Minn. Stat. § 10A.52
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§ 10A.52 MAJOR DECISION OF NONELECTED LOCAL OFFICIALS.
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§ Subdivision 1. Major decision regarding the expenditure of public money. (a) Attempting to influence a nonelected local official is lobbying if the nonelected local official uses: (1) the authority to make major decisions regarding the expenditure or investment of public money; (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 (3) the authority to vote as a member of the governing body on major decisions regarding the expenditure or investment of public money. (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.
§ Subd. 2. Actions that are a major decision regarding public funds. A major decision regarding the expenditure or investment of public money includes but is not limited to a decision on: (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; (2) whether to apply for or accept state, federal, or private grant funding; (3) selecting recipients for government grants from the political subdivision; or (4) tax abatement, tax increment financing, or expenditures on public infrastructure used to support private housing or business developments.
§ Subd. 3. Actions that are not a major decision. A major decision regarding the expenditure of public money does not include: (1) the purchase of goods or services with public funds in the operating or capital budget of a political subdivision; (2) collective bargaining of a labor contract on behalf of a political subdivision; or (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.
§ Subd. 2. Actions that are a major decision regarding public funds. A major decision regarding the expenditure or investment of public money includes but is not limited to a decision on: (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; (2) whether to apply for or accept state, federal, or private grant funding; (3) selecting recipients for government grants from the political subdivision; or (4) tax abatement, tax increment financing, or expenditures on public infrastructure used to support private housing or business developments.
§ Subd. 3. Actions that are not a major decision. A major decision regarding the expenditure of public money does not include: (1) the purchase of goods or services with public funds in the operating or capital budget of a political subdivision; (2) collective bargaining of a labor contract on behalf of a political subdivision; or (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.
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