1997 Minnesota Statutes

     10A.15 Contributions. 

    Subdivision 1.  No anonymous contribution in excess of $20 
 shall be retained by any political committee or political fund, 
 but shall be forwarded to the board and deposited in the general 
 account of the state elections campaign fund. 

    Subd. 2.  Every individual who receives a contribution in 
 excess of $20 for a political committee or political fund shall, 
 on demand of the treasurer, inform the treasurer of the name 
 and, if known, the address of the source of the contribution, 
 together with the amount of the contribution and the date it was 
 received. 

    Subd. 3.  All transfers received by or on behalf of any 
 candidate, political committee or political fund shall be 
 deposited in an account designated "Campaign Fund of ..... (name 
 of candidate, committee or fund)."  All transfers shall be 
 deposited promptly upon receipt and, except for transfers 
 received during the last three days of any reporting period as 
 described in section 10A.20, shall be deposited during the 
 reporting period in which they were received.  Any transfer 
 received during the last three days of a reporting period shall 
 be deposited within 72 hours of receipt and shall be reported as 
 received during the reporting period whether or not deposited 
 within that period.  Any deposited transfer may be returned to 
 the contributor within 60 days of deposit.  A transfer deposited 
 and not returned within 60 days of that deposit shall be deemed 
 for the purposes of this chapter, to be accepted by the 
 candidate, political committee or political fund. 

    Subd. 3a.  No treasurer of a principal campaign committee 
 of a candidate shall deposit any transfer which on its face 
 exceeds the limit on contributions to that candidate prescribed 
 by section 10A.27 unless, at the time of deposit, the treasurer 
 issues a check to the source for the amount of the excess. 

    Subd. 3b.    Attributable contributions.  Contributions 
 made to a candidate or principal campaign committee that are 
 directed to that candidate or principal campaign committee by a 
 political fund or committee must be reported as attributable to 
 the political fund or committee and count toward the 
 contribution limits of that fund or committee specified in 
 section 10A.27, if the political fund or committee was organized 
 or is operated primarily to direct contributions other than from 
 its own funds to one or more candidates or principal campaign 
 committees.  The treasurer of the political fund or committee 
 shall advise the candidate or the candidate's principal campaign 
 committee if the contribution or contributions are not from the 
 funds of the political fund or the political committee and the 
 original source of the funds.  As used in this subdivision, the 
 term "direct" includes, but is not limited to, order, command, 
 control, or instruct.  A violation of this subdivision is a 
 violation of section 10A.29. 

    Subd. 3c.    Related committees.  An individual, 
 association, political committee, or political fund may 
 establish, finance, maintain, or control a political committee 
 or political fund.  One who does this is a "parent."  The 
 political committee or fund so established, financed, 
 maintained, or controlled is a "subsidiary."  If the parent is 
 an association, the association must create a political 
 committee or political fund to serve as the parent for reporting 
 purposes.  A subsidiary must report its contribution to a 
 candidate or principal campaign committee as attributable to its 
 parent, and the contribution is counted toward the contribution 
 limits in section 10A.27 of the parent as well as of the 
 subsidiary. 

    Subd. 4.  Any individual violating the provisions of this 
 section is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

    Subd. 5.    Lobbyist, political committee, or political 
 fund registration number on checks.  A contribution made to a 
 candidate by a lobbyist, political committee, or political fund 
 must show the name of the lobbyist, political committee, or 
 political fund and the number under which it is registered with 
 the board. 

    HIST: 1974 c 470 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1978 c 463 s 47; 1988 c 
 707 s 1; 1990 c 603 s 1; 1993 c 318 art 2 s 9,10