1.1.................... moves to amend the committee engrossment to S.F. No. 3134,
1.2(CES3134-1), as follows:
1.3Page 4, after line 13, insert:

1.4    "Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.01, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
1.5    Subd. 18. Independent expenditure. "Independent expenditure" means an
1.6expenditure expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate,
1.7if the expenditure is made without the express or implied consent, authorization, or
1.8cooperation of, and not in concert with or at the request or suggestion of, any candidate or
1.9any candidate's principal campaign committee or agent. An independent expenditure is
1.10not a contribution to that candidate. An expenditure by a political party or political party
1.11unit in a race where the political party has a candidate on the ballot is not an independent
1.12expenditure An independent expenditure does not include the act of announcing a formal
1.13public endorsement of a candidate for public office, unless the act is simultaneously
1.14accompanied by an expenditure that would otherwise qualify as an independent
1.15expenditure under this subdivision.
1.16EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.17    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.18to read:
1.19    Subd. 37. Independent expenditure political committee. "Independent
1.20expenditure political committee" means a political committee that makes only independent
1.21expenditures and disbursements permitted under section 10A.121, subdivision 1.

1.22    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.23to read:
2.1    Subd. 38. Independent expenditure political fund. "Independent expenditure
2.2political fund" means a political fund that makes only independent expenditures and
2.3disbursements permitted under section 10A.121, subdivision 1.

2.4    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.12, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.5to read:
2.6    Subd. 1a. When required for independent expenditures. An association other
2.7than a political committee that makes only independent expenditures and disbursements
2.8permitted under section 10A.121, subdivision 1, must do so by forming and registering
2.9an independent expenditure political fund if the expenditure is in excess of $100 or by
2.10contributing to an existing independent expenditure political committee or political fund.

2.11    Sec. 12. [10A.121] INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE POLITICAL
2.12COMMITTEES AND INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE POLITICAL FUNDS.
2.13    Subdivision 1. Permitted disbursements. An independent expenditure political
2.14committee or an independent expenditure political fund, in addition to making independent
2.15expenditures, may:
2.16(1) pay costs associated with its fund-raising and general operations;
2.17(2) pay for communications that do not constitute contributions or approved
2.18expenditures; and
2.19(3) make contributions to other independent expenditure political committees or
2.20independent expenditure political funds.
2.21    Subd. 2. Penalty. An independent expenditure political committee or independent
2.22expenditure political fund is subject to a civil penalty of up to four times the amount of the
2.23contribution or approved expenditure if it does the following:
2.24(1) makes a contribution to a candidate, party unit, political committee, or political
2.25fund other than an independent expenditure political committee or an independent
2.26expenditure political fund; or
2.27(2) makes an approved expenditure.
2.28This penalty supersedes any penalty otherwise provided in statute.

2.29    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.30    Subd. 2. Time for filing. (a) The reports must be filed with the board on or before
2.31January 31 of each year and additional reports must be filed as required and in accordance
2.32with paragraphs (b) and (c).
3.1(b) In each year in which the name of the candidate is on the ballot, the report of
3.2the principal campaign committee must be filed 15 days before a primary and ten days
3.3before a general election, seven days before a special primary and a special election,
3.4and ten days after a special election cycle.
3.5(c) In each general election year, a political committee, political fund, or party
3.6unit must file reports 28 and 15 days before a primary and ten 42 and 15 days before a
3.7general election. Beginning in 2012, reports required under this paragraph must also be
3.8filed 56 days before a primary.

3.9    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.20, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
3.10    Subd. 4. Period of report. A report must cover the period from the last day covered
3.11by the previous report January 1 of the reporting year to seven days before the filing date,
3.12except that the report due on January 31 must cover the period from the last day covered
3.13by the previous report to December 31.

