<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON S.F. No. 205<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; modifying provisions related to the campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>finance and public disclosure board; making changes to provisions related to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>enforcement, registration, fees, data, contributions, statements of economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>interest, and various other provisions administered by the board; providing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>penalties; making technical changes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>sections 10A.02, subdivision 11; 10A.03, subdivision 3; 10A.08, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>10A.09, subdivisions 6, 10; 10A.14, subdivisions 1, 1a, 4; 10A.17, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>4; 10A.20, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 10A.25, subdivision 10; 10A.27, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>1, 11, by adding a subdivision; 10A.322, subdivision 4; 10A.34, by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>subdivision; 13.607, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 211B.04; 211B.12; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>211B.15, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.20, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>subdivision 1c; Minnesota Rules, part 4503.1500, subpart 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>May 17, 2015<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>The Honorable Sandra L. Pappas<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>President of the Senate<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>The Honorable Kurt L. Daudt<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>We, the undersigned conferees for S.F. No. 205 report that we have agreed upon the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>That the House recede from its amendments and that S.F. No. 205 be further <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>amended as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.02, subdivision 11, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 11. <b>Violations; enforcement.</b> (a) The board may investigate any alleged <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>violation of this chapter. The board may also investigate an alleged violation of
         section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>211B.04
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>211B.12</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>211B.15</statute_ref> by or related to a candidate, treasurer, principal campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>committee, political committee, political fund, or party unit, as those terms are
         defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>in this chapter. <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>(1) Upon receipt of a written complaint filed with the board, the board shall promptly <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>provide a copy of the complaint to the subject of the complaint and notify the subject
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>a determination as to whether the complaint states a prima facie violation will be
         made <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>and that the subject may, within 15 days of the date the board provided notice to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>subject, submit a written statement addressing the prima facie determination. The
         notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>must include the definition of a prima facie determination. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>Within 30 days after the filing of the complaint, the board chair or another board <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>member designated by the chair shall promptly make a determination as to whether the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>complaint alleges a prima facie violation. If a determination is made that the complaint
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>does not allege a prima facie violation, the complaint shall be dismissed without
         prejudice <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>and the complainant and the subject of the complaint must be promptly notified of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>reasons the complaint did not allege a prima facie violation. The notice to the subject of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>the complaint must include a copy of the complaint. If the complainant files a revised <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>complaint regarding the same facts and the same subject, the prima facie determination
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>must be completed by a board member other than the member who made the initial <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>determination and who does not support the same political party as the member who
         made <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>the initial determination. The chair may order that the prima facie determination
         for any <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>complaint be made by the full board and must order that the prima facie determination
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>a complaint being submitted for the third time be made by the full board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>(2) If a determination is made that the complaint alleges a prima facie violation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>the board shall, within 45 days of the prima facie determination, make findings and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>conclusions as to whether probable cause exists to believe the alleged violation that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>warrants a formal investigation has occurred. Any party filing a complaint and any
         party <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>against whom a complaint is filed must be given an opportunity to be heard by the
         board <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>prior to the board's determination as to whether probable cause exists to believe
         a violation <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>that warrants a formal investigation has occurred.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>(3) Upon a determination by the board that probable cause exists to believe a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>violation that warrants a formal investigation has occurred, the board must undertake
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>an investigation under subdivision 10 and must issue an order at the conclusion of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>the investigation, except that if the complaint alleges a violation of section 
         <statute_ref>10A.25</statute_ref> or <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>10A.27
         </statute_ref>, the board must either enter a conciliation agreement or make public findings and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>conclusions as to whether a violation has occurred and must issue an order within
         60 days <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>after the filing of the complaint probable cause determination has been made. Prior to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>making findings and conclusions in an investigation, the board must offer the subject
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>the complaint an opportunity to answer the allegations of the complaint in writing
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>to appear before the board to address the matter. The deadline for action on a written
