more, or in any judicial;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) to the principal campaign committee of a candidate for district court judge<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var> totaling more than $400 or more, and any loan, contribution, or contributions; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) to the principal campaign committee of a candidate for constitutional office or <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>for the legislature from any one source totaling 80 more than 50 percent or more of the<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var> election cycle contribution limit for the office, received between the last day covered in <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>the last report before an election and the election must be reported to the board in one of <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>the following ways: in the manner provided in paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>(b) A loan, contribution, or contributions required to be reported to the board under <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>paragraph (a) must be reported to the board either:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) in person by the end of the next business day after its receipt; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) by electronic means sent within 24 hours after its receipt.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) These loans and contributions must also be reported in the next required report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) This notice requirement does not apply with respect to in a primary in which <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>the statewide or legislative election to a candidate who is unopposed in the primary, in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>primary election to a ballot question political committee or fund, or in a general election to <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>a candidate whose name is not on the general election ballot. The board must post the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>report on its Web site by the end of the next business day after it is received.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) This subdivision does not apply to a ballot question or independent expenditure <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>political committee or fund that has not met the registration threshold of section 10A.14, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>subdivision 1a. However, if a contribution that would be subject to this section triggers the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>registration requirement in section 10A.14, subdivision 1a, then both registration under <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>that section and reporting under this section are required.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.32.0"></a><a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.20, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Report when no committee.</b> (a) A candidate who does not designate <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>and cause to be formed a principal campaign committee and an individual who makes <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>independent expenditures or campaign expenditures expressly advocating the approval or <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>defeat of a ballot question in aggregate in excess of $100 $750 in a year must file with <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.35"></a><var>16.35</var>the board a report containing the information required by subdivision 3. Reports required <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>by this subdivision must be filed on by the dates on which reports by principal campaign<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var> committees, funds, and party units are must be filed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>(b) An individual who makes independent expenditures that aggregate more than <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>$1,500 in a calendar year or expenditures to promote or defeat a ballot question that <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>aggregate more than $5,000 in a calendar year must file with the board a report containing <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>the information required by subdivision 3. A report required by this subdivision must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>filed by the date on which the next report by political committees and political funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>must be filed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.33.0"></a><a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.20, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Statement of inactivity.</b> If a reporting entity principal campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>committee, party unit, or political committee, has no receipts or expenditures during a <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>reporting period, the treasurer must file with the board at the time required by this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>a statement to that effect.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.34.0"></a><a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.20, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7a. <b>Activity of political fund.</b> An association is not required to file any <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>statement or report for a reporting period when the association accepted no contributions <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>into the association's political fund and made no expenditures from its political fund since <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>the last date included in its most recent filed report. If the association maintains a separate <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>checking account for its political fund, the receipt of interest on the proceeds of that <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>account and the payment of fees to maintain that account do not constitute activity that <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>requires the filing of a report for an otherwise inactive political fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.35.0"></a><a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.241, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var><b>10A.241 TRANSFER OF DEBTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>10A.24</statute_ref>, A candidate may terminate the candidate's <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>principal campaign committee for one state office by transferring any debts of that <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>committee to the candidate's principal campaign committee for another state office if <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>all outstanding unpaid bills or loans from the committee being terminated are assumed <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>and continuously reported by the committee to which the transfer is being made until <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>paid or forgiven. A loan that is forgiven is covered by section 
         <statute_ref>10A.20</statute_ref> and, for purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>of section 
         <statute_ref>10A.324</statute_ref>, is a contribution to the principal campaign committee from which <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>the debt was transferred under this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.36.0"></a><a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 36. <b>[10A.243] TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Termination report.</b> A political committee, political fund, principal <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>campaign committee, or party unit may terminate its registration with the board after it <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>has disposed of all its assets in excess of $100 by filing a final report of receipts and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>expenditures. The final report must be identified as a termination report and must include <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>all financial transactions that occurred after the last date included on the most recent <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>report filed with the board. The termination report may be filed at any time after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>asset threshold in this section is reached.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Asset disposition.</b> "Assets" include credit balances at vendors, prepaid <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>postage and postage stamps, as well as physical assets. Assets must be disposed of at their <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>fair market value. Assets of a political fund that consist of, or were acquired using, only <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>the general treasury money of the fund's supporting association remain the property of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>association upon termination of the association's political fund registration and are not <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>subject to the disposal requirements of this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.37.0"></a><a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 37. <b>[10A.244] VOLUNTARY INACTIVE STATUS; POLITICAL FUNDS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Election of voluntary inactive status.</b> An association that has a <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>political fund registered under this chapter may elect to have the fund placed on voluntary <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>inactive status if the following conditions are met:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>(1) the association makes a written request for inactive status;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>(2) the association has filed all periodic reports required by this chapter and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>has received no contributions into its political fund and made no expenditures or <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>disbursements through its political fund since the last date included on the association's <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>most recent report; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>(3) the association has satisfied all obligations to the state for late filing fees and civil <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>penalties imposed by the board or the board has waived this requirement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Effect of voluntary inactive status.</b> After an association has complied <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>with the requirements of subdivision 1:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>(1) the board must notify the association that its political fund has been placed in <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>voluntary inactive status and of the terms of this section;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>(2) the board must stop sending the association reports, forms, and notices of report <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>due dates that are periodically sent to entities registered with the board;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>(3) the association is not required to file periodic disclosure reports for its political <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>fund as otherwise required under this chapter;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>(4) the association may not accept contributions into its political fund and may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.35"></a><var>18.35</var>make expenditures, contributions, or disbursements through its political fund; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>(5) if the association maintains a separate depository account for its political fund, <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>it may continue to pay bank service charges and receive interest paid on that account <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>while its political fund is in inactive status.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Resumption of active status or termination.