2006 Minnesota Statutes

10A.324 RETURN OF PUBLIC SUBSIDY.
    Subdivision 1. When return required. A candidate must return all or a portion of the public
subsidy received from the state elections campaign fund or the public subsidy received under
section 10A.315, under the circumstances in this section or section 10A.257, subdivision 1.
To the extent that the amount of public subsidy received exceeds the aggregate of: (1) actual
expenditures made by the principal campaign committee of the candidate; and (2) approved
expenditures made on behalf of the candidate, the treasurer of the candidate's principal campaign
committee must return an amount equal to the difference to the board. The cost of postage that
was not used during an election cycle and payments that created credit balances at vendors at
the close of an election cycle are not considered expenditures for purposes of determining the
amount to be returned. Expenditures in excess of the candidate's spending limit do not count in
determining aggregate expenditures under this paragraph.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1999 c 220 s 51]
    Subd. 3. How return determined. Whether or not a candidate is required under subdivision
1 to return all or a portion of the public subsidy must be determined from the report required to
be filed with the board by that candidate by January 31 of the year following an election. An
amount required to be returned must be submitted in the form of a check or money order and must
accompany the report filed with the board. The board must deposit the check or money order in
the state treasury for credit to the general fund. The amount returned must not exceed the amount
of public subsidy received by the candidate.
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1999 c 220 s 51]
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1996 c 459 s 5]
History: 1990 c 608 art 3 s 26; 1991 c 349 s 21; 1993 c 318 art 2 s 42-44; 1999 c 220
s 44,45,50