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>complaint may be extended by majority vote of the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>(b) The board may bring legal actions or negotiate settlements in its own name to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>recover money raised from contributions subject to the conditions in this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>(1) No action may be commenced unless the board has made a formal determination, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>after an investigation, that the money was raised for political purposes as defined
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>section 
         <statute_ref>211B.01, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, and that the money was used for purposes not permitted <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>under this chapter or under section 
         <statute_ref>211B.12</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>(2) Prior to commencing an action, the board must give the association whose money
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>was misused written notice by certified mail of its intent to take action under this
         subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>and must give the association a reasonable opportunity, for a period of not less than
         90 <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>days, to recover the money without board intervention. This period must be extended
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>for at least an additional 90 days for good cause if the association is actively pursuing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>recovery of the money. The board may not commence a legal action under this subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>if the association has commenced a legal action for the recovery of the same money.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>(3) Any funds recovered under this subdivision must be deposited in a campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>finance recovery account in the special revenue fund and are appropriated as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>(i) an amount equal to the board's actual costs and disbursements in the action, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>including court reporter fees for depositions taken in the course of an investigation,
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>appropriated to the board for its operations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>(ii) an amount equal to the reasonable value of legal services provided by the Office
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>of the Attorney General in the recovery matter, calculated on the same basis as is
         used <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>for charging legal fees to state agencies, is appropriated to the attorney general
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>attorney general's operations; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>(iii) any remaining balance is appropriated to the board for distribution to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>association to which the money was originally contributed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>(4) Notwithstanding clause (3), item (iii), if the candidate of a principal campaign
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>committee is the person who used the association's money for illegal purposes, or
         if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>association or political fund whose money was misused is no longer registered with
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>board, any money remaining after the payments specified in clause (3), items (i) and
         (ii), <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>must be transferred to the general account of the state elections campaign account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>(5) Any action by the board under this paragraph must be commenced not later than
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>four years after the improper use of money is shown on a report filed with the board
         or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>board has actual knowledge of improper use. No action may be commenced under this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>paragraph for improper uses disclosed on reports for calendar years prior to 2011.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>(6) If the board prevails in an action brought under this subdivision and the court
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>makes a finding that the misuse of funds was willful, the court may enter judgment
         in favor <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.36"></a><var>3.36</var>of the board and against the person misusing the funds in the amount of the misused
         funds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>(c) Within a reasonable time after beginning an investigation of an individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>or association, the board must notify the individual or association of the fact of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>investigation. The board must not make a finding that a violation has occurred without
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>notifying the individual or association of the nature of the allegations and affording
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>an opportunity to answer those allegations. After the board has sent notice of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>investigation to the individual or association, the individual or association must
         preserve <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>evidence related to the investigation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>(d) A hearing before the board or action of the board concerning a complaint or <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>investigation other than findings, conclusions, and orders or a conciliation agreement
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>confidential. Until the board makes a public finding or enters a conciliation agreement:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>(1) a member, employee, or agent of the board must not disclose to an individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>information obtained by that member, employee, or agent concerning a complaint or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>investigation except as required to carry out the investigation or take action in
         the matter <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>as authorized by this chapter; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>(2) an individual who discloses information contrary to this subdivision is subject
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>(e) A matter that is under the board's jurisdiction pursuant to this section and that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>may result in a criminal offense must be finally disposed of by the board before the
         alleged <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>violation may be prosecuted by a city or county attorney.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Failure to file.</b> The board must send a notice by certified mail to any <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>lobbyist who fails to file a registration form within five days after becoming a lobbyist. If <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>a lobbyist fails to file a registration form within ten business days after the notice was sent <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>by the date that the form was due, the board may impose a late filing fee of $5 $25 per day, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>not to exceed $100 $1,000, starting on the 11th day after the notice was sent form was due. <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>The board must send an additional notice by certified mail to a lobbyist who fails to file a <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>form within 14 ten business days after the first notice was sent by the board form was due <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>that the lobbyist may be subject to a civil penalty for failure to file the form.
