Law and Government Legislation regarding 'Elections' in Minnesota

1E Providing for election rather than appointment of members of the metropolitan council, specifying the term; requiring the filing of economic interest statements by candidates for or members of the council with the state campaign finance and public disclosure board; specifying certain campaign expenditure and contribution limits; providing for public subsidies, specifying funding, eligibility, certification, payment and match requirements; providing for the filing of affidavits of candidacy and nominating petitions, for the redistricting of metropolitan council districts, for the allocation of election expenses, for placement of candidate names on the nonpartisan primary ballot and for election contests; prescribing a procedure for the filling of council member vacancies; including the metropolitan council under the definition of candidate for financial reporting and fair campaign practices purposes; excluding metropolitan [...]

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TICLE 1 - FINDINGS AND PURPOSE Specifying certain legislative findings and purpose to create the most possible opportunities for citizens to exercise the right to hunt, fish and take game ARTICLE 2 - HERITAGE ENHANCEMENT FUIND Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article XI, to provide funding to enhance the population and quality of game and fish in Minnesota and provide hunting and angler access by dedicating the sale and use tax receipts equal to the state sales and use tax of a certain percentage on taxable sales of supplies and equipment used to take game and fish; creating the heritage enhancement council to develop a biennial budget plan for expenditures; specifying certain membership requirements and duties; creating a heritage enhancement fund to be spent on game and fish projects on public and private lands; providing for deposit of revenues ARTICLE 3 - RIGHT [...]

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TICLE 1 - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article VI, section 7 and 8 requiring the appointment of judges by the governor from a list of names submitted by a selection commission, evaluated based on performance before standing for a retention election to the office and retained or removed regularly based on a decision by the voters ARTICLE 2 - STATUTORY PROVISIONS Establishing and modifying procedures for filling judicial vacancies; modifying certain definitions; providing for judicial retention elections; requiring the filing of an affidavit of candidacy with the secretary of state for judges seeking to retain judicial office and specifying certain eligibility requirements; modifying judicial vacancy determination provisions; creating a commission on appellate judicial selection, specifying membership requirements, nomination duties and powers;[...]

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Relating to elections; clarifying the definitions of campaign expenditure and independent expenditure and certain political committee or fund registration form content requirements under campaign finance and public disclosure requirements; prohibiting political committees, political funds, principal campaign committees or party units making independent campaign expenditures from terminating before the end of the election cycle; providing for the formation of a nonpartisan nonprofit council to create a voluntary code to discourage unfair negative attacks while encouraging debate on issues and candidates; requiring the campaign finance and public disclosure board to convene a task force to establish a clean campaign council, specifying task force membership representation options; authorizing the council to establish a clean campaign advertising code, specifying certain content options and providing for enforcement; authorizing [...]

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2E Relating to elections; establishing a presidential primary to be held as set by the secretary of state; requiring listing of president and vice president candidates on ballots for each major political party, specifying time period for filing of affidavits of candidacy and announcements by the secretary of state; providing for how the presidential primary is to be conducted; specifying certain auditor furnished information requirements by the secretary of state and certain ballot preparation requirements; specifying certain requirements for the selection of delegates to the national convention and certain delegate voting requirements; requiring the secretary of state to adopt rules for paying or reimbursing counties for presidential primary costs, specifying certain eligible expenses for reimbursement, certification of costs, limits on payments for temporary staff and overtime and apportionment of reimbursements requirements;[...]

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1E Relating to public finance; providing terms and conditions relating to the issuance of obligations and the financing of public improvements and services; modifying certain collateral amount requirements for the deposit of local public funds; extending the time for repayment of certain school district certificates or notes for equipment purchases; extending the time for certain publications of a public notice; modifying the definition of subordinate service district and defining special services for towns; modifying certain requirements for the establishment of a subordinate service districts by town boards and specifying certain duties of town boards, authorizing the issuance of bonds and certain covenants to secure obligations for subordinate service districts; modifying county subordinate service districts provisions, authorizing the issuance of bonds and certain covenants to secure obligations for subordinate service

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1E Relating to elections; exempting lobbying activities relating to ballot questions or propositions from campaign finance reporting requirements; requiring preelection reports of certain political contributions to political committees and political funds; adjusting certain preelection reporting requirements for contributions to candidates; advancing the deadline to file affidavit of contributions; providing for delivery of absentee ballots to an agent of certain persons and return of ballots by an agent; permitting appointment of election judges not affiliated with a major political party; eliminating an approval requirement for mail elections; increasing the maximum time to conduct certain special elections; modifying recounts of a special primary or a special election; changing certain school district election provisions; authorizing certain school board primary elections; shortening time to complete postelection [...]

