2025 Minnesota Statutes

211A.12 CONTRIBUTION LIMITS.

(a) A candidate or committee may not accept aggregate contributions made or delivered by an individual or an association, a political committee, political fund, or political party unit in excess of $600 in an election year for the office sought and $250 in other years; except that a candidate or a candidate's committee for an office whose territory has a population over 100,000 may not accept aggregate contributions made or delivered by an individual or an association, a political committee, political fund, or political party unit in excess of $1,000 in an election year for the office sought and $250 in other years.

(b) The following deliveries are not subject to the bundling limitation in this section:

(1) delivery of contributions collected by a member of the candidate's committee, such as a block worker or a volunteer who hosts a fundraising event, to the committee's treasurer; and

(2) a delivery made by an individual on behalf of the individual's spouse.

(c) Notwithstanding sections 211A.02, subdivision 3, and 410.21, this section supersedes any home rule charter.

(d) For purposes of this section, the terms "political committee," "political fund," and "political party unit" have the meanings given in section 10A.01.

History:

1993 c 318 art 2 s 46; 1997 c 224 s 1; 2014 c 265 s 2; 2024 c 112 art 4 s 25