Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 143 - Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board
Chapter 4511 - LOBBYIST REGISTRATION AND REPORTING
Part 4511.0600 - REPORTING DISBURSEMENTS
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subpart 1. Determination of actual costs required.
To the extent that actual costs of lobbying activities can be obtained or calculated by reasonable means, those actual costs must be determined, recorded, and used for reporting purposes.
Subp. 2. Approximation of costs.
If the actual cost of a lobbying activity cannot be obtained or calculated through reasonable means, those costs must be reasonably approximated.
Subp. 3. Disbursements allocated between multiple entities.
A disbursement for lobbying purposes that benefits more than one entity for which a lobbyist is separately registered must be allocated between the entities benefited on a reasonable basis and reported based on that allocation.
Subp. 4. Disbursements which are only partially in support of lobbying.
A disbursement that is partially in support of lobbying and partially for a nonlobbying purpose must be allocated on a reasonable basis between the two purposes and the portion which is for lobbying activities must be reported.
Subp. 5. Specific disbursement categories.
Lobbying disbursements must be reported based on the categories in items A to I.
Subp. 6. Effect of gift prohibition.
The reporