| 6 | | - | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 211B.13, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | | - | 1.7 211B.13 BRIBERY, TREATING, AND SOLICITATION. |
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| 8 | | - | 1.8 Subdivision 1.Bribery, advancing money, and treating prohibited.(a) A person who |
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| 9 | | - | 1.9is guilty of a felony if the person willfully, directly or indirectly, advances, pays, gives, |
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| 10 | | - | 1.10promises, provides a chance to win, or lends any money, food, liquor, clothing, entertainment, |
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| 11 | | - | 1.11or other thing of monetary value, or who offers, promises, or endeavors to obtain any money, |
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| 12 | | - | 1.12position, appointment, employment, or other valuable consideration, to or for a person, in |
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| 13 | | - | 1.13order to induce: |
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| 14 | | - | 1.14 (1) a voter to refrain from voting, or to vote in a particular way, at an election, is guilty |
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| 15 | | - | 1.15of a felony; |
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| 16 | | - | 1.16 (2) an individual to register to vote; or |
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| 17 | | - | 1.17 (3) a registered or eligible voter to sign a petition that is directly related to an election |
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| 18 | | - | 1.18during the period beginning on the first day of the absentee voting period for that election |
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| 19 | | - | 1.19and ending on election day. |
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| 20 | | - | 1.20 (b) This section does not prevent a candidate from stating publicly preference for or |
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| 21 | | - | 1.21support of another candidate to be voted for at the same primary or election. Refreshments |
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| 6 | + | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 10A.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | + | 1.7 Subdivision 1.Time for filing.An individual must file a statement of economic interest: |
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| 8 | + | 1.8 (1) within 60 days of accepting employment as a public official or a local official in a |
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| 9 | + | 1.9metropolitan governmental unit; |
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| 10 | + | 1.10 (2) within 60 days of assuming office as a district court judge, appeals court judge, |
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| 11 | + | 1.11supreme court justice, or county commissioner; |
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| 12 | + | 1.12 (3) within 14 days after filing the candidate filing period ends where the candidate filed |
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| 13 | + | 1.13an affidavit of candidacy or petition to appear on the ballot for an elective state constitutional |
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| 14 | + | 1.14or legislative office or an elective local office in a metropolitan governmental unit other |
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| 15 | + | 1.15than county commissioner; |
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| 16 | + | 1.16 (4) in the case of a public official requiring the advice and consent of the senate, within |
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| 17 | + | 1.1714 days after undertaking the duties of office; or |
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| 18 | + | 1.18 (5) in the case of members of the Minnesota Racing Commission, the director of the |
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| 19 | + | 1.19Minnesota Racing Commission, chief of security, medical officer, inspector of pari-mutuels, |
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| 20 | + | 1.20and stewards employed or approved by the commission or persons who fulfill those duties |
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| 21 | + | 1.21under contract, within 60 days of accepting or assuming duties. |
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| 22 | + | 1.22 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2026. |
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| 29 | | - | Introduction and first reading48302/24/2025 |
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| 30 | | - | Referred to Elections |
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| 31 | | - | Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary and Public Safety03/27/2025 |
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| 32 | | - | Author added Marty 2.1of food or nonalcoholic beverages having a value up to $5 consumed on the premises at a |
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| 33 | | - | 2.2private gathering or public meeting are not prohibited under this section. |
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| 34 | | - | 2.3 Subd. 2.Certain solicitations prohibited.A person may not knowingly solicit, receive, |
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| 35 | | - | 2.4or accept any money, property, or other thing of monetary value, or a promise or, pledge, |
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| 36 | | - | 2.5or opportunity to win any of these that is a disbursement prohibited by this section or section |
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| 37 | | - | 2.6211B.15. |
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| 38 | | - | 2.7 Subd. 3.Civil enforcement.In addition to other remedies, the attorney general or county |
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| 39 | | - | 2.8attorney may enforce this section pursuant to section 8.31. |
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| 40 | | - | 2.9 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes |
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| 41 | | - | 2.10committed on or after that date. |
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| 42 | | - | 2Section 1. |
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| 43 | | - | S1812-1 1st EngrossmentSF1812 REVISOR JFK |
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| 30 | + | Introduction and first reading02/24/2025 |
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| 31 | + | Referred to Elections 2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 205.13, subdivision 1a, is amended to read: |
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| 32 | + | 2.2 Subd. 1a.Filing period.In a city nominating candidates at a primary, an affidavit of |
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| 33 | + | 2.3candidacy for a city office voted on in November must be filed no more than 84 days nor |
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| 34 | + | 2.4less than 70 days before the city primary. In municipalities that do not hold a primary, an |
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| 35 | + | 2.5affidavit of candidacy must be filed no more than 70 days and not less than 56 days before |
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| 36 | + | 2.6the municipal general election held in March in any year, or a special election not held in |
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| 37 | + | 2.7conjunction with another election, and no more than 98 112 days nor less than 84 98 days |
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| 38 | + | 2.8before the municipal general election held in November of any year. The municipal clerk's |
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| 39 | + | 2.9office must be open for filing from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the last day of the filing period. |
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| 40 | + | 2.10 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2026. |
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| 41 | + | 2.11 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 211A.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 42 | + | 2.12 Subd. 2.Information required.The report to be filed by a candidate or committee must |
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| 43 | + | 2.13include: |
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| 44 | + | 2.14 (1) the name of the candidate and office sought; |
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| 45 | + | 2.15 (2) the printed name, address, telephone number, signature, and email address, if available, |
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| 46 | + | 2.16or an attestation that the candidate and the candidate's campaign do not possess an email |
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| 47 | + | 2.17address, of the person responsible for filing the report; |
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| 48 | + | 2.18 (3) the total cash on hand designated to be used for political purposes; |
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| 49 | + | 2.19 (4) the total amount of contributions received and the total amount of disbursements for |
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| 50 | + | 2.20the period from the last previous report to five days before the current report is due; |
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| 51 | + | 2.21 (5) if disbursements made to the same vendor exceed $100 in the aggregate during the |
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| 52 | + | 2.22period covered by the report, the name and address for the vendor and the amount, date, |
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| 53 | + | 2.23and purpose for each disbursement; and |
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| 54 | + | 2.24 (6) the name, address, and employer, or occupation if self-employed, of any individual |
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| 55 | + | 2.25or entity that during the period covered by the report has made one or more contributions |
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| 56 | + | 2.26that in the aggregate exceed $100, and the amount and date of each contribution. The filing |
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| 57 | + | 2.27officer must restrict public access to the address of any individual who has made a |
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| 58 | + | 2.28contribution that exceeds $100 and who has filed with the filing officer a written statement |
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| 59 | + | 2.29signed by the individual that withholding the individual's address from the financial report |
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| 60 | + | 2.30is required for the safety of the individual or the individual's family. |
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| 61 | + | 2.31 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2026. |
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| 62 | + | 2Sec. 3. |
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| 63 | + | 25-03654 as introduced02/14/25 REVISOR JFK/MI |
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