1998 Minnesota Statutes

     10A.41 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Application.  The definitions in this 
 section apply to sections 10A.40 to 10A.51.  Where consistent 
 with federal law, the definitions in section 10A.01 also apply 
 to sections 10A.40 to 10A.51.  

    Subd. 2.    Authorized committee.  "Authorized committee"
 means the principal campaign committee or another political 
 committee designated and authorized by a congressional candidate 
 under United States Code, title 2, section 432, subsection 
 (e)(1), to receive contributions or make expenditures on behalf 
 of that congressional candidate. 

    Subd. 3.    Campaign expenditure; expenditure.  
 "Campaign expenditure" or "expenditure" means "expenditure" as 
 that term is defined under United States Code, title 2, section 
 431, paragraph (9). 

    Subd. 4.    Congressional candidate.  "Congressional 
 candidate" means an individual who seeks nomination or election 
 to the United States Senate or United States House of 
 Representatives from this state and who is a "candidate" as that 
 term is defined under United States Code, title 2, section 431, 
 paragraph (2).  A congressional candidate is not a "candidate" 
 as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 5. 

    Subd. 5.    Contribution.  "Contribution" means a 
 "contribution" as that term is defined under United States Code, 
 title 2, section 431, paragraph (8). 

    Subd. 6.    Independent candidate.  "Independent 
 candidate" means a congressional candidate who is not the 
 candidate of a major political party, minor political party, or 
 new political party. 

    Subd. 7.    Minor political party.  "Minor political 
 party" means any political party under whose name in the last 
 state general election a candidate filed for statewide or 
 congressional office and received less than five percent but 
 more than three percent of the vote for that office. 

    Subd. 8.    New political party.  "New political party" 
 means a political party that is neither a major political party 
 nor a minor political party. 

    Subd. 9.    Political committee.  "Political committee" 
 means a "political committee" as that term is defined under 
 United States Code, title 2, section 431, paragraph (4).  
 "Political committee" includes a major political party, a minor 
 political party, a principal campaign committee, and an 
 authorized committee. 

    Subd. 10.    Principal campaign committee.  "Principal 
 campaign committee" means a political committee designated and 
 authorized by a congressional candidate under United States 
 Code, title 2, section 432, subsection (e)(1). 

    HIST: 1990 c 608 art 4 s 2