</b> (a) An association that <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>has placed its political fund in voluntary inactive status may resume active status upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>written notice to the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>(b) A political fund placed in voluntary inactive status must resume active status <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>within 14 days of the date that it has accepted contributions or made expenditures, <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>contributions, or disbursements that aggregate more than $750 since the political fund was <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>placed on inactive status. If, after meeting this threshold, the association does not notify <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>the board that its fund has resumed active status, the board may place the association's <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>political fund in active status and notify the association of the change in status.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>(c) An association that has placed its political fund in voluntary inactive status may <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>terminate the registration of the fund without returning it to active status.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Penalty for financial activity while in voluntary inactive status.</b> If an <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>association fails to notify the board of its political fund's resumption of active status under <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>subdivision 3, the board may impose a civil penalty of $50 per day, not to exceed $1,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>commencing on the 15th calendar day after the fund resumed active status.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.38.0"></a><a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 38. <b>[10A.245] ADMINISTRATIVE TERMINATION OF INACTIVE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var><b>COMMITTEES AND FUNDS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Inactivity defined.</b> (a) A principal campaign committee becomes <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>inactive on the later of the following dates:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>(1) six years after the last election in which the individual for whom the committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>exists was a candidate for the office sought or held at the time the principal campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>committee registered with the board; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>(2) six years after the last day on which the individual for whom the committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>exists served in an elective office subject to this chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>(b) A political committee, political fund, or party unit becomes inactive when <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>four years have elapsed since the end of a reporting period during which the political <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>committee, political fund, or party unit made an expenditure or disbursement requiring <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>itemized disclosure under this chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>(c) A political fund that has elected voluntary inactive status under section 10A.244 <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>becomes inactive within the meaning of this section when four years have elapsed during <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>which the political fund was continuously in voluntary inactive status.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Termination by board.</b> The board may terminate the registration of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>principal campaign committee, party unit, political committee, or political fund found to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>inactive under this section 60 days after sending written notice of inactivity by certified mail <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>to the affected association at the last address on record with the board for that association. <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>Within 60 days after the board sends notice under this section, the affected association must <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>dispose of its assets as provided in this subdivision. The assets of the principal campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>committee, party unit, or political committee must be used for the purposes authorized by <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>this chapter or section 211B.12 or must be liquidated and deposited in the general account <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>of the state elections campaign account. The assets of an association's political fund that <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>were derived from the association's general treasury money revert to the association's <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>general treasury. Assets of a political fund that resulted from contributions to the political <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>fund must be used for the purposes authorized by this chapter or section 211B.12 or must <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>be liquidated and deposited in the general account of the state elections campaign account.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.39.0"></a><a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 39. <b>[10A.246] UNPAID DEBT UPON TERMINATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>Termination of a registration with the board does not affect the liability, if any, of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>association or its candidates, officers, or other individuals for obligations incurred in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>name of the association or its political fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.40.0"></a><a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.25, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Amounts.</b> (a) In a year in which an election is held for an office sought by a <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>candidate segment of an election cycle, the principal campaign committee of the candidate <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>must not make campaign expenditures nor permit approved expenditures to be made on <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>behalf of the candidate that result in aggregate expenditures in excess of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>(1) for governor and lieutenant governor, running together, $2,577,200 $3,500,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>in the election segment and $1,500,000 in the nonelection segment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>(2) for attorney general, $429,600 $600,000 in the election segment and $200,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>the nonelection segment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>(3) for secretary of state and state auditor, separately, $214,800 $400,000 in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>election segment and $100,000 in the nonelection segment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>(4) for state senator, $68,100 $90,000 in the election segment and $30,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>a non-election segment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>(5) for state representative, $34,300 $60,000 in the election segment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>(b) In addition to the amount in paragraph (a), clause (1), a candidate for <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>endorsement for the office of lieutenant governor at the convention of a political party <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>may make campaign expenditures and approved expenditures of five percent of that <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>amount to seek endorsement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>(c) If a special election cycle occurs during a general election cycle, expenditures by <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>or on behalf of a candidate in the special election do not count as expenditures by or on <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>behalf of the candidate in the general election.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>(d) The expenditure limits in this subdivision for an office are increased by ten <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>percent for a candidate who is running for that has not previously held the same office<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var> for the first time, whose name has not previously been on the primary or general election <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>ballot for that office, and who has not in the past ten years raised or spent more than $750 <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>in a run previously for any other office whose territory now includes a population that <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>is more than one-third of the population in the territory of the new office. In the case of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>a legislative candidate, the office is that of a member of the house of representatives or <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>senate without regard to any specific district.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.41.0"></a><a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.25, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>Aggregated expenditures.</b> If a candidate makes expenditures from more <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>than one principal campaign committee for nomination or election to statewide office in <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>the same segment of an  election year cycle, the amount of expenditures from all of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>candidate's principal campaign committees for statewide office for that segment of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var> election year cycle must be aggregated for purposes of applying the limits on expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>under subdivision 2.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.42.0"></a><a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.25, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Governor and lieutenant governor a single candidate.</b> For the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>of sections 10A.11 to 10A.34 this chapter, a candidate for governor and a candidate <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>for lieutenant governor, running together, are considered a single candidate. Except <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>as provided in subdivision 2, paragraph (b), all expenditures made by or all approved <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>expenditures made on behalf of the candidate for lieutenant governor are considered to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>expenditures by or approved expenditures on behalf of the candidate for governor.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.43.0"></a><a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.257, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Unused funds.</b> After all campaign expenditures and noncampaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>disbursements for an election cycle have been made, an amount up to 50 25  percent of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>election year cycle expenditure limit for the office may be carried forward. Any remaining <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>amount up to the total amount of the public subsidy from the state elections campaign fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>must be returned to the state treasury for credit to the general fund under section 
