| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to campaign finance; defining what constitutes major decisions of |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 nonelected local officials; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 chapter 10A. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. [10A.52] MAJOR DECISION OF NONELECTED LOCAL OFFICIALS. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subdivision 1.Major decision regarding the expenditure of public money.(a) |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8Attempting to influence a nonelected local official is lobbying if the nonelected local official |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9may make, recommend, or vote on, as a member of the political subdivision's governing |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10body, a major decision regarding an expenditure or investment of public money. |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (b) The mere act of submitting an application for a grant or responding to a request for |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12proposals is not lobbying. Communications of a purely administerial or technical nature |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13regarding the submission of a grant application or response to requests for proposals are |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14not lobbying. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 Subd. 2.Actions that are a major decision regarding public funds.A major decision |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16regarding the expenditure or investment of public money includes but is not limited to a |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17decision on: |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (1) the development and ratification of operating and capital budgets of a political |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19subdivision, including development of the budget request for an office or department within |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20the political subdivision; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (2) whether to apply for or accept state, federal, or private grant funding; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22 (3) selecting recipients for government grants from the political subdivision; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 25-02888 as introduced02/03/25 REVISOR JFK/HL |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 1662NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: WESTLIN, Port, Boldon and Marty) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading02/20/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to Elections 2.1 (4) tax abatement, tax increment financing, or expenditures on public infrastructure used |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2to support private housing or business developments. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3 Subd. 3.Actions that are not a major decision.A major decision regarding the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4expenditure of public money does not include: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5 (1) the purchase of goods or services with public funds in the operating or capital budget |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6of a political subdivision; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7 (2) collective bargaining of a labor contract on behalf of a political subdivision; or |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.8 (3) participating in discussions with a party or a party's representative regarding litigation |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.9between the party and the political subdivision of the local official. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 25-02888 as introduced02/03/25 REVISOR JFK/HL |
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