10A.121 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE AND BALLOT QUESTION POLITICAL COMMITTEES AND FUNDS.

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Subdivision 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.

History:

2010 c 397 s 6; 2013 c 138 art 1 s 23; 2021 c 31 art 4 s 21; 2023 c 62 art 5 s 24,25

History: History: 2010 c 397 s 6; 2013 c 138 art 1 s 23; 2021 c 31 art 4 s 21; 2023 c 62 art 5 s 24,25