         A lobbyist <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>who fails to file a form within seven days after the second certified mail notice was sent by <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>the board is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Disclosure required.</b> A public official who represents a client for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>fee before an individual, board, commission, or agency that has rulemaking authority
         in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>hearing conducted under chapter 14, must disclose the official's participation in
         the action <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>to the board within 14 days after the appearance. If the public official fails to
         disclose the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>participation within ten business days after by the date that the disclosure required by this <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>section was due, the board may impose a late filing fee of $5 $25 per day, not to exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>$100 $1,000, starting on the 11th day after the disclosure was due. The board must send <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>notice by certified mail to a public official who fails to disclose the participation
         within <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>ten business days after the disclosure was due that the public official may be subject
         to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>civil penalty for failure to disclose the participation. A public official who fails
         to disclose <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>the participation within seven days after the certified mail notice was sent by the
         board is <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.09, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Supplementary</b><b> Annual</b><b> statement.</b> Each individual who is required to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>file a statement of economic interest must also file a supplementary an annual statement <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>on by April 15 the last Monday in January of each year that the individual remains <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>in office if information on the most recently filed statement has changed. The annual <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>statement must cover the period through December 31 of the year prior to the year
         when <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>the statement is due. The supplementary annual statement, if required, must include <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>the amount of each honorarium in excess of $50 received since the previous statement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>and the name and address of the source of the honorarium. The board must maintain
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>each annual statement of economic interest submitted by an officeholder in the same file <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>with the statement submitted as a candidate.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.09, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Board audits; data classification.</b> All data related to an audit, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>the existence of the audit, are classified as confidential data, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>13.02</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>subdivision 3. A member, employee, or agent of the board must not disclose information <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>obtained by the member, employee, or agent concerning the audit except as required
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>carry out the audit or take action in the matter. Upon completion of the audit, the
         board's <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>final audit report is public. The final audit report must contain the name of the
         individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>subject to the audit, a description of any audit findings, a description of any responses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>provided by the individual who was subject to the audit, and a description of the
         manner in <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>which any findings were resolved.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.6.0"></a><a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.14, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>First registration.</b>  (a) The treasurer of a political committee, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit must register with the
         board by <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>filing a registration statement. The registration statement must be filed by the earliest of <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>the following dates:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) no later than 14 days after the committee, fund, or party unit has made a <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>contribution, received contributions, or made expenditures in excess of $750,;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) no later than the next report of receipts and expenditures filing date applicable
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>to the committee, fund, or party unit if the committee, fund, or party unit reached
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>threshold in clause (1) before the end of the reporting period covered by that report; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) by the end of the next business day after it has received a loan or contribution
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>that must be reported under section 
         <statute_ref>10A.20, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, whichever is earlier.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) This subdivision does not apply to ballot question or independent expenditure <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>political committees or funds, which are subject to subdivision 1a.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.7.0"></a><a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.14, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1a. <b>Independent expenditure or ballot question political committees </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var><b>and funds; first registration; reporting.</b> The treasurer of an independent expenditure <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>or ballot question political committee or fund must register with the board by filing
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>registration statement. The registration must be filed by the earliest of the following dates:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>(1) no later than 14 calendar days after the committee or the association registering
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>the political fund has:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>(i) received aggregate contributions for independent expenditures of more than <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>$1,500 in a calendar year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>(ii) received aggregate contributions for expenditures to promote or defeat a ballot
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>question of more than $5,000 in a calendar year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>(iii) made aggregate independent expenditures of more than $1,500 in a calendar <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>year; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>(iv) made aggregate expenditures to promote or defeat a ballot question of more <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>than $5,000 in a calendar year; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>(2) no later than the next report of receipts and expenditures filing date applicable
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>to the independent expenditure or ballot question committee or fund if the committee
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>fund reached the threshold in clause (1) before the end of the reporting period covered
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>that report; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>(3) by the end of the next business day after it has received a loan or contribution <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>that must be reported under section 
         <statute_ref>10A.20, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, and it has met one of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>requirements of clause (1).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.8.0"></a><a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.14, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Failure to file; penalty.</b>  If an individual fails to file a statement required by <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>this section within ten business days after by the date that the statement was due, the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>may impose a late filing fee of $5 $25 per day, not to exceed $100 $1,000, commencing <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>with the 11th starting on the day after the statement was due.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>The board must send notice by certified mail to any individual who fails to file a
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>statement within ten business days after the statement was due that the individual
         may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>subject to a civil penalty for failure to file the statement. An individual who fails
         to file the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>statement within seven days after the certified mail notice was sent by the board
         is subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.9.0"></a><a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.17, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Independent expenditures.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>(c), an individual, political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>or party unit that independently solicits or accepts contributions or makes independent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>expenditures on behalf of a candidate must publicly disclose that the expenditure
