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383B.044 POLITICAL FUNDS.
    Subdivision 1. When required. No association other than a political committee shall transfer
more than $100 in aggregate in any one year to candidates or political committees or make any
expenditure unless the transfer or expenditure is made from a political fund.
    Subd. 2. Treasurer; commingling of funds; anonymous contributions. Each association
which has a political fund shall elect or appoint a treasurer of the political fund. No contributions
to the political fund shall be accepted and no expenditures from the fund shall be made while
the office of treasurer is vacant. The contents of the political fund shall not be commingled with
any other funds or with the personal funds of any officer or member of the fund. No anonymous
contribution in excess of $20 shall be retained by the political fund but shall be forwarded to the
state campaign finance and public disclosure board and deposited in the general fund.
    Subd. 3. Use of dues and membership fees. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the association
may, if not prohibited by other law, deposit in its political fund money derived from dues or
membership fees. The treasurer of the fund, in any report required by section 383B.049, shall
disclose the name of any member whose dues, membership fees and contributions deposited in
the political fund in any one year exceed $50 in the aggregate.
    Subd. 4. Penalty. Any person who knowingly violates the provisions of this section is
guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: 1980 c 362 s 4; 1997 c 202 art 2 s 63

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