Subdivision 1. Disclosure required. (a) A public official who represents a client for a fee before an individual, board, commission, or agency that has rulemaking authority in a hearing conducted under chapter 14, must disclose the official's participation in the action to the board within 14 days after the public official's initial appearance at a hearing. If the public official fails to disclose the participation by the date that the disclosure was due, the board may impose a late filing fee of $25 per day, not to exceed $1,000, starting on the day after the disclosure was due. The board must send notice by certified mail to a public official who fails to disclose the participation within ten business days after the disclosure was due that the public official may be subject to a civil penalty for failure to disclose the participation. A public official who fails to disclose the participation within seven days after the certified mail notice was sent by the board is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000.
(b) A public official required to disclose representation under this section shall provide the following information: name, address, and office held; name and address of each client represented at the hearing; the name of the individual, board, commission, or agency conducting the hearing and the date and location of the initial appearance at the hearing; and a general description of the subject or subjects on which the public official represented the client in the hearing.
Subd. 2. Exception; judges. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, a public official who is a district court judge, an appeals court judge, or a supreme court justice is not required to comply with the provisions of this section.
Subd. 3. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions have the meanings given.
(b) "Fee" means any compensation or other consideration for services performed or for future services.
(c) "Initial appearance at a hearing" means the first appearance by a public official representing a client for a fee at a hearing on a single subject. Subsequent appearances at continuations of the same hearing are not initial appearances.
1974 c 470 s 8; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1978 c 463 s 34; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 220 s 11,50; 2002 c 363 s 9; 2005 c 156 art 6 s 5; 2010 c 327 s 9; 2013 c 138 art 2 s 4; 2015 c 73 s 3; 2018 c 119 s 13,14; 2019 c 50 art 1 s 3
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany
Chapter 10A — Campaign Finance And Public Disclosure
Section 10A.02 — Campaign Finance And Public Disclosure Board.
Section 10A.022 — Violations And Enforcement.
Section 10A.025 — Filing Requirements.
Section 10A.027 — Information On Website.
Section 10A.03 — Lobbyist Registration.
Section 10A.04 — Lobbyist Reports.
Section 10A.05 — Lobbyist Report.
Section 10A.06 — Contingent Fees Prohibited.
Section 10A.07 — Conflicts Of Interest.
Section 10A.071 — Certain Gifts By Lobbyists And Principals Prohibited.
Section 10A.08 — Representation Disclosure.
Section 10A.09 — Statements Of Economic Interest.
Section 10A.105 — Principal Campaign Committee.
Section 10A.11 — Organization Of Committees And Party Units.
Section 10A.12 — Political Funds.
Section 10A.121 — Independent Expenditure And Ballot Question Political Committees And Funds.
Section 10A.13 — Accounts That Must Be Kept.
Section 10A.14 — Registration.
Section 10A.15 — Contributions.
Section 10A.155 — Reimbursement Of Automobile Use.
Section 10A.16 — Earmarking Contributions Prohibited.
Section 10A.17 — Expenditures.
Section 10A.173 — Noncampaign Disbursements.
Section 10A.175 — Coordinated And Noncoordinated Expenditures; Definitions.
Section 10A.176 — Coordinated Expenditures.
Section 10A.177 — Noncoordinated Expenditures.
Section 10A.179 — Expenditures And Noncampaign Disbursements; General Provisions.
Section 10A.18 — Time For Rendering Bills, Charges, Or Claims; Penalty.
Section 10A.20 — Campaign Reports.
Section 10A.241 — Transfer Of Debts.
Section 10A.243 — Termination Of Registration.
Section 10A.244 — Voluntary Inactive Status; Political Funds.
Section 10A.245 — Administrative Termination Of Inactive Committees And Funds.
Section 10A.246 — Unpaid Debt Upon Termination.
Section 10A.25 — Spending Limits.
Section 10A.255 — Adjustment By Consumer Price Index.
Section 10A.257 — Carryforward.
Section 10A.27 — Contribution Limits.
Section 10A.271 — Sale Of Goods And Services For Fundraising Purposes.
Section 10A.273 — Contributions And Solicitations During Legislative Session.
Section 10A.275 — Multicandidate Political Party Expenditures.
Section 10A.28 — Penalty For Exceeding Limits.
Section 10A.29 — Circumvention Prohibited.
Section 10A.30 — State Elections Campaign Account.
Section 10A.31 — Designation Of Income Tax Payments.
Section 10A.315 — Special Election Subsidy.
Section 10A.321 — Estimates Of Minimum Amounts To Be Received.
Section 10A.322 — Spending Limit Agreements.
Section 10A.323 — Affidavit Of Contributions.
Section 10A.324 — Return Of Public Subsidy.
Section 10A.35 — Commercial Use Of Information Prohibited.
Section 10A.36 — Reprisals Prohibited; Penalty.