Minnesota Legislature
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
Minnesota Administrative Rules
4503.0500 CONTRIBUTIONS.
Subpart 1.
All receipts are contributions.
Any donation of money, goods, or services received by a principal campaign committee is considered a contribution at the time the item is received.
Subp. 2.
Time of receipt of contributions.
A.
A monetary contribution is received by a political committee or political fund, for reporting and contribution limit purposes, when the instrument conveying the contribution, such as cash, check, or money order, is physically received by the treasurer, the candidate, or a committee or fund worker.
B.
A contribution delivered through the mail is received on the date the mail is gathered from the delivery point by the treasurer, the candidate, or a committee or fund worker.
Subp. 3.
Transmission of contributions.
Promptly after receipt of any contribution or on demand of the treasurer, an individual must transmit the contribution together with any required record to the treasurer.
Subp. 4.
Identification of contributor.
An individual or association that pays for or provides goods or services, or makes goods or services available, with the knowledge that they will be used for the benefit of a political committee or a political fund, is the contributor of those goods or services.
Subp. 6.
Contributions by joint check.
A contribution given by a check written on a joint account is considered to be a contribution by the persons who signed the check in equal proportions unless the candidate or treasurer of the committee or fund has personal knowledge or affirmatively ascertains from any account holder who did not sign the check that the person is a joint contributor. In such cases, a written notation of the basis for considering the contribution to be a joint contribution must be made at the time the contribution is deposited and kept with the committee's or fund's official records.
Subp. 7.
Forwarding anonymous contributions.
An anonymous contribution in excess of $20 must be forwarded to the board in its entirety within 14 days after its receipt by the treasurer along with a statement of the amount of the contribution and the date on which it was received.
History:
20 SR 2504; 17 SR 1779; L 2005 c 156 art 6 s 68; 30 SR 903; L 2017 1Sp4 art 3 s 18
Published Electronically:
August 16, 2017
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