{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-10a.52","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 10A.52","heading":"MAJOR DECISION OF NONELECTED LOCAL OFFICIALS.","body":"Subdivision 1. Major decision regarding the expenditure of public money.\n(a) Attempting to influence a nonelected local official is lobbying if the nonelected local official uses:\n(1) the authority to make major decisions regarding the expenditure or investment of public money;\n(2) the responsibility to make recommendations to a chief executive or the governing body about major decisions regarding the expenditure or investment of public money; or\n(3) the authority to vote as a member of the governing body on major decisions regarding the expenditure or investment of public money.\n(b) The mere act of submitting an application for a grant or responding to a request for proposals is not lobbying. Communications of a purely administerial or technical nature regarding the submission of a grant application or response to requests for proposals are not lobbying.\nSubd. 2. Actions that are a major decision regarding public funds.\nA major decision regarding the expenditure or investment of public money includes but is not limited to a decision on:\n(1) the development and ratification of operating and capital budgets of a political subdivision, including development of the budget request for an office or department within the political subdivision;\n(2) whether to apply for or accept state, federal, or private grant funding;\n(3) selecting recipients for government grants from the political subdivision; or\n(4) tax abatement, tax increment financing, or expenditures on public infrastructure used to support private housing or business developments.\nSubd. 3. Actions that are not a major decision.\nA major decision regarding the expenditure of public money does not include:\n(1) the purchase of goods or services with public funds in the operating or capital budget of a political subdivision;\n(2) collective bargaining of a labor contract on behalf of a political subdivision; or\n(3) participating in discussions with a party or a party's representative regarding litigation between the party and the political subdivision of the local official.","path":["GOVERNMENT MISCELLANY","CHAPTER 10A. CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE","MISCELLANEOUS"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/10A.52","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:25Z","sha256":"10fb785b2c089d1a39625621b58b0e61d944158d3235ef5d7bd6e336897d03d7","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-10a.51","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-11.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}