         <statute_ref>10A.324</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>Any remaining amount in excess of the total public subsidy must be contributed to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>state elections campaign fund account or a political party for multicandidate expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>10A.275</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.44.0"></a><a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.27, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Contribution limits.</b> (a) Except as provided in subdivision 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>a candidate must not permit the candidate's principal campaign committee to accept <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>aggregate contributions made or delivered by any individual, political committee, or<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var> political fund, or association not registered with the board in excess of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>(1) to candidates for governor and lieutenant governor running together, $2,000<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var> $4,000 in the election segment of an election year cycle for the office sought and $500<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var> $2,000 in other years the nonelection segment of the election cycle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>(2) to a candidate for attorney general, secretary of state, or state auditor, $1,000<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var> $2,500 in the election segment of an election year cycle for the office sought and $200<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var> $1,500 in other years the nonelection segment of the election cycle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>(3) to a candidate for secretary of state or state auditor, $2,000 in the election <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>segment of an election cycle and $1,000 in the nonelection segment of the election cycle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>(3) (4) to a candidate for state senator, $500 $1,000 in the election segment of an <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>election year cycle for the office sought and $100 $1,000 in other years a nonelection <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>segment of the election cycle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>(4) (5) to a candidate for state representative, $500 $1,000 in the election segment of <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>an election year cycle for the office sought and $100 in the other year; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>(5) (6) to a candidate for judicial office, $2,000 $2,500 in the election segment of <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>an election year cycle for the office sought and $500 $1,000 in other years a nonelection <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>segment of the election cycle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>(b) The following deliveries are not subject to the bundling limitation in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>subdivision:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>(1) delivery of contributions collected by a member of the candidate's principal <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>campaign committee, such as a block worker or a volunteer who hosts a fund-raising <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>event, to the committee's treasurer; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>(2) a delivery made by an individual on behalf of the individual's spouse.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>(c) A lobbyist, political committee, political party unit, or  an association that has a <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>political fund, or an association not registered with the board must not make a contribution <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>a candidate is prohibited from accepting.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.45.0"></a><a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.27, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Limited personal contributions.</b> A candidate who accepts a public <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>subsidy signs an agreement under section 10A.322 may not contribute to the candidate's <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>own campaign during a year segment of an election cycle more than ten five times the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>candidate's election year contribution limit for that segment under subdivision 1.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.46.0"></a><a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.27, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11. <b>Contributions from certain types of contributors.</b> A candidate must <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>not permit the candidate's principal campaign committee to accept a contribution from <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>a political committee, political fund, lobbyist, or large contributor, or association not <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>registered with the board if the contribution will cause the aggregate contributions from <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>those types of contributors during an election cycle segment to exceed an amount equal <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>to 20 percent of the election cycle segment expenditure limits for the office sought by <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>the candidate, provided that the 20 percent limit must be rounded to the nearest $100. <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>For purposes of this subdivision, "large contributor" means an individual, other than the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>candidate, who contributes an amount that is more than $100 and more than one-half the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>amount an individual may contribute during the election cycle segment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.47.0"></a><a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.27, subdivision 13, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 13. <b>Unregistered association limit; statement; penalty.</b> (a) The treasurer of <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>a political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit must not <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>accept a contribution of more than $100 $200 from an association not registered under <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>this chapter unless the contribution is accompanied by a written statement that meets the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>disclosure and reporting period requirements imposed by section 
         <statute_ref>10A.20</statute_ref>. This statement <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>must be certified as true and correct by an officer of the contributing association. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>committee, fund, or party unit that accepts the contribution must include a copy of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>statement with the report that discloses the contribution to the board. This subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>does not apply when a national political party contributes money to its affiliate in this state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>(b) An unregistered association may provide the written statement required by this <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>subdivision to no more than three committees, funds, or party units in a calendar year. Each <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>statement must cover at least the 30 days immediately preceding and including the date on <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>which the contribution was made. An unregistered association or an officer of it is subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000, if the association or its officer:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>(1) fails to provide a written statement as required by this subdivision; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>(2) fails to register after giving the written statement required by this subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>more than three committees, funds, or party units in a calendar year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>(c) The treasurer of a political committee, political fund, principal campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>committee, or party unit who accepts a contribution in excess of $100 $200 from an <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>unregistered association without the required written disclosure statement is subject to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>civil penalty up to four times the amount in excess of $100 $200.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>(d) This subdivision does not apply:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>(1) when a national political party contributes money to its state committee; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>(2) to purchases by candidates for federal office of tickets to events or space rental <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>at events held by party units in this state (i) if the geographical area represented by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>party unit includes any part of the geographical area of the office that the federal candidate <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>is seeking and (ii) the purchase price is not more than that paid by other attendees or <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>renters of similar spaces.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.48.0"></a><a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.27, subdivision 14, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 14. <b>Contributions of business revenue.</b> An association may, if not prohibited <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>by other law, contribute revenue from the operation of a business to an independent <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>expenditure or ballot question political committee or an independent expenditure political<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var> fund without complying with subdivision 13.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.49.0"></a><a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.27, subdivision 15, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 15. <b>Contributions </b><b>of dues or contribution revenue</b><b> or use of general </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var><b>treasury money</b><b>.</b> (a) An association may, if not prohibited by other law, contribute revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>from membership dues or fees, or from contributions received by the association its general <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>treasury money to an independent expenditure or ballot question political committee or <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>an independent expenditure political fund, including its own independent expenditure or <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>ballot question political committee or fund, without complying with subdivision 13.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>(b) Before the day when the recipient committee or fund's next report must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>filed with the board under section 
         <statute_ref>10A.20, subdivision 2</statute_ref> or 5, an association that has <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>contributed more than $5,000 or more in aggregate to independent expenditure political <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>committees or funds during the calendar year or has contributed more than $5,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>aggregate to ballot question political committees or funds during the calendar year <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>must provide in writing to the recipient's treasurer a statement that includes the name, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>address, and amount attributable to each individual or association person that paid the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>association dues or fees, or made contributions donations to the association that, in total, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>aggregate more than $1,000 or more $5,000 of the contribution from the association to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>independent expenditure or ballot question political committee or fund. The statement <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>must also include the total amount of the contribution from individuals or associations<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var> attributable to persons  not subject to itemization under this section. The statement must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>certified as true and correct by an officer of the donor association.