SF 2175

1st Engrossment - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to fair campaign practices; requiring 
  1.3             violators to return public subsidy; requiring written 
  1.4             permission of an organization before campaign material 
  1.5             can state that the organization supports a certain 
  1.6             candidate or ballot question; amending Minnesota 
  1.7             Statutes 1996, sections 10A.324; and 211B.02. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 10A.324, is 
  1.10  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.11     Subd. 6.  [RETURN FOR VIOLATION OF FAIR CAMPAIGN 
  1.12  PRACTICES.] A candidate who violates chapter 211B, fair campaign 
  1.13  practices, as determined in an election contest under chapter 
  1.14  209 or a criminal action under chapter 211B, shall return to the 
  1.15  board all or a portion of the public subsidy received under 
  1.16  section 10A.31 for a general election or under section 10A.315 
  1.17  for a special election, in the amount determined by the court. 
  1.18     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 211B.02, is 
  1.19  amended to read: 
  1.20     211B.02 [FALSE CLAIM OF SUPPORT.] 
  1.21     A person or candidate may not knowingly make, directly or 
  1.22  indirectly, a false claim stating or implying that a candidate 
  1.23  or ballot question has the support or endorsement of a major 
  1.24  political party or party unit or of an organization.  A person 
  1.25  or candidate may not state in written campaign material that the 
  1.26  candidate or ballot question has the support or endorsement of 
  2.1   an individual or organization without first getting written 
  2.2   permission from the individual or organization to do so. 
  2.3      Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.4      This act is effective August 1, 1998, and applies to 
  2.5   offenses committed on or after that date.