         is an <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>independent expenditure. All written communications with those from whom contributions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>are independently solicited or accepted or to whom independent expenditures are made
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>on behalf of a candidate must contain a statement in conspicuous type that the activity
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>is an independent expenditure and is not approved by the candidate nor is the candidate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>responsible for it. Similar language must be included in all oral communications,
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>conspicuous type on the front page of all literature and advertisements published
         or posted, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>and at the end of all broadcast advertisements made by that individual, political
         committee, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit on the candidate's behalf.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to individuals or associations that are not required
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>to register or report under this chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>(c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>(1) bumper stickers, pins, buttons, pens, or similar small items on which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>independent expenditure statement cannot be conveniently printed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>(2) skywriting, wearing apparel, or other means of displaying an advertisement <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>of such a nature that the inclusion of the independent expenditure statement would
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>impracticable; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>(3) online banner ads and similar electronic communications that link directly to
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>online page that includes the independent expenditure statement.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.10.0"></a><a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>First filing; duration.</b> (a) The treasurer of a political committee, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit must begin to file the
         reports <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>required by this section for the first year it receives contributions or makes expenditures
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>that require it to register under section 
         <statute_ref>10A.14</statute_ref> and must continue to file until the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>committee, fund, or party unit is terminated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>(b) If, on or before the last date included in a reporting period, a political committee,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit received contributions
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>made expenditures that would require it to register under section 10A.14, the political
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit must both register
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>with the board under section 10A.14 and report under this section by the date that
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>report for that reporting period is due.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>(c) The reports must be filed electronically in a standards-based open format <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>specified by the board. For good cause shown, the board must grant exemptions to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>requirement that reports be filed electronically.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.11.0"></a><a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Time for filing.</b> (a) The reports must be filed with the board on or before <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>January 31 of each year and additional reports must be filed as required and in accordance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>with paragraphs (b) to (f).<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>(b) In each year in which the name of a candidate for legislative or district court
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>judicial office is on the ballot, the report of the principal campaign committee must
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>filed 15 days before a primary election and ten days before a general election, seven
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>days before a special primary election and seven days before a special general election,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>and ten days after a special election cycle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>(c) In each general election year, a political committee, a political fund, a state
         party <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>committee, and a party unit established by all or a part of the party organization
         within a <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>house of the legislature must file reports on the following schedule:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>(1) a first-quarter report covering the calendar year through March 31, which is <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>due April 14;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>(2) a report covering the calendar year through May 31, which is due June 14;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>(3) a pre-primary-election report due 15 days before a primary election;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>(4) a pre-general-election report due 42 days before the general election; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>(5) a pre-general-election report due ten days before a general election.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>(d) In each general election year, a party unit not included in paragraph (c) must
         file <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>reports 15 days before a primary election and ten days before a general election.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>(e) In each year in which a constitutional office or appellate court judicial seat
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>on the ballot, the principal campaign committee of a candidate for that office or
         seat <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>must file reports on the following schedule:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>(1) a first-quarter report covering the calendar year through March 31, which is <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>due April 14;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>(2) a report covering the calendar year through May 31, which is due June 14;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>(3) a pre-primary-election report due 15 days before a primary election;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>(4) a pre-general-election report due 42 days before the general election;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>(5) a pre-general-election report due ten days before a general election; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>(6) for a special election, a constitutional office candidate whose name is on the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>ballot must file reports seven days before a special primary election, seven days
         before a <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>special general election, and ten days after a special election cycle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>(f) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (e):<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>(1) the principal campaign committee of a candidate who did not file for office is
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>required to file the report due June 14, the report due 15 days before the primary election, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>or the report due seven days before a special primary election; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>(2) the principal campaign committee of a candidate whose name will not be on the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>general election ballot is not required to file the report due 42 days before the
         general <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>election, the report due ten days before a general election, or the report due seven
         days <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>before a special general election.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.12.0"></a><a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Contents of report.</b> (a) The report required by this section must include <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>each of the items listed in paragraphs (b) to (o) that are applicable to the filer.
         The board <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>shall prescribe forms based on filer type indicating which of those items must be
         included <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>on the filer's report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>(b) The report must disclose the amount of liquid assets on hand at the beginning
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>of the reporting period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>(c) The report must disclose the name, address, and employer, or occupation if <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>self-employed, and registration number if registered with the board, of each individual or <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>association that has made one or more contributions to the reporting entity, including
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>purchase of tickets for a fund-raising effort, that in aggregate within the year exceed
         $200 <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>for legislative or statewide candidates or more than $500 for ballot questions, together
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>with the amount and date of each contribution, and the aggregate amount of contributions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>within the year from each source so disclosed. A donation in kind must be disclosed
         at <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var>its fair market value. An approved expenditure must be listed as a donation in kind.