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>(b) (c) To determine the amount of membership dues or fees, or contributions<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var> donations made by an individual or association that exceed $1,000 of the contribution <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>made by the donor association a person to an association and attributable to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>association's contribution to the independent expenditure or ballot question political <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>committee or fund, the donor association must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>(1) apply a pro rata calculation to all unrestricted dues, fees, and contributions <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>received by the donor association in the calendar year; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>(2) as provided in paragraph (c) (d), identify the specific individuals or associations <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>whose dues, fees, or contributions are included in the contribution to the independent <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>expenditure political committee or fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>(c) (d) Dues, fees, or contributions from an individual or association must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>identified in a contribution to an independent expenditure political committee or fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>under paragraph (b) (c), clause (2), if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>(1) the individual or association has specifically authorized the donor association to <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>use the individual's or association's dues, fees, or contributions for this purpose; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>(2) the individual's or association's dues, fees, or contributions to the donor <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>association are unrestricted and the donor association designates them as the source of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>subject contribution to the independent expenditure political committee or fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>(e) After a portion of an individual's or association's dues, fees, or contributions <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>to the donor association have the general treasury money received by an association <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>from a person has been designated as the source of a contribution to an independent <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>expenditure or ballot question political committee or fund, that portion of the individual's <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>or association's dues, fees, or contributions to the donor association association's general <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>treasury money received from that person may not be designated as the source of any other <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>contribution to an independent expenditure or ballot question political committee or fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>(d) For the purposes of this section, "donor association" means the association <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>contributing to an independent expenditure political committee or fund that is required to <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>provide a statement under paragraph (a).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.50.0"></a><a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.323, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var><b>10A.323 AFFIDAVIT OF CONTRIBUTIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) In addition to the requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>10A.322</statute_ref>, to be eligible to receive a <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>public subsidy under section 
         <statute_ref>10A.31</statute_ref> a candidate or the candidate's treasurer must file an <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.35"></a><var>25.35</var>affidavit with the board stating that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) between January 1 of the previous year and the cutoff date for transactions <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>included in the report of receipts and expenditures due before the primary election the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>candidate has accumulated, accumulate contributions from persons individuals eligible to <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>vote in this state in at least the amount indicated for the office sought, counting only the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>first $50 received from each contributor, excluding in-kind contributions:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) (i) candidates for governor and lieutenant governor running together, $35,000;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) (ii) candidates for attorney general, $15,000;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) (iii) candidates for secretary of state and state auditor, separately, $6,000;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) (iv) candidates for the senate, $3,000; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) (v) candidates for the house of representatives, $1,500.;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the candidate or the candidate's treasurer must file an affidavit with the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>stating that the principal campaign committee has complied with this paragraph. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>affidavit must state the total amount of contributions that have been received from persons<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var> individuals eligible to vote in this state, disregarding excluding:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the portion of any contribution in excess of $50.;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>(ii) any in-kind contribution; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>(iii) any contribution for which the name and address of the contributor is not known <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>and recorded; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the candidate or the candidate's treasurer must submit the affidavit required <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>by this section to the board in writing by the deadline for reporting of receipts and <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>expenditures before a primary under section 
         <statute_ref>10A.20</statute_ref>, subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A candidate for a vacancy to be filled at a special election for which the filing <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>period does not coincide with the filing period for the general election must accumulate <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>the contributions specified in paragraph (a) and must submit the affidavit required by this <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>section to the board within five days after the close of the filing period for the special <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>election for which the candidate filed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.51.0"></a><a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 211B.15, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Penalty for individuals.</b> (a) An officer, manager, stockholder, member, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>agent, employee, attorney, or other representative of a corporation acting on behalf of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>corporation who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty of up to ten times the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>amount of the violation, but in no case more than $10,000, imposed by the Campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>Finance and Public Disclosure Board under chapter 10A or imposed by the Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>Administrative Hearings under this chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>(b) Knowingly violating this section is a crime. An officer, manager, stockholder, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.35"></a><var>26.35</var>member, agent, employee, attorney, or other representative of a corporation acting in <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>behalf of the corporation who violates is convicted of knowingly violating this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>may be fined not more than $20,000 or be imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.52.0"></a><a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 211B.15, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Penalty for corporations.</b> (a) A corporation that violates this section is <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>subject to a civil penalty of up to ten times the amount of the violation, but in no case <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>more than $10,000, imposed by the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board under <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>chapter 10A or imposed by the Office of Administrative Hearings under this chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>(b) Knowingly violating this section is a crime. A corporation convicted of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>knowingly violating this section is subject to a fine not greater than $40,000. A convicted <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>domestic corporation may be dissolved as well as fined. If a foreign or nonresident <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>corporation is convicted, in addition to being fined, its right to do business in this state <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>may be declared forfeited.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.53.0"></a><a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 211B.15, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7b. <b>Knowing violations.</b> An individual or a corporation knowingly violates <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>this section if, at the time of a transaction, the individual or the corporation knew:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>(1) that the transaction causing the violation constituted a contribution under chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>10A, chapter 211A, or chapter 383B; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var> (2) that the contributor was a corporation subject to the prohibitions of subdivision 2.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.54.0"></a><a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 211B.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Administrative remedy; exhaustion.</b> (a) Except as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>paragraph (b), a complaint alleging a violation of chapter 211A or 211B must be filed with <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>the office. The complaint must be finally disposed of by the office before the alleged <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>violation may be prosecuted by a county attorney.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>(b) Complaints arising under those sections and related to those individuals and <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>associations specified in section 10A.02, subdivision 11, paragraph (a), must be filed with <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.55.0"></a><a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 55. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 10A.24; 10A.242; and 10A.25, subdivision 6, are <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.56.0"></a><a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 56. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>This article is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var><b>PUBLIC OFFICIAL</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.01, subdivision 35, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 35. <b>Public official.</b> "Public official" means any:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) member of the legislature;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) individual employed by the legislature as secretary of the senate, legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>auditor, chief clerk of the house of representatives, revisor of statutes, or researcher, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>legislative analyst, or attorney in the Office of Senate Counsel and Research or House <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>Research;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) constitutional officer in the executive branch and the officer's chief administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>deputy;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) solicitor general or deputy, assistant, or special assistant attorney general;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) commissioner, deputy commissioner, or assistant commissioner of any state <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>department or agency as listed in section 
