1997 Minnesota Statutes

     10A.275 Multicandidate political party expenditures. 

    Subdivision 1.    Exceptions.  Notwithstanding any other 
 provisions of this chapter, the following expenditures by a 
 state political party, a party unit, or two or more party units 
 acting together, with at least one party unit being either:  the 
 state party organization or the party organization within a 
 congressional district, county, or legislative district, shall 
 not be considered contributions to or expenditures on behalf of 
 any candidate for the purposes of section 10A.25 or 10A.27, and 
 shall not be allocated to any candidates pursuant to section 
 10A.22, subdivision 5: 

    (a) expenditures on behalf of candidates of that party 
 generally without referring to any of them specifically in any 
 advertisement published, posted or broadcast; 

    (b) expenditures for the preparation, display, mailing or 
 other distribution of an official party sample ballot listing 
 the names of three or more individuals whose names are to appear 
 on the ballot; 

    (c) expenditures for any telephone conversation including 
 the names of three or more individuals whose names are to appear 
 on the ballot; 

    (d) expenditures for any political party fundraising effort 
 on behalf of three or more candidates; or 

    (e) expenditures for party committee staff member services 
 that benefit three or more candidates.  

    Subd. 2.    Application.  This section applies to a 
 political committee of a political party as defined in section 
 10A.27, subdivision 4. 

    Subd. 3.    Party unit.  For purposes of this section, 
 "party unit" means the party organization within each house of 
 the legislature; the state party organization; or the party 
 organization within a congressional district, county, 
 legislative district, municipality, or precinct. 

    HIST: 1978 c 463 s 83; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 1; 1990 c 608 art 3 
 s 19