         A <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>donation in kind is considered consumed in the reporting period in which it is received.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>The names of contributors must be listed in alphabetical order. Contributions from
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>same contributor must be listed under the same name. When a contribution received
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>a contributor in a reporting period is added to previously reported unitemized contributions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>from the same contributor and the aggregate exceeds the disclosure threshold of this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>paragraph, the name, address, and employer, or occupation if self-employed, of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>contributor must then be listed on the report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>(d) The report must disclose the sum of contributions to the reporting entity during
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>the reporting period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>(e) The report must disclose each loan made or received by the reporting entity <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>within the year in aggregate in excess of $200, continuously reported until repaid
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>forgiven, together with the name, address, occupation, and principal place of business, if <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>any, and registration number if registered with the board of the lender and any endorser <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>and the date and amount of the loan. If a loan made to the principal campaign committee
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>of a candidate is forgiven or is repaid by an entity other than that principal campaign
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>committee, it must be reported as a contribution for the year in which the loan was
         made.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>(f) The report must disclose each receipt over $200 during the reporting period not
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>otherwise listed under paragraphs (c) to (e).<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>(g) The report must disclose the sum of all receipts of the reporting entity during
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>the reporting period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>(h) The report must disclose the name and, address, and registration number if <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>registered with the board of each individual or association to whom aggregate expenditures, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>approved expenditures, independent expenditures, and ballot question expenditures
         have <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>been made by or on behalf of the reporting entity within the year in excess of $200,
         together <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>with the amount, date, and purpose of each expenditure and the name and address of,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>office sought by, each candidate on whose behalf the expenditure was made, identification
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>of the ballot question that the expenditure was intended to promote or defeat and
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>indication of whether the expenditure was to promote or to defeat the ballot question,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>in the case of independent expenditures made in opposition to a candidate, the candidate's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>name, address, and office sought. A reporting entity making an expenditure on behalf
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>more than one candidate for state or legislative office must allocate the expenditure
         among <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>the candidates on a reasonable cost basis and report the allocation for each candidate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>(i) The report must disclose the sum of all expenditures made by or on behalf of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>reporting entity during the reporting period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>(j) The report must disclose the amount and nature of an advance of credit incurred
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.36"></a><var>10.36</var>by the reporting entity, continuously reported until paid or forgiven. If an advance
         of credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>incurred by the principal campaign committee of a candidate is forgiven by the creditor
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>paid by an entity other than that principal campaign committee, it must be reported
         as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>donation in kind for the year in which the advance of credit was made.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>(k) The report must disclose the name and, address, and registration number if <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>registered with the board of each political committee, political fund, principal campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>committee, or party unit to which contributions have been made that aggregate in excess
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>of $200 within the year and the amount and date of each contribution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>(l) The report must disclose the sum of all contributions made by the reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>entity during the reporting period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>(m) The report must disclose the name and, address, and registration number <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>if registered with the board of each individual or association to whom noncampaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>disbursements have been made that aggregate in excess of $200 within the year by or
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>behalf of the reporting entity and the amount, date, and purpose of each noncampaign
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>disbursement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>(n) The report must disclose the sum of all noncampaign disbursements made within
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>the year by or on behalf of the reporting entity.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>(o) The report must disclose the name and address of a nonprofit corporation that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>provides administrative assistance to a political committee or political fund as authorized
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>by section 
         <statute_ref>211B.15, subdivision 17</statute_ref>, the type of administrative assistance provided, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>aggregate fair market value of each type of assistance provided to the political committee
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>or political fund during the reporting period.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.13.0"></a><a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.25, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Effect of opponent's conduct.</b> (a) After the deadline for filing a spending <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>limit agreement under section 
         <statute_ref>10A.322</statute_ref>, a candidate who has agreed to be bound by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>expenditure limits imposed by this section as a condition of receiving a public subsidy
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>for the candidate's campaign may choose to be released from the expenditure limits
         but <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>remain eligible to receive a public subsidy if the candidate has an opponent who has
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>not agreed to be bound by the limits and has received contributions or made or become
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>obligated to make expenditures during that election cycle in excess of the following
         limits:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>(1) up to the close of the reporting period before the primary election, receipts
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>expenditures equal to 20 percent of the election segment expenditure limit for that office <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>as set forth in subdivision 2; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>(2) after the close of the reporting period before the primary election, cumulative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>receipts or expenditures during that election cycle equal to 50 percent of the election cycle <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var>expenditure limit for that office as set forth in subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>Before the primary election, a candidate's "opponents" are only those who will <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>appear on the ballot of the same party in the primary election.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>(b) A candidate who has not agreed to be bound by expenditure limits, or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>candidate's principal campaign committee, must file written notice with the board