3.14    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.20, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
3.15    Subd. 12. Failure to file; penalty. The board must send a notice by certified mail
3.16to any individual who fails to file a statement required by this section. If an individual
3.17fails to file a statement due January 31 within ten business days after the notice was sent,
3.18the board may impose a late filing fee of $5 $25 per day, not to exceed $100 $1,000,
3.19commencing with the 11th day after the notice was sent.
3.20If an individual fails to file a statement due before a primary or election within three
3.21days after the date due, regardless of whether the individual has received any notice, the
3.22board may impose a late filing fee of $50 per day, not to exceed $500 $1,000, commencing
3.23on the fourth day after the date the statement was due.
3.24The board must send an additional notice by certified mail to an individual who fails
3.25to file a statement within 14 days after the first notice was sent by the board that the
3.26individual may be subject to a civil penalty for failure to file a statement. An individual
3.27who fails to file the statement within seven days after the second notice was sent by the
3.28board is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000.
3.29EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective June 1, 2010, and applies to
3.30statements required to be filed on or after that date.

3.31    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.27, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.32to read:
4.1    Subd. 14. Contributions of business revenue. An association may, if not
4.2prohibited by other law, contribute revenue from the operation of a business to an
4.3independent expenditure political committee or an independent expenditure political fund
4.4without complying with section 10A.27, subdivision 13.

4.5    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.27, is amended by adding a subdivision
4.6to read:
4.7    Subd. 15. Contributions of dues or contribution revenue. An association may,
4.8if not prohibited by other law, contribute revenue from membership dues or fees, or
4.9from contributions received by the association to an independent expenditure political
4.10committee or an independent expenditure political fund without complying with section
4.1110A.27, subdivision 13. Before the day when the recipient committee or fund's next report
4.12must be filed with the board under section 10A.20, subdivision 2 or 5, an association
4.13that has contributed $2,000 or more in aggregate to independent expenditure political
4.14committees or funds during the calendar year must provide in writing to the recipient's
4.15treasurer a statement that includes the name and address of each association that paid the
4.16association dues or fees, or made contributions to the association that, in total, aggregate
4.17$1,000 or more between January 1 of the calendar year and the date of the contribution.
4.18The statement must be certified as true and correct by an officer of the contributing
4.19association.

4.20    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.27, is amended by adding a subdivision
4.21to read:
4.22    Subd. 16. Treasurer to submit disclosure statements. The treasurer of a political
4.23committee or political fund receiving a statement required under section 10A.27,
4.24subdivision 15, must file a copy of the statement before the deadline for the committee
4.25or fund's next report filed with the board under section 10A.20, subdivision 2 or 5, after
4.26receiving the statement.

4.27    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.27, is amended by adding a subdivision
4.28to read:
4.29    Subd. 17. Penalty. (a) An association that makes a contribution under section
4.3010A.27, subdivision 15, and fails to provide the required statement within the time
4.31specified is subject to a civil penalty of up to four times the amount of the contribution,
4.32but not to exceed $25,000, except when the violation was intentional.
5.1(b) An independent expenditure political committee or an independent expenditure
5.2political fund that files a report without including the statement required under section
5.310A.27, subdivision 15, is subject to a civil penalty of up to four times the amount of the
5.4contribution for which disclosure was not filed, but not to exceed $25,000, except when
5.5the violation was intentional.
5.6(c) The penalties provided under this subdivision supersede any penalty otherwise
5.7provided in statute.

