HF 3689

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to elections; limiting certain campaign 
  1.3             contributions to candidates for governor; reducing 
  1.4             certain payments from the state elections campaign 
  1.5             fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 
  1.6             10A.27, subdivision 11. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 10A.27, 
  1.9   subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 11.  [CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CERTAIN TYPES OF 
  1.11  CONTRIBUTORS.] (a) A candidate shall not permit the candidate's 
  1.12  principal campaign committee to accept a contribution from a 
  1.13  political committee other than a political party unit as defined 
  1.14  in section 10A.275, a political fund, a lobbyist, or a large 
  1.15  giver, if the contribution will cause the aggregate 
  1.16  contributions from those types of contributors to exceed an 
  1.17  amount equal to 20 percent of the expenditure limits for the 
  1.18  office sought by the candidate.  For purposes of this 
  1.19  subdivision, "large giver" means an individual, other than the 
  1.20  candidate, who contributes an amount that is more than $100 and 
  1.21  more than one-half the amount an individual may contribute. 
  1.22     (b) A candidate for governor shall not permit the 
  1.23  candidate's principal campaign committee to accept a 
  1.24  contribution from an out-of-state contributor if that 
  1.25  contribution, when combined with other out-of-state 
  1.26  contributions and contributions from the types of contributors 
  2.1   listed in paragraph (a), will cause the aggregate contributions 
  2.2   to exceed an amount equal to 20 percent of the expenditure 
  2.3   limits for the office of governor.  Any out-of-state 
  2.4   contribution accepted in excess of the 20 percent limit must 
  2.5   result in an equal reduction in the amount of money that 
  2.6   candidate receives from the state elections campaign fund.