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>provide written notice to any opponent of the candidate for the same office within
         24 hours <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>of exceeding the limits in paragraph (a). The notice must state only that the candidate
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>candidate's principal campaign committee has received contributions or made or become
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>obligated to make campaign expenditures in excess of the limits in paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>(c) Upon receipt of the notice, a candidate who had agreed to be bound by the limits
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>may file with the board a notice that the candidate chooses to be no longer bound
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>expenditure limits. A notice of a candidate's choice not to be bound by the expenditure
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>limits that is based on the conduct of an opponent in the state primary election may
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>be filed more than one day after the State Canvassing Board has declared the results
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>of the state primary.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>(d) A candidate who has agreed to be bound by the expenditure limits imposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>by this section and whose opponent in the general election has chosen, as provided
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>paragraph (c), not to be bound by the expenditure limits because of the conduct of
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>opponent in the primary election is no longer bound by the limits but remains eligible
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>receive a public subsidy.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.14.0"></a><a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.27, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Contribution limits.</b> (a) Except as provided in subdivision 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>a candidate must not permit the candidate's principal campaign committee to accept
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>aggregate contributions made or delivered by any individual, political committee,
         political <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>fund, or association not registered with the board in excess of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>(1) to candidates for governor and lieutenant governor running together, $4,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>in the election segment of an election cycle for the office sought and $2,000 in the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>nonelection segment of the election cycle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>(2) to a candidate for attorney general, $2,500 in the election segment of an election
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>cycle for the office sought and $1,500 in the nonelection segment of the election
         cycle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>(3) to a candidate for secretary of state or state auditor, $2,000 in the election
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>segment of an election cycle and $1,000 in the nonelection segment of the election
         cycle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>(4) to a candidate for state senator, $1,000 in the election segment of an election
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>cycle for the office sought and $1,000 in a nonelection segment of the election cycle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>(5) to a candidate for state representative, $1,000 in the election segment of an
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>election cycle for the office sought; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>(6) to a candidate for judicial office, $2,500 in the election segment of an election
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>cycle for the office sought and $1,000 $2,500 in a nonelection segment of the election cycle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>(b) The following deliveries are not subject to the bundling limitation in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>subdivision:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>(1) delivery of contributions collected by a member of the candidate's principal <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>campaign committee, such as a block worker or a volunteer who hosts a fund-raising
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>event, to the committee's treasurer; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>(2) a delivery made by an individual on behalf of the individual's spouse.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>(c) A lobbyist, political committee, political party unit, an association that has
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>political fund, or an association not registered with the board must not make a contribution
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>a candidate is prohibited from accepting.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.15.0"></a><a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.27, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 11. <b>Contributions from certain types of contributors.</b> A candidate must <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>not permit the candidate's principal campaign committee to accept a contribution from
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>political committee, political fund, lobbyist, large contributor, or association not registered <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>with the board if the contribution will cause the aggregate contributions from those
         types <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>of contributors during an election cycle segment to exceed an amount equal to 20 percent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>of the election cycle segment expenditure limits for the office sought by the candidate,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>provided that the 20 percent limit must be rounded to the nearest $100. For purposes of <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>this subdivision, "large contributor" means an individual, other than the candidate,
         who <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>contributes an amount that is more than one-half the amount an individual may contribute
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>during the election cycle segment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.16.0"></a><a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.273, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Contributions during legislative session.</b> (a) A candidate for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>legislature or for constitutional office, the candidate's principal campaign committee,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>a political committee or party unit established by all or a part of the party organization
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>within a house of the legislature, must not solicit or accept a contribution from
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>registered lobbyist, political committee, political fund, or an association not registered <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>with the board, or a party unit established by the party organization within a house of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>legislature, during a regular session of the legislature.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>(b) A registered lobbyist, political committee, political fund, or an association not <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>registered with the board, or a party unit established by the party organization within a <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>house of the legislature, must not make a contribution to a candidate for the legislature <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>or for constitutional office, the candidate's principal campaign committee, or a political
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>committee or party unit established by all or a part of the party organization within
         a house <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>of the legislature during a regular session of the legislature.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.17.0"></a><a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.273, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Definition.</b> For purposes of this section, a "regular session" includes the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>entire first day and the entire last day of each annual session. For purposes of this section, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>"regular session" does not include a special session or the interim between the two annual <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>sessions of a biennium.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.18.0"></a><a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.322, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Refund receipt forms; penalty.</b> (a) The board must make available to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>political party on request and to any candidate for whom an agreement under this section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>is effective, a supply of official refund receipt forms that state in boldface type
         that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>(1) a contributor who is given a receipt form is eligible to claim a refund as provided
