as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to elections; campaign finance; prohibiting 1.3 certain contributions and solicitations during special 1.4 legislative sessions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1.5 2002, 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 2002, 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 2002, 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 2002, 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.