Section 10A.121 - INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE AND BALLOT QUESTION POLITICAL COMMITTEES AND FUNDSSubdivision 1.Permitted disbursements.An independent expenditure political committee or fund, or a ballot question political committee or fund, may:
(1) pay costs associated with its fundraising and general operations;(2) pay for communications that do not constitute contributions or approved expenditures;(3) make contributions to independent expenditure or ballot question political committees or funds;(4) make independent expenditures;(5) make expenditures to promote or defeat ballot questions;(6) return a contribution to its source;(7) for a political fund, record bookkeeping entries transferring the association's general treasury money allocated for political purposes back to the general treasury of the association; (8) for a political fund, return general treasury money transferred to a separate depository to the general depository of the association; and(9) make disbursements for electioneering communications. Subd. 2.Penalty.(a) An independent expenditure political committee , independent expenditure political fund, ballot question political committee, or ballot question political fund is subject to a civil penalty of up to four times the amount of the contribution or approved expenditure if it does the following: (1) makes a contribution to a candidate, local candidate, party unit, political committee, or political fund other than an independent expenditure political committee , an independent expenditure political fund, ballot question political committee, or ballot question political fund; or(2) makes an approved expenditure.(b) No other penalty provided in law may be imposed for conduct that is subject to a civil penalty under this section.2010 c 397 s 6; 2013 c 138 art 1 s 23
Amended by 2023 Minn. Laws, ch. 62,s 5-25, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by 2023 Minn. Laws, ch. 62,s 5-24, eff. 1/1/2024.Amended by 2021 Minn. Laws, ch. 31,s 4-21, eff. 1/1/2022.Amended by 2013 Minn. Laws, ch. 138,s 1-23, eff. 5/25/2013.