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>290.06, subdivision 23</statute_ref>; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>(2) if the contribution is to a candidate, that the candidate has signed an agreement
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>limit campaign expenditures as provided in this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>The forms must provide duplicate copies of the receipt to be attached to the contributor's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>claim.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>(b) The willful issuance of an official refund receipt form or a facsimile of one to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>any of the candidate's contributors by a candidate or treasurer of a candidate who
         did not <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>sign an agreement under this section is subject to a civil penalty of up to $3,000 imposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>by the board. <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>(c) The willful issuance of an official refund receipt form or a facsimile to an <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>individual not eligible to claim a refund under section 290.06, subdivision 23, is
         subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>to a civil penalty of up to $3,000 imposed by the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>(d) A violation of paragraph (b) or (c) is a misdemeanor.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.19.0"></a><a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.34, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Penalty for violations of chapter 211B under board's jurisdiction.</b> If <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>a civil penalty is not specified in a section of chapter 211B brought under the board's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>jurisdiction by section 10A.02, subdivision 11, paragraph (a), the board may impose
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>a civil penalty of up to $3,000.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.20.0"></a><a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.607, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3a. <b>Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board audit data.</b> The <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>record of certain audits conducted under chapter 10A is classified, and disposition
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>certain information is governed, by section 10A.09, subdivision 10.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.21.0"></a><a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.607, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Statements of economic interest.</b> (a) Disclosure of statements of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>economic interest filed by local officials is governed by section 
         <statute_ref>10A.09, subdivision 6a</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>(b) Data related to audits of statements of economic interest are governed by section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var><statute_ref>10A.09, subdivision 10</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.22.0"></a><a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 211B.04, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var><b>211B.04 CAMPAIGN LITERATURE MUST INCLUDE DISCLAIMER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>(a) A person who participates in the preparation or dissemination of campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>material other than as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>211B.05, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, that does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>prominently include the name and address of the person or committee causing the material
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>to be prepared or disseminated in a disclaimer substantially in the form provided
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>paragraph (b) or (c) is guilty of a misdemeanor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>(b) Except in cases covered by paragraph (c), the required form of disclaimer is:
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>"Prepared and paid for by the .......... committee, .........(address)" for material
         prepared <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>and paid for by a principal campaign committee, or "Prepared and paid for by the ..........
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>committee, .........(address), in support of .........(insert name of candidate or ballot <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>question)" for material prepared and paid for by a person or committee other than a <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>principal campaign committee. If the material is produced and disseminated without cost, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>the words "paid for" may be omitted from the disclaimer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>(c) In the case of broadcast media, the required form of disclaimer is: "Paid for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>by the ............ committee." If the material is produced and broadcast without cost, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>required form of the disclaimer is: "The ............ committee is responsible for
         the content <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>of this message."<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>(d) Campaign material that is not circulated on behalf of a particular candidate <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>or ballot question must also include in the disclaimer either that it is "in opposition
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>to.....(insert name of candidate or ballot question.....)"; or that "this publication
         is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>circulated on behalf of any candidate or ballot question."<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>(e) This section does not apply to objects stating only the candidate's name and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>office sought, fund-raising tickets, or business cards, personal letters, or similar items that <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>are clearly being sent distributed by the candidate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>(f) (e) This section does not apply to an individual or association who acts <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>independently of any candidate, candidate's committee, political committee, or political
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>fund and spends only from the individual's or association's own resources a sum that
         is less <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>than $2,000 in the aggregate to produce or distribute campaign material that is distributed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>at least seven days before the election to which the campaign material relates that is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>required to register or report under chapter 10A or 211A.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>(f) This section does not apply to the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>(1) bumper stickers, pins, buttons, pens, or similar small items on which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>disclaimer cannot be conveniently printed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>(2) skywriting, wearing apparel, or other means of displaying an advertisement of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>such a nature that the inclusion of a disclaimer would be impracticable; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>(3) online banner ads and similar electronic communications that link directly to
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>online page that includes the disclaimer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>(g) This section does not modify or repeal section 
         <statute_ref>211B.06</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.23.0"></a><a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 211B.12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var><b>211B.12 LEGAL EXPENDITURES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Use of money collected for political purposes is prohibited unless the use is <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>reasonably related to the conduct of election campaigns, or is a noncampaign disbursement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>10A.01, subdivision 26</statute_ref>. The following are permitted expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>when made for political purposes:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) salaries, wages, and fees;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) communications, mailing, transportation, and travel;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) campaign advertising;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) printing;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) office and other space and necessary equipment, furnishings, and incidental <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>supplies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) charitable contributions of not more than $100 to any charity organized <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code annually, except that the amount
