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