2002 Minnesota Statutes

     383B.049 Expenditures by individuals. 

    Subdivision 1.    Reports.  Except as provided in 
 subdivision 2, any individual who makes expenditures in an 
 aggregate amount of $100 or more in any year, which expenditures 
 are not required to be reported by any political committee or 
 fund as contributions to that political committee or fund, shall 
 file campaign reports in the form required by section 383B.048 
 with respect to those expenditures. 

    Subd. 2.    Exception; independent expenditures.  An 
 individual shall not be required to report any expenditure which 
 is made without the cooperation or express or implied consent of 
 any candidate, political committee or agent of a candidate or 
 political committee, unless the expenditure expressly advocates 
 the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate or the 
 approval or rejection of a clearly identified county or city 
 ballot question at any election. 

    HIST: 1980 c 362 s 9