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>contributed by a is not limited by this clause if the political committee, political fund, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>party unit,  principal campaign committee, or from the campaign fund of a candidate for <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>political subdivision office that made the contribution dissolves within one year after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.35"></a><var>16.35</var>contribution is made is not limited by this clause; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(7) other expenses, not included in clauses (1) to (6), that are reasonably related
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>the conduct of election campaigns. In addition, expenditures made for the purpose
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>providing information to constituents, whether or not related to the conduct of an
         election, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>are permitted expenses. Money collected for political purposes and assets of a political
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>committee or political fund may not be converted to personal use.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.24.0"></a><a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 211B.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Prohibited contributions.</b> (a) A corporation may not make a contribution <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>or offer or agree to make a contribution directly or indirectly, of any money, property,
         free <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>service of its officers, employees, or members, or thing of monetary value to a major <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>political party, organization, committee, or individual to promote or defeat the candidacy
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>of an individual for nomination, election, or appointment to a political office.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>(b) A political party, organization, committee, or individual may not accept a <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>contribution or an offer or agreement to make a contribution that a corporation is
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>prohibited from making under paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>(c) For the purpose of this subdivision, "contribution" includes an expenditure to <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>promote or defeat the election or nomination of a candidate to a political office
         that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>made with the authorization or expressed or implied consent of, or in cooperation
         or in <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate or committee established
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>support or oppose a candidate but does not include an independent expenditure authorized
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>by subdivision 3.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.25.0"></a><a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 211B.37, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var><b>211B.37 COSTS ASSESSED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>Except as otherwise provided in section 
         <statute_ref>211B.36, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, the chief <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>administrative law judge shall assess the cost of considering complaints filed under
         section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>211B.32
         </statute_ref> as provided in this section. Costs of complaints relating to a statewide ballot <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>question or an election for a statewide or legislative office must be assessed against the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>appropriation from the general fund to the general account of the state elections
         campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>account in section 
         <statute_ref>10A.31, subdivision 4</statute_ref> paid from appropriations to the office for this <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>purpose. Costs of complaints relating to any other ballot question or elective office must
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>be paid from appropriations to the office for this purpose.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.26.0"></a><a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 26. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>The revisor of statutes shall renumber the provisions of Minnesota Statutes listed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>in column A to the references listed in column B. The revisor shall also make necessary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>cross-reference changes in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules consistent with
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>renumbering.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="10"></col>
            <col width="27.5"></col>
            <col width="27.5"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Column A<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Column B<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>10A.02, subd. 9<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>10A.022, subd. 1<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>10A.02, subd. 10, paragraphs (a) and <br />
                  		(b)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>10A.022, subd. 2<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>10A.02, subd. 10, paragraph (c)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>10A.02, subd. 13, paragraph (b)<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>10A.02, subd. 11, paragraph (a)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>10A.022, subd. 3<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>10A.02, subd. 11, paragraph (b)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>10A.022, subd. 8<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>10A.02, subd. 11, paragraph (c)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>10A.022, subd. 4<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>10A.02, subd. 11, paragraph (d)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>10A.022, subd. 5, paragraph (a)<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>10A.02, subd. 11, paragraph (e)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>10A.022, subd. 7<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>10A.02, subd. 11a<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>10A.022, subd. 5, paragraph (b)<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>10A.02, subd. 13<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>10A.02, subd. 13, paragraph (a)<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>10A.09, subd. 10<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>10A.022, subd. 6<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.0.27.0"></a><a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 27. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10A.20, subdivision 1c, and Minnesota Rules, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>part 4503.1500, subpart 2, are repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.28.0"></a><a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 28. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>This act is effective the day following final enactment."<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>Delete the title and insert:<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>"A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>relating to campaign finance; modifying provisions related to the Campaign <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>Finance and Public Disclosure Board; making changes to provisions related <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>to enforcement, registration, fees, data, contributions, statements of economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>interest, and various other provisions administered by the board; providing <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>penalties; making technical changes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>sections 10A.02, subdivision 11; 10A.03, subdivision 3; 10A.08, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>10A.09, subdivisions 6, 10; 10A.14, subdivisions 1, 1a, 4; 10A.17, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>4; 10A.20, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 10A.25, subdivision 10; 10A.27, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>1, 11; 10A.273, subdivisions 1, 3; 10A.322, subdivision 4; 10A.34, by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>subdivision; 13.607, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 211B.04; 211B.12; <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>211B.15, subdivision 2; 211B.37; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>10A.20, subdivision 1c; Minnesota Rules, part 4503.1500, subpart 2."<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="252px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="252px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Senate Conferees:<br />
                  		<span width="2em"></span></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Jim Carlson<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Katie Sieben<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Ann H. Rest<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>House Conferees:<br />
                  		<span width="2em"></span></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Tim Sanders<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Jim Nash<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Michael V. Nelson<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
      </div>