Minnesota Legislature
SF 3370
as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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A bill for an act
relating to elections; providing for assessment and payment of certain costs;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 211B.37.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 211B.37, is amended to read:
211B.37 COSTS ASSESSED.
Except as otherwise provided in section 211B.36, subdivision 3, the chief
administrative law judge shall assess the cost of considering complaints filed under
section 211B.32 as provided in this section. Costs of complaints relating to a statewide
ballot question or an election for a statewide or legislative office must be assessed against
the appropriation from the general fund to the general account of the state elections
campaign fund in section 10A.31, subdivision 4. Costs of complaints relating to any
other ballot question or elective office must be assessed against the deleted text begin county or counties
in which the election is helddeleted text end new text begin local jurisdiction where the election contest was the subject
of the complaintnew text end . Where the election is held in more than one deleted text begin countydeleted text end new text begin jurisdictionnew text end ,
the chief administrative law judge shall apportion the assessment among the deleted text begin countiesdeleted text end new text begin
jurisdictionsnew text end in proportion to their respective populations within the election district to
which the complaint relates according to the most recent decennial federal census. new text begin Any
fines assessed by the chief administrative law judge must be used first to offset the cost of
considering complaints filed under this chapter prior to assessing local jurisdictions.
new text end