         <statute_ref>15.01</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>15.06</statute_ref>, or the state chief information <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>officer;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) member, chief administrative officer, or deputy chief administrative officer of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>state board or commission that has either the power to adopt, amend, or repeal rules under <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>chapter 14, or the power to adjudicate contested cases or appeals under chapter 14;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) individual employed in the executive branch who is authorized to adopt, amend, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>or repeal rules under chapter 14 or adjudicate contested cases under chapter 14;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) executive director of the State Board of Investment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) deputy of any official listed in clauses (7) and (8);<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) judge of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) administrative law judge or compensation judge in the State Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>Administrative Hearings or unemployment law judge in the Department of Employment <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>and Economic Development;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(12) member, regional administrator, division director, general counsel, or operations <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>manager of the Metropolitan Council;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(13) member or chief administrator of a metropolitan agency;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(14) director of the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>Department of Public Safety;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(15) member or executive director of the Higher Education Facilities Authority;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(16) member of the board of directors or president of Enterprise Minnesota, Inc.;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(17) member of the board of directors or executive director of the Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>High School League;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(18) member of the Minnesota Ballpark Authority established in section 
         <statute_ref>473.755</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(19) citizen member of the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(20) manager of a watershed district, or member of a watershed management <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>organization as defined under section 
         <statute_ref>103B.205, subdivision 13</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(21) supervisor of a soil and water conservation district;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>(22) director of Explore Minnesota Tourism;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(23) citizen member of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council established <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>in section 97A.056;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>(24) citizen member of the Clean Water Council established in section 
         <statute_ref>114D.30</statute_ref>; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>(25) member or chief executive of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>established in section 
         <statute_ref>473J.07</statute_ref>.;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>(26) district court judge, appeals court judge, or Supreme Court justice; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>(27) county commissioner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.07, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var><b>10A.07 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Disclosure of potential conflicts.</b> A public official or a local <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>official elected to or appointed by a metropolitan governmental unit who in the discharge <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>of official duties would be required to take an action or make a decision that would <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>substantially affect the official's financial interests or those of an associated business, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>unless the effect on the official is no greater than on other members of the official's <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>business classification, profession, or occupation, must take the following actions:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>(1) prepare a written statement describing the matter requiring action or decision and <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>the nature of the potential conflict of interest;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>(2) deliver copies of the statement to the official's immediate superior, if any; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>(3) if a member of the legislature or of the governing body of a metropolitan <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>governmental unit, deliver a copy of the statement to the presiding officer of the body <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>of service.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>If a potential conflict of interest presents itself and there is insufficient time to <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>comply with clauses (1) to (3), the public or local official must orally inform the superior <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>or the official body of service or committee of the body of the potential conflict.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Required actions.</b> If the official is not a member of the legislature or of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>governing body of a metropolitan governmental unit, the superior must assign the matter, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.35"></a><var>29.35</var>if possible, to another employee who does not have a potential conflict of interest. If there <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>is no immediate superior, the official must abstain, if possible, in a manner prescribed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>the board from influence over the action or decision in question. If the official is a member <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>of the legislature, the house of service may, at the member's request, excuse the member <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>from taking part in the action or decision in question. If the official is not permitted or is <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>otherwise unable to abstain from action in connection with the matter, the official must <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>file a statement describing the potential conflict and the action taken. A public official <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>must file the statement with the board and a local official must file the statement with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>governing body of the official's political subdivision. The statement must be filed within a <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>week of the action taken.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Interest in contract; local officials.</b> This section does not apply to a local <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>official with respect to a matter governed by sections 
         <statute_ref>471.87</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>471.88</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Exception; judges.</b> Notwithstanding subdivisions 1 and 2, a public official <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>who is a district court judge, an appeals court judge, or a Supreme Court justice is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>required to comply with the provisions of this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.071, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>(b) "Gift" means money, real or personal property, a service, a loan, a forbearance or <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>forgiveness of indebtedness, or a promise of future employment, that is given and received <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>without the giver receiving consideration of equal or greater value in return.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>(c) "Official" means a public official, an employee of the legislature, a judge, or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>local official of a metropolitan governmental unit.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.08, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var><b>10A.08 REPRESENTATION DISCLOSURE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Disclosure required.</b> A public official who represents a client for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>fee before an individual, board, commission, or agency that has rulemaking authority in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>hearing conducted under chapter 14, must disclose the official's participation in the action <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>to the board within 14 days after the appearance. If the public official fails to disclose the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>participation within ten business days after the disclosure required by this section was due, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>the board may impose a late filing fee of $5 per day, not to exceed $100, starting on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>11th day after the disclosure was due. The board must send notice by certified mail to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>public official who fails to disclose the participation within ten business days after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>disclosure was due that the public official may be subject to a civil penalty for failure to <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>disclose the participation. A public official who fails to disclose the participation within <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>seven days after the certified mail notice was sent by the board is subject to a civil penalty <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>imposed by the board of up to $1,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Exception; judges.</b> Notwithstanding subdivision 1, a public official who is <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>a district court judge, an appeals court judge, or a Supreme Court justice is not required to <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>comply with the provisions of this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.09, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6a. <b>Local officials</b><b> Place of filing</b><b>.</b> A public official required to file a <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>statement under this section must file it with the board. A local official required to file a <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>statement under this section must file it with the governing body of the official's political <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>subdivision. The governing body must maintain statements filed with it under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>subdivision as public data. If an official position is defined as both a public official and as <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>a local official of a metropolitan governmental unit under this chapter, the official must <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>file the statement with the board.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.09, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Waivers.</b> Upon written request and for good cause shown, the board may <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>waive the requirement that an official disclose the address of real property that constitutes <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>a secondary residence of the official.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>This article is effective January 1, 2014, and applies to public officials elected or <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>appointed to terms of office commencing on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var><b>ARTICLE 3</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var><b>TECHNICAL CHANGES</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.01, subdivision 35, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 35. <b>Public official.</b> "Public official" means any:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) member of the legislature;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) individual employed by the legislature as secretary of the senate, legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>auditor, chief clerk of the house of representatives, revisor of statutes, or researcher, <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>legislative analyst, fiscal analyst, or attorney in the Office of Senate Counsel and, Research <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>or, and Fiscal Analysis, House Research, or the House Fiscal Analysis Department;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) constitutional officer in the executive branch and the officer's chief administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>deputy;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) solicitor general or deputy, assistant, or special assistant attorney general;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) commissioner, deputy commissioner, or assistant commissioner of any state <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>department or agency as listed in section 
