1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; prohibiting certain
1.3 	contributions and solicitations during special
1.4 	legislative sessions; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.5 	2004, sections 10A.273, subdivisions 1, 2; 211A.14.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 10A.273,
1.8 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Contributions during legislative session.
 1.10 	(a) A candidate for the legislature or for constitutional
1.11 	office, the candidate's principal campaign committee, or a
1.12 	political committee or party unit established by all or a part
1.13 	of the party organization within a house of the legislature,
1.14 	must not solicit or accept a contribution from a registered
1.15 	lobbyist, political committee, political fund, or dissolving
1.16 	principal campaign committee, or from a party unit established
1.17 	by the party organization within a house of the legislature,
1.18 	during a regular or special session of the legislature.
1.19 	(b) A registered lobbyist, political committee, political
1.20 	fund, or dissolving principal campaign committee, or a party
1.21 	unit established by the party organization within a house of the
1.22 	legislature, must not make a contribution to a candidate for the
1.23 	legislature or for constitutional office, the candidate's
1.24 	principal campaign committee, or a political committee or party
1.25 	unit established by all or a part of the party organization
2.1 	within a house of the legislature during a regular or special 
2.2 	session of the legislature.

2.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 10A.273,
2.4 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.5 		Subd. 2.Party unit solicitations.  A political party
2.6 	unit must not solicit or receive at an event hosted by a
2.7 	candidate for the legislature or by a candidate for
2.8 	constitutional office a contribution from a lobbyist, political
2.9 	committee, political fund, or party unit during a regular or
2.10 	special session of the legislature.

2.11 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 211A.14, is
2.12 	amended to read:
2.13 	211A.14 CONTRIBUTIONS AND SOLICITATIONS DURING LEGISLATIVE
2.14 	SESSION.
2.15 	A legislator or state constitutional officer who is a
2.16 	candidate for a county, city, or town office, the candidate's
2.17 	principal campaign committee, and any other political committee
2.18 	with the candidate's name or title may not solicit or accept a
2.19 	contribution from a political fund or registered lobbyist during
2.20 	a regular or special session of the legislature.

2.21 	Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.22 	Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final
2.23 	enactment.