1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to campaign finance; decreasing threshold for registration;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.14, subdivision 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.14, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subdivision 1.First registration. (a) The treasurer of a political committee, political 
1.7 	fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit must register with the board by filing a 
1.8 	registration statement. The registration statement must be filed by the earliest of the following 
1.9 	dates:
1.10 	(1) no later than 14 days after the committee, fund, or party unit has made a contribution, 
1.11 	received contributions, or made expenditures in excess of ~~$750~~ $200;
1.12 	(2) no later than the next report of receipts and expenditures filing date applicable to the 
1.13 	committee, fund, or party unit if the committee, fund, or party unit reached the threshold in 
1.14 	clause (1) before the end of the reporting period covered by that report; or
1.15 	(3) by the end of the next business day after it has received a loan or contribution that 
1.16 	must be reported under section 10A.20, subdivision 5.
1.17 	(b) This subdivision does not apply to ballot question or independent expenditure political 
1.18 	committees or funds, which are subject to subdivision 1a.