2006 Minnesota Statutes

383B.055 DUTIES OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD; FILING OFFICERS.
    Subdivision 1. Board: advisory opinions, disclosure exemptions. The state Campaign
Finance and Public Disclosure Board shall:
(1) issue and publish advisory opinions concerning the requirements of sections 383B.041
to 383B.057 upon application in writing by the county filing officer of Hennepin County or any
individual or association who wishes to use the opinion to guide the applicant's own conduct; and
(2) exempt any individual or association required to disclose information under sections
383B.046 to 383B.05 from any requirement of those sections in the same manner as it exempts
any individual or association from disclosure requirements under chapter 10A. An individual or
association exempted from the disclosure provisions of chapter 10A, shall also be exempt from
the disclosure provisions of sections 383B.046 to 383B.05.
    Subd. 2. Filing officer: develop, distribute needed forms. The county filing officer of
Hennepin County shall develop forms for all statements and reports required to be filed under
sections 383B.041 to 383B.054. The filing officer shall furnish sufficient copies of the forms to
all officers with whom candidates file affidavits or applications of candidacy and nominating
petitions.
    Subd. 3. Candidacy filing officer: forms to candidates; penalty. An officer who receives
affidavits or applications of candidacy or nominating petitions shall mail or deliver a copy of each
form required to be filed by a candidate to each candidate who files an affidavit, application or
petition with that officer or for whom a write-in vote is cast on the ballot of that jurisdiction. Any
officer who fails to carry out the duties imposed by this subdivision is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: 1980 c 362 s 15; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 608 art 7 s 4,5; 1997 c 202 art 2 s 63