         <statute_ref>15.01</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>15.06</statute_ref>, or the state chief information <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>officer;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) member, chief administrative officer, or deputy chief administrative officer of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>state board or commission that has either the power to adopt, amend, or repeal rules under <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>chapter 14, or the power to adjudicate contested cases or appeals under chapter 14;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) individual employed in the executive branch who is authorized to adopt, amend, <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>or repeal rules under chapter 14 or adjudicate contested cases under chapter 14;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) executive director of the State Board of Investment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) deputy of any official listed in clauses (7) and (8);<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) judge of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) administrative law judge or compensation judge in the State Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>Administrative Hearings or unemployment law judge in the Department of Employment <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>and Economic Development;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(12) member, regional administrator, division director, general counsel, or operations <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>manager of the Metropolitan Council;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(13) member or chief administrator of a metropolitan agency;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(14) director of the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>Department of Public Safety;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(15) member or executive director of the Higher Education Facilities Authority;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(16) member of the board of directors or president of Enterprise Minnesota, Inc.;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(17) member of the board of directors or executive director of the Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>High School League;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(18) member of the Minnesota Ballpark Authority established in section 
         <statute_ref>473.755</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(19) citizen member of the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(20) manager of a watershed district, or member of a watershed management <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>organization as defined under section 
         <statute_ref>103B.205, subdivision 13</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(21) supervisor of a soil and water conservation district;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>(22) director of Explore Minnesota Tourism;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(23) citizen member of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council established <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>in section 97A.056;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>(24) citizen member of the Clean Water Council established in section 
         <statute_ref>114D.30</statute_ref>; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>(25) member or chief executive of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.35"></a><var>32.35</var>established in section 
         <statute_ref>473J.07</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.025, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Changes and corrections.</b> Material changes in information previously <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>submitted and corrections to a report or statement must be reported in writing to the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>within ten days following the date of the event prompting the change or the date upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>which the person filing became aware of the inaccuracy. The change or correction must <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>identify the form and the paragraph containing the information to be changed or corrected.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>A person who willfully fails to report a material change or correction is guilty of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>gross misdemeanor and is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $3,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var> A willful violation of this subdivision is a gross misdemeanor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>The board must send a notice by certified mail to any individual who fails to file a <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>report required by this subdivision. If the individual fails to file the required report within <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>ten business days after the notice was sent, the board may impose a late filing fee of $5 per <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>day up to $100 starting on the 11th day after the notice was sent. The board must send <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>an additional notice by certified mail to an individual who fails to file a report within 14 <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>days after the first notice was sent by the board that the individual may be subject to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>civil penalty for failure to file a report. An individual who fails to file a report required by <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>this subdivision within seven days after the second notice was sent by the board is subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.04, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Late filing.</b>  If a lobbyist or principal fails to file a report required by <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>this section within ten business days after by the date the report was due, the board may <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>impose a late filing fee of $5 $25 per day, not to exceed $100 $1,000, commencing with<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var> the 11th day after the report was due. The board must send notice by certified mail to any <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>lobbyist or principal who fails to file a report within ten business days after the report was <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>due that the lobbyist or principal may be subject to a civil penalty for failure to file the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>report or pay the fee. A lobbyist or principal who fails to file a report or statement or pay a <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>fee within seven days after the certified mail notice was sent by the board is subject to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.16, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var><b>10A.16 EARMARKING CONTRIBUTIONS PROHIBITED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>An individual, political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>party unit may not solicit or accept a contribution from any source with the express or <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>implied condition that the contribution or any part of it be directed to a particular candidate <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>other than the initial recipient. An individual, political committee, political fund, principal <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>campaign committee, or party unit that knowingly accepts any earmarked contribution is <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>guilty of a gross misdemeanor and subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>$3,000. Knowingly accepting any earmarked contribution is a gross misdemeanor.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.20, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Period of report.</b> A report must cover the period from January 1 of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>reporting year to seven days before the filing date, except that the report due on January <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>31 must cover the period from the last day covered by the previous report January 1 to <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>December 31 of the reporting year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.6.0"></a><a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.20, subdivision 12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 12. <b>Failure to file; penalty.</b>  If an individual fails to file a report required by <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>this section that is due January 31 within ten business days after the report was due, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>board may impose a late filing fee of $25 per day, not to exceed $1,000, commencing <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>the day after the report was due.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>If an individual fails to file a report required by this section that is due before a <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>primary or general election within three days after the date due, regardless of whether the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>individual has received any notice, the board may impose a late filing fee of $50 per day, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>not to exceed $1,000, commencing on the day after the date the statement was due.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>The board must send notice by certified mail to an individual who fails to file a <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>report within ten business days after the report was due that the individual may be subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>to a civil penalty for failure to file the report. An individual who fails to file the report <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>within seven days after the certified mail notice was sent by the board is subject to a civil <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.7.0"></a><a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.273, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Contributions during legislative session.</b> (a) A candidate for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>legislature or for constitutional office, the candidate's principal campaign committee, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>a political committee or party unit established by all or a part of the party organization <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>within a house of the legislature, must not solicit or accept a contribution from a registered <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>lobbyist, political committee, political fund, or dissolving principal campaign committee<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var> an association not registered with the board, or from a party unit established by the party <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>organization within a house of the legislature, during a regular session of the legislature.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>(b) A registered lobbyist, political committee, political fund, or dissolving principal <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>campaign committee an association not registered with the board, or a party unit established <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>by the party organization within a house of the legislature, must not make a contribution to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>candidate for the legislature or for constitutional office, the candidate's principal campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>committee, or a political committee or party unit established by all or a part of the party <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>organization within a house of the legislature during a regular session of the legislature.