{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-10a.121","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 10A.121","heading":"INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE AND BALLOT QUESTION POLITICAL COMMITTEES AND FUNDS.","body":"Subdivision 1. Permitted disbursements.\nAn independent expenditure political committee or fund, or a ballot question political committee or fund, may:\n(1) pay costs associated with its fundraising and general operations;\n(2) pay for communications that do not constitute contributions or approved expenditures;\n(3) make contributions to independent expenditure or ballot question political committees or funds;\n(4) make independent expenditures;\n(5) make expenditures to promote or defeat ballot questions;\n(6) return a contribution to its source;\n(7) for a political fund, record bookkeeping entries transferring the association's general treasury money allocated for political purposes back to the general treasury of the association;\n(8) for a political fund, return general treasury money transferred to a separate depository to the general depository of the association; and\n(9) make disbursements for electioneering communications.\nSubd. 2. Penalty.\n(a) An independent expenditure political committee, independent expenditure political fund, ballot question political committee, or ballot question political fund is subject to a civil penalty of up to four times the amount of the contribution or approved expenditure if it does the following:\n(1) makes a contribution to a candidate, local candidate, party unit, political committee, or political fund other than an independent expenditure political committee, an independent expenditure political fund, ballot question political committee, or ballot question political fund; or\n(2) makes an approved expenditure.\n(b) No other penalty provided in law may be imposed for conduct that is subject to a civil penalty under this section.","path":["GOVERNMENT MISCELLANY","CHAPTER 10A. CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE","CAMPAIGN FINANCE; ORGANIZATION AND REPORTING"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/10A.121","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:25Z","sha256":"1d97e67fcfd30c03bfe52dab5f7119399a63de3ea1acee5a7439c6405370ba66","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-10a.12","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-10a.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}