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Subdivision 1.Application.
The definitions in chapter 200 and this section apply to this chapter.
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Subd. 3.Candidate.
"Candidate" means an individual who seeks nomination or election to a county, municipal, school district, or other political subdivision office. This definition does not include an individual seeking a judicial office.
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Subd. 4a.Committee.
"Committee" means a group established by a candidate of two or more persons working together to support the election of the candidate to a political subdivision office. A committee may accept contributions and make disbursements on behalf of the candidate.
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Subd. 5.Contribution.
"Contribution" means anything of monetary value that is given or loaned to a candidate or committee for a political purpose. "Contribution" does not include a service provided without compensation by an individual.
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Subd. 6.Disbursement.
"Disbursement" means money, property, office, position, or any other thing of value that passes or is directly or indirectly conveyed, given, promised, paid, expended, pledged, contributed, or lent. "Disbursement" does not include payment by a county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision for election-related expenditures required or authorized by law.
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Subd. 7.Filing officer.
"Filing officer" means the officer authorized by law to accept affidavits of candidacy or nominating petitions for an office.
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Subd. 8.Political purposes.
An act is done for "political purposes" if it is of a nature, done with the intent, or done in a way to influence or tend to influence, directly or indirectly, voting for a candidate at a primary or an election or if it is done because a person is about to vote, has voted, or has refrained from voting for a candidate at a primary or an election.
Notes of Decisions
Abrahamson v. St. Louis Cnty. Sch. Dist., 819 N.W.2d 129 (Minn. 2012).
· cites it 44× “Alternatively, the ALJ ruled that, even if school districts are “committees,” the specific expenses alleged in the complaint to have been unlawful fell within the exemption in the definition of “disbursement” under Minn.Stat. § 211A.01, subd. 6, for election-related expenditures.”
Abrahamson v. St. Louis Cnty. Sch. Dist., 802 N.W.2d 393 (Minn. Ct. App. 2011).
· cites it 34× “” Minn.Stat. § 211A.01, subd. 4 (2010). The legislature did not qualify the general *398 terms or explicitly exclude any types or categories of corporations, associations, or persons acting together.”
Riley v. Jankowski, 713 N.W.2d 379 (Minn. Ct. App. 2006).
· cites it 2× “In the hearing process, the OAH, an executive-branch agency, considers complaints alleging violations of Minn.Stat. §§ 211A.01 to .14 (2004), which establish financial-reporting requirements for political candidates and committees acting to influence the election of political…”
United States v. Minnesota Transitions Charter Schs., 50 F. Supp. 3d 1106 (D. Minnesota 2014).
· cites it 2× “2 (in statute governing state auditor, defining “political subdivision” as “a county, home rule charter or statutory city, town, school district, metropolitan or regional agency, public corporation, political subdivision, or special district as defined in subdivision 3”); see…”
Op. Atty. Gen. 627e (Minn. Att'y Gen. 1994).
· cites it 2× “E Minn. Stat. § 211A.01, subd. 4. 2. As you note, Minn.”
Op. Atty. Gen 185b (Cr. Ref. 159a-3) (2007).
“See Minn. Stat. § 211A.01, subd. 7 (2006), relating to campaign finance reports, which provides: “Filing officer” means the officer authorized by law to accept affidavits of candidacy or nominating petitions for an office or the officer authorized by law to place a ballot…”
Op. Atty. Gen 185b (Cr. Ref. 159a-3) (2007).
“See Minn. Stat. § 211A.01, subd. 7 (2006), relating to campaign finance reports, which provides: “Filing officer” means the officer authorized by law to accept affidavits of candidacy or nominating petitions for an office or the officer authorized by law to place a ballot…”
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