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.8.0"></a><a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.273, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Civil penalty.</b> A candidate, political committee, party unit, political fund, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>principal campaign committee an association not registered with the board, or a registered <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>lobbyist that violates this section is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>to $1,000. If the board makes a public finding that there is probable cause to believe a <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>violation of this section has occurred, the board must may bring an action, or transmit the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>finding to a county attorney who must bring an action, in the District Court of Ramsey <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>County, to collect a civil penalty as imposed by the board. Penalties paid under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>must be deposited in the general fund in the state treasury.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.9.0"></a><a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.30, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var><b>10A.30 STATE ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN </b><b>FUND</b><b> ACCOUNT</b><b>.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment.</b> An account is established in the special revenue fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>of the state known as the "state elections campaign fund account."<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Separate account.</b> Within the state elections campaign fund account there <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>must be maintained a separate political party account for the state committee and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>candidates of each political party and a general account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Special elections account.</b> An account is established in the special revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>fund of the state known as the "state special elections campaign account."<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.10.0"></a><a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.31, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Distribution of general account.</b> (a) As soon as the board has obtained <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>the results of the primary election from the secretary of state, but no later than one week <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>after certification of the primary results by the State Canvassing Board, the board must <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>distribute the available money in the general account, as certified by the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>revenue on September 1 one week before the state primary and according to allocations set <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>forth in subdivision 5, in equal amounts to all candidates of a major political party whose <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>names are to appear on the ballot in the general election and who:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>(1) have signed a spending limit agreement under section 
         <statute_ref>10A.322</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>(2) have filed the affidavit of contributions required by section 
         <statute_ref>10A.323</statute_ref>; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>(3) were opposed in either the primary election or the general election.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>(b) The public subsidy under this subdivision may not be paid in an amount that <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>would cause the sum of the public subsidy paid from the party account plus the public <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>subsidy paid from the general account to exceed 50 percent of the expenditure limit for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>candidate or 50 percent of the expenditure limit that would have applied to the candidate if <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>the candidate had not been freed from expenditure limits under section 
         <statute_ref>10A.25, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>10
         </statute_ref>. Money from the general account not paid to a candidate because of the 50 percent limit <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>must be distributed equally among all other qualifying candidates for the same office until <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>all have reached the 50 percent limit or the balance in the general account is exhausted.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>(c) A candidate must expend or become obligated to expend at least an amount equal <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>to 50 percent of the money distributed by the board under this subdivision no later than the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>end of the final reporting period preceding the general election. Otherwise, the candidate <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>must repay to the board the difference between the amount the candidate spent or became <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>obligated to spend by the deadline and the amount distributed to the candidate under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>subdivision. The candidate must make the repayment no later than six months following <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>the general election. The candidate must reimburse the board for all reasonable costs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>including litigation costs, incurred in collecting any amount due.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>If the board determines that a candidate has failed to repay money as required by this <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>paragraph, the board may not distribute any additional money to the candidate until the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>entirety of the repayment has been made.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.11.0"></a><a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.315, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var><b>10A.315 SPECIAL ELECTION SUBSIDY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>(a) Each eligible candidate for a legislative office in a special election must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>paid a public subsidy equal to the sum of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>(1) the party account money at the last general election for the candidate's party <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>for the office the candidate is seeking; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>(2) the general account money paid to a candidate for the same office at the last <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>general election.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>(b) A candidate who wishes to receive this public subsidy must submit a signed <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>agreement under section 
         <statute_ref>10A.322</statute_ref> to the board and must meet the contribution <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>10A.323</statute_ref>. The special election subsidy must be distributed in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>same manner as money in the party and general accounts is distributed to legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>candidates in a general election.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>(c) The amount necessary to make the payments required by this section is <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>appropriated from the general fund to the board for transfer to the state special elections <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.35"></a><var>36.35</var>campaign account for distribution by the board as set forth in this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.12.0"></a><a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.322, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Refund receipt forms; penalty.</b> The board must make available to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>political party on request and to any candidate for whom an agreement under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>is effective, a supply of official refund receipt forms that state in boldface type that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>(1) a contributor who is given a receipt form is eligible to claim a refund as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>290.06, subdivision 23</statute_ref>,; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>(2) if the contribution is to a candidate, that the candidate has signed an agreement to <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>limit campaign expenditures as provided in this section. <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>The forms must provide duplicate copies of the receipt to be attached to the contributor's <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>claim. A candidate who does not sign an agreement under this section and who willfully <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>issues The willful issuance of an official refund receipt form or a facsimile of one to any <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>of the candidate's contributors by a candidate or treasurer of a candidate who did not sign <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>an agreement under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var><b>ARTICLE 4</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var><b>CONFORMING CHANGES</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.4.1.0"></a><a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.242, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Dissolution required.</b> A political committee, political fund, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>principal campaign committee must be dissolved within 60 days after receiving notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>from the board that the committee or fund has become inactive. The assets of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>committee or fund must be spent for the purposes authorized by section 
         <statute_ref>211B.12</statute_ref> and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>applicable law or liquidated and deposited in the general account of the state elections <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>campaign fund account within 60 days after the board notifies the committee or fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>that it has become inactive.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.2.0"></a><a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.27, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Contributions to and from other candidates.</b> (a) A candidate or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>treasurer of a candidate's principal campaign committee must not accept a contribution <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>from another candidate's principal campaign committee or from any other committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>bearing the contributing candidate's name or title or otherwise authorized by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>contributing candidate, unless the contributing candidate's principal campaign committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>is being dissolved. A candidate's principal campaign committee must not make a <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>contribution to another candidate's principal campaign committee, except when the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>contributing committee is being dissolved.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>(b) A principal campaign committee that makes a contribution to another principal <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>campaign committee must provide with the contribution a written statement of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>committee's intent to dissolve and terminate its registration within 12 months after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>contribution was made. If the committee fails to dissolve and terminate its registration by <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>that time, the board may levy a civil penalty up to four times the size of the contribution <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>against the contributing committee. A contribution from a terminating principal campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>committee that is not accepted by another principal campaign committee must be forwarded <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>to the board for deposit in the general account of the state elections campaign fund account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>(c) A candidate's principal campaign committee must not accept a contribution from, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>or make a contribution to, a committee associated with a person who seeks nomination <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>or election to the office of president, senator, or representative in Congress of the United <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>States.