Subdivision 1.Reimbursements.

(a) When a committee reimburses an individual or association for an expenditure or a noncampaign disbursement, the reimbursement is not required to be itemized on a report of receipts and expenditures unless the total reimbursements and payments made by the committee during the year to that individual or association exceed $200.

Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 10A.179

  • Association: means a group of two or more persons, who are not all members of an immediate family, acting in concert. See Minnesota Statutes 10A.01
  • expenditure: includes the dollar value of a donation in kind. See Minnesota Statutes 10A.01
  • Noncampaign disbursement: means a purchase or payment of money or anything of value made, or an advance of credit incurred, or a donation in kind received, by a principal campaign committee for any of the following purposes:

    (1) payment for accounting and legal services related to operating the candidate's campaign committee, serving in office, or security for the candidate or the candidate's immediate family, including but not limited to seeking and obtaining a harassment restraining order;

    (2) return of a contribution to the source;

    (3) repayment of a loan made to the principal campaign committee by that committee;

    (4) return of a public subsidy;

    (5) payment for food, beverages, and necessary utensils and supplies, entertainment, and facility rental for a fundraising event;

    (6) services for a constituent by a member of the legislature or a constitutional officer in the executive branch as provided in section 10A. See Minnesota Statutes 10A.01

(b) When a committee reimburses an individual or association for an expenditure or noncampaign disbursement that requires itemization on a report of receipts and expenditures and chooses under section 10A.20, subdivision 13, to report the expenditure or noncampaign disbursement as a reimbursement to a third party, the committee must disclose the following information on the report:

(1) the name and address of the individual or association to which reimbursement was made;

(2) the name and address of the vendor supplying the good or service for which reimbursement was made;

(3) the date of the expenditure or noncampaign disbursement for which reimbursement was made;

(4) the date of the reimbursement;

(5) a description of the specific good or service purchased; and

(6) if the reimbursement was for a noncampaign disbursement, the specific noncampaign disbursement category in section 10A.01, subdivision 26, that is applicable to the good or service for which reimbursement was made.

Subd. 2.Allocating ongoing expenses.

When an ongoing expense has both a campaign purpose and a purpose listed as a noncampaign disbursement in section 10A.01, subdivision 26, the committee must allocate the cost of the expense between the two purposes according to the proportion of actual use for each purpose.