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COND ENGROSSMENT Business Energy Accountability Act established; district provisions modified, drainage transfer and uses provided, charter, registrar's fees, Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act, and Minneapolis dedication fee provisions modified. Section 1: Business energy use accountability language provided. Section 2: Petition for removal of district; Procedure; Refund of surplus language added. Section 3: Transfer of drainage systems language provided. Section 4: Public hearings language modified. Section 5: Interim uses language provided. Section 6: Discharge language modified. Section 7: Amendment by ordinance language modified. Section 8: Charges; net revenues language modified. Section 9: Standard documents language modified. Section 10: Recording language modified. Section 11: Dedication fee language modified.[...]

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TICLE 1 - STATE GOVERNMENT Relating to state government; modifying equitable compensation limits; modifying limits on state commissioner salaries; incorporating Minnesota Milestones goals and indicators in budget preparation; requiring the legislative commission on planning and fiscal policy (LCPFP) to form a subcommittee on government accountability to review certain recommendations from the commissioners of finance and administration; modifying certain budget preparation requirements; requiring the sesquicentennial commission to solicit input and suggestions from communities throughout the state during the sesquicentennial celebration regarding the selection and use of Minnesota Milestones goals and indicators; requiring the commissioner of finance to convene a working group for Minnesota Milestones to assist in the preparation of recommendations for the required Minnesota Milestones report, sunset provision;[...]

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Providing for election campaign finance reform; stating legislative findings relating to the use of private money to finance campaigns and the intent of the provisions to provide for clean money campaigns funded without special interest money; defining or redefining certain terms under the provisions regulating the financing of election campaigns; prohibiting the state campaign finance and public disclosure board from publishing home addresses or telephone numbers on the web site; expanding principal campaign committee registration content requirements; requiring electronic filing of certain campaign reports and board publication of campaign reports on the web site within a certain number of days of the report due date; expanding and modifying certain independent expenditure report filing and notice requirements; requiring excess spending reports by candidates not signing spending limit agreements; clarifying the application [...]

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TICLE 1 - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article VI, section 7 and 8 requiring the appointment of judges by the governor from a list of names submitted by a selection commission, evaluated based on performance after an initial term in office by a judicial performance commission and retained or removed regularly based on a decision by the voters ARTICLE 2 - STATUTORY PROVISIONS Establishing and modifying procedures for filling judicial vacancies; modifying certain definitions; providing for judicial retention elections; requiring the filing of an affidavit of candidacy with the secretary of state for judges seeking to retain judicial office; modifying judicial vacancy determination provisions; creating a commission on appellate judicial selection, specifying membership requirements, nomination duties and powers; creating a judicial performance [...]

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TICLE 1 - STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS Providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to the legislature for the senate, house of representatives and the legislative coordinating commission (LCC) for the office of the revisor of statutes, the legislative reference library, the office of legislative auditor and a capitol building and capitol campus facilitated planning process, to the governor and lieutenant governor, state auditor, attorney general and secretary of state, to the campaign finance and public disclosure board, to the investment board, to the office of enterprise technology for an electronic licensing system, small agency technology infrastructure projects, an electronic documents study and report and for grants to counties participating in the development of the integrated financial system, to the office of administrative hearings, to the commissioner of administration for state facilities [...]

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TICLE 1 - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article VI, sections 7 and 8, requiring a commission on judicial selection to nominate candidates for appointment to judgeships and a commission of judicial evaluation to evaluate judges for reappointment ARTICLE 2 - JUDICIAL SELECTION Establishing and modifying procedures for filling judicial vacancies; defining judge and judgeship; specifying certain duties of the commission on judicial selection to nominate candidates for appointment to judgeships; establishing the commission on judicial evaluation to evaluate judges for reappointment according to certain established criteria developed and published by the commission, specifying certain membership requirements and duties; subjecting the committee to the open meeting law; requiring commission implementation of rules; specifying certain reference change [...]

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TICLE 1 - TEMPORARY CLASSIFICATIONS Modifying applications for temporary classification of government data to include data on individuals; requiring data application website publication and permitting application withdrawal prior to data disposition; allowing responsible authorities to request commissioner of administration approval for new or different data use or dissemination for data temporarily classified; repealing temporary classification contents of application for private or confidential data ARTICLE 2 - MISCELLANEOUS Classifying data on election candidates and applicants to boards, task forces, commissions, committees, advisory groups and other public bodies as private; adding addresses as public data; classifying building plans, blueprints and drawings of state owned facilities and state leased nonstate owned facilities as nonpublic data under certain conditions; classifying data [...]

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