2005 Minnesota Statutes

     211A.02 Financial report. 

    Subdivision 1.    When and where filed by committees.  
 (a) A committee or a candidate who receives contributions or 
 makes disbursements of more than $750 in a calendar year shall 
 submit an initial report to the filing officer within 14 days 
 after the candidate or committee receives or makes disbursements 
 of more than $750 and shall continue to make the reports listed 
 in paragraph (b) until a final report is filed.  

    (b) The committee or candidate must file a report by 
 January 31 of each year following the year when the initial 
 report was filed and in a year when the candidate's name or a 
 ballot question appears on the ballot, the candidate or 
 committee shall file a report: 

    (1) ten days before the primary or special primary; 

    (2) ten days before the general election or special 
 election; and 

    (3) 30 days after a general or special election. 

    Subd. 2.    Information required.  The report to be 
 filed by a candidate or committee must include:  

    (1) the name of the candidate or ballot question; 

    (2) the name and address of the person responsible for 
 filing the report; 

    (3) the total amount of receipts and expenditures for the 
 period from the last previous report to five days before the 
 current report is due; 

    (4) the purpose for each expenditure; and 

    (5) the name of any individual or committee that during the 
 year has made one or more contributions that in the aggregate 
 are equal to or greater than $500.  

    Subd. 3.    Municipal charter provisions and special laws 
 saved.  The provisions of this section requiring the filing of 
 reports are in addition to the provisions of any municipal 
 charter requiring the filing of reports in connection with a 
 municipal primary, general election, special primary, or special 
 election, but they do not replace special laws providing filing 
 requirements for a municipality. 

    Subd. 4.    Congressional candidates.  Candidates for 
 election to the United States House of Representatives or Senate 
 and any political committees raising money and making 
 disbursements exclusively on behalf of any one of those 
 candidates may file copies of their financial disclosures 
 required by federal law in lieu of the financial statement 
 required by this section.  A candidate or committee whose report 
 is published on the Federal Election Commission Web site has 
 complied with the filing requirements of this section. 

    Subd. 5.    Electronic reporting.  The reports required 
 by this section may be filed electronically, subject to the 
 approval of the filing officer. 

    HIST: 1988 c 578 art 2 s 2; 1989 c 291 art 1 s 30; 1Sp2001 c 
 10 art 18 s 39; 2004 c 293 art 2 s 43