5.8    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 211B.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
5.9    Subd. 3. Candidate. "Candidate" means an individual who seeks nomination
5.10or election to a federal, statewide, legislative, judicial, or local office including special
5.11districts, school districts, towns, home rule charter and statutory cities, and counties,
5.12except candidates for president and vice-president of the United States."
5.13Page 17, after line 33, insert:

5.14    "Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 211B.04, is amended to read:
5.15211B.04 CAMPAIGN LITERATURE MUST INCLUDE DISCLAIMER.
5.16(a) A person who participates in the preparation or dissemination of campaign
5.17material other than as provided in section 211B.05, subdivision 1, that does not
5.18prominently include the name and address of the person or committee causing the material
5.19to be prepared or disseminated in a disclaimer substantially in the form provided in
5.20paragraph (b) or (c) is guilty of a misdemeanor.
5.21(b) Except in cases covered by paragraph (c), the required form of disclaimer is:
5.22"Prepared and paid for by the .......... committee, .........(address)" for material prepared
5.23and paid for by a principal campaign committee, or "Prepared and paid for by the ..........
5.24committee, .........(address), in support of .........(insert name of candidate or ballot
5.25question)" for material prepared and paid for by a person or committee other than a
5.26principal campaign committee.
5.27(c) In the case of broadcast media, the required form of disclaimer is: "Paid for by
5.28the ............ committee."
5.29(d) Campaign material that is not circulated on behalf of a particular candidate
5.30or ballot question must also include in the disclaimer either that it is "in opposition to
5.31.....(insert name of candidate or ballot question.....)"; or that "this publication is not
5.32circulated on behalf of any candidate or ballot question."
5.33(e) This section does not apply to objects stating only the candidate's name and
5.34the office sought, fund-raising tickets, or personal letters that are clearly being sent by
5.35the candidate.
6.1(f) This section does not apply to an individual or association who acts independently
6.2of any candidate, candidate's committee, political committee, or political fund and spends
6.3only from the individual's or association's own resources a sum that is less than $500
6.4$2,000 in the aggregate to produce or distribute campaign material that is distributed at
6.5least seven days before the election to which the campaign material relates.
6.6(g) This section does not modify or repeal section 211B.06.
6.7EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective June 1, 2010, and applies to
6.8campaign material prepared or disseminated on or after that date.

6.9    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 211B.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
6.10    Subd. 2. Prohibited contributions. A corporation may not make a contribution
6.11or offer or agree to make a contribution, directly or indirectly, of any money, property,
6.12free service of its officers, employees, or members, or thing of monetary value to a
6.13major political party, organization, committee, or individual to promote or defeat the
6.14candidacy of an individual for nomination, election, or appointment to a political office.
6.15For the purpose of this subdivision, "contribution" includes an expenditure to promote or
6.16defeat the election or nomination of a candidate to a political office that is made with the
6.17authorization or expressed or implied consent of, or in cooperation or in concert with, or at
6.18the request or suggestion of, a candidate or committee established to support or oppose a
6.19candidate but does not include an independent expenditure authorized by subdivision 3.

6.20    Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 211B.15, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
6.21    Subd. 3. Independent expenditures. A corporation may not make an independent
6.22expenditure or offer or agree to make an independent expenditure to promote or defeat the
6.23candidacy of an individual for nomination, election, or appointment to a political office,
6.24unless the expenditure is an independent expenditure. For the purpose of this subdivision,
6.25"independent expenditure" means an expenditure that is not made with the authorization
6.26or expressed or implied consent of, or in cooperation or concert with, or at the request
6.27or suggestion of, a candidate or committee established to support or oppose a candidate
6.28has the meaning given in section 10A.01, subdivision 18.
6.29EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

6.30    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216B.16, is amended by adding a
6.31subdivision to read:
7.1    Subd. 18. Election or ballot question expenses. The commission may not allow
7.2a public utility to recover from ratepayers expenses resulting from a contribution or
7.3expenditure made for a political purpose, as defined in section 211B.01. This subdivision
7.4does not prohibit a public utility from engaging in political activity or making a
7.5contribution or expenditure otherwise permitted by law.
7.6EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
7.7Page 29, after line 6, insert:
7.8"(d) Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 211B.15, subdivision 12, is repealed."
7.9Page 29, line 9, after the period, insert "The repeal of section 211B.15, subdivision
7.1012, is effective the day following final enactment."
7.11Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
7.12Amend the title accordingly