SF 1198

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/12/2013 08:30am

A bill for an act
relating to campaign finance; increasing contribution limits for offices of state
senator and state representative; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections
10A.255, subdivisions 1, 3; 10A.27, subdivisions 1, 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.255, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Method of calculation.

new text begin (a) new text end The dollar amounts in section 10A.25,
subdivision 2, must be adjusted for general election years as provided in this section.
Each general election year, the executive director of the board must determine the
percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index from December of the year preceding
the last general election year to December of the year preceding the year in which the
determination is made. The dollar amounts used for the preceding general election year
must be multiplied by that percentage. The product of the calculation must be added to
each dollar amount to produce the dollar limitations to be in effect for the next general
election. The product must be rounded up to the next highest $100 increment. The
index used must be the revised Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for the St.
Paul-Minneapolis metropolitan area prepared by the United States Department of Labor.

new text begin (b) The dollar amounts in section 10A.27, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (3)
and (4), must be adjusted each year ending in a zero or five as provided in this section.
Each year ending in a zero or five, the executive director of the board must determine the
percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index from December of the year preceding the
last increase to the December of the year preceding the year in which the determination
is made. The dollar amounts must be multiplied by that percentage. The product of the
calculation must be added to each dollar amount to produce the dollar limitations to be in
effect for the next five years. The product must be rounded to the nearest $100 increment.
The index used must be the revised Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for the
St. Paul-Minneapolis metropolitan area prepared by the United States Department of Labor.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.255, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Publication of expenditure limit.

new text begin (a) new text end By April 15 of each election year
the board must publish in the State Register the expenditure limit for each office for that
calendar year under section 10A.25 as adjusted by this section. The revisor of statutes
must code the adjusted amounts in the next edition of Minnesota Statutes, section 10A.25,
subdivision 2.

new text begin (b) By April 15 of each year ending in a zero or five, the board must publish in the
State Register the expenditure limit for each office for the next five years under section
10A.27, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), as adjusted by this section. The
amount must be rounded to the nearest $100 increment. The revisor of statutes must
code the adjusted amounts in the next edition of Minnesota Statutes, section 10A.27,
subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4).
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.27, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Contribution limits.

(a) Except as provided in subdivision 2,
a candidate must not permit the candidate's principal campaign committee to accept
aggregate contributions made or delivered by any individual, political committee, or
political fund in excess of the following:

(1) to candidates for governor and lieutenant governor running together, $2,000 in
an election year for the office sought and $500 in other years;

(2) to a candidate for attorney general, secretary of state, or state auditor, $1,000 in
an election year for the office sought and $200 in other years;

(3) to a candidate for state senator, deleted text begin $500 deleted text end new text begin $750 new text end in an election year for the office
sought and deleted text begin $100 deleted text end new text begin $200 new text end in other years;

(4) to a candidate for state representative, deleted text begin $500 deleted text end new text begin $750 new text end in an election year for the office
sought and deleted text begin $100 deleted text end new text begin $200 new text end in the other year; and

(5) to a candidate for judicial office, $2,000 in an election year for the office sought
and $500 in other years.

(b) The following deliveries are not subject to the bundling limitation in this
subdivision:

(1) delivery of contributions collected by a member of the candidate's principal
campaign committee, such as a block worker or a volunteer who hosts a fund-raising
event, to the committee's treasurer; and

(2) a delivery made by an individual on behalf of the individual's spouse.

(c) A lobbyist, political committee, political party unit, or political fund must not
make a contribution a candidate is prohibited from accepting.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10A.27, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Political party and dissolving principal campaign committee limit.

new text begin (a)
new text end A candidate must not permit the candidate's principal campaign committee to accept
contributions from any political party units or dissolving principal campaign committees
in aggregate in excess of ten times the amount that may be contributed to that candidate
as set forth in subdivision 1 new text begin , except as provided in paragraph (b) new text end . The limitation in
this subdivision does not apply to a contribution from a dissolving principal campaign
committee of a candidate for the legislature to another principal campaign committee of
the same candidate.

new text begin (b) A candidate for state senator must not permit the candidate's principal campaign
committee to accept contributions from any political party unit or dissolving principal
campaign committee in aggregate in an amount equal to twice the amount for a state
representative under paragraph (a). The limitation in this subdivision does not apply to
a contribution from a dissolving principal campaign committee of a candidate for the
legislature to another principal campaign committee of the same candidate.
new text end

Sec. 5. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
new text end

new text begin This act is effective January 1, 2014.
new text end