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>(d) A candidate or the treasurer of a candidate's principal campaign committee must <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>not accept a contribution from a candidate for political subdivision office in any state, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>unless the contribution is from the personal funds of the candidate for political subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>office. A candidate or the treasurer of a candidate's principal campaign committee must <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>not make a contribution from the principal campaign committee to a candidate for political <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>subdivision office in any state.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.3.0"></a><a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.31, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Designation.</b> An individual resident of this state who files an income <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>tax return or a renter and homeowner property tax refund return with the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>revenue may designate on their original return that $5 be paid from the general fund of <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>the state into the state elections campaign fund account. If a husband and wife file a joint <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>return, each spouse may designate that $5 be paid. No individual is allowed to designate <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>$5 more than once in any year. The taxpayer may designate that the amount be paid into <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>the account of a political party or into the general account.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.4.0"></a><a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.31, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Appropriation.</b> (a) The amounts designated by individuals for the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>elections campaign fund account, less three percent, are appropriated from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>fund, must be transferred and credited to the appropriate account in the state elections <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>campaign fund account, and are annually appropriated for distribution as set forth in <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>subdivisions 5, 5a, 6, and 7. The remaining three percent must be kept in the general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>for administrative costs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>(b) In addition to the amounts in paragraph (a), $1,020,000 for each general election <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>is appropriated from the general fund for transfer to the general account of the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>elections campaign fund account.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.5.0"></a><a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.321, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Calculation and certification of estimates.</b> The commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>revenue must calculate and certify to the board one week before the first day for filing for <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>office in each election year an estimate of the total amount in the state general account <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>of the state elections campaign fund account and the amount of money each candidate <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>who qualifies, as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>10A.31</statute_ref>, subdivisions 6 and 7, may receive from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>candidate's party account in the state elections campaign fund account. This estimate must <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>be based upon the allocations and formulas in section 
         <statute_ref>10A.31</statute_ref>, subdivisions 5 and 5a, any <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>necessary vote totals provided by the secretary of state to apply the formulas in section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>10A.31
         </statute_ref>, subdivisions 5 and 5a, and the amount of money expected to be available after <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>100 percent of the tax returns have been processed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.6.0"></a><a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.324, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>When return required.</b> A candidate must return all or a portion <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>of the public subsidy received from the state elections campaign fund account or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>public subsidy received under section 
         <statute_ref>10A.315</statute_ref>, under the circumstances in this section or <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>section 
         <statute_ref>10A.257, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>To the extent that the amount of public subsidy received exceeds the aggregate of: <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>(1) actual expenditures made by the principal campaign committee of the candidate; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>(2) approved expenditures made on behalf of the candidate, the treasurer of the candidate's <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>principal campaign committee must return an amount equal to the difference to the board. <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>The cost of postage that was not used during an election cycle and payments that created <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>credit balances at vendors at the close of an election cycle are not considered expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>for purposes of determining the amount to be returned. Expenditures in excess of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>candidate's spending limit do not count in determining aggregate expenditures under <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>this paragraph.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.7.0"></a><a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 211B.37, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var><b>211B.37 COSTS ASSESSED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>Except as otherwise provided in section 
         <statute_ref>211B.36, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, the chief <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>administrative law judge shall assess the cost of considering complaints filed under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>211B.32
         </statute_ref> as provided in this section. Costs of complaints relating to a statewide ballot <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>question or an election for a statewide or legislative office must be assessed against the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>appropriation from the general fund to the general account of the state elections campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>fund account in section 
         <statute_ref>10A.31, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. Costs of complaints relating to any other <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>ballot question or elective office must be assessed against the county or counties in <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>which the election is held. Where the election is held in more than one county, the chief <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>administrative law judge shall apportion the assessment among the counties in proportion <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>to their respective populations within the election district to which the complaint relates <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>according to the most recent decennial federal census.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.8.0"></a><a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This article is effective the day following final enactment."<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>Delete the title and insert:<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>"A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>relating to government operations; making various policy, technical, conforming, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>and other changes to campaign finance and public disclosure law; providing for <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>additional disclosure; modifying certain regulations, reporting, spending and <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>contribution limits, registration, definitions, and various procedures; modifying <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>definition of public official; modifying penalties related to corporate political <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>contributions; providing penalties;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>10A.01, subdivisions 10, 11, 16, 27, 28, 35, by adding subdivisions; 10A.02, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>subdivisions 9, 10, 11, 12, 15; 10A.025, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 10A.04, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>5; 10A.07; 10A.071, subdivisions 1, 3; 10A.08; 10A.09, subdivision 6a, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>adding a subdivision; 10A.105, subdivision 1; 10A.12, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>10A.121; 10A.14, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 10A.15, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>1, 3; 10A.16; 10A.20, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>10A.241; 10A.242, subdivision 1; 10A.25, subdivisions 2, 2a, 3; 10A.257, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>subdivision 1; 10A.27, subdivisions 1, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15; 10A.273, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>1, 4; 10A.30; 10A.31, subdivisions 1, 4, 7; 10A.315; 10A.321, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>10A.322, subdivision 4; 10A.323; 10A.324, subdivision 1; 211B.15, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>6, 7, by adding a subdivision; 211B.32, subdivision 1; 211B.37; proposing <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10A; repealing Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>Statutes 2012, sections 10A.24; 10A.242; 10A.25, subdivision 6."<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Senate Conferees:<br />
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               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><span>
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               <td><a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Ann H. Rest<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Katie Sieben<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
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               </td>
               <td></td>
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            </tr>
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               <td><a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Matt Schmit<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>House Conferees:<br />
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               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
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               <td><a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Ryan Winkler<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Raymond Dehn<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
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               <td><a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
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               </td>
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               <td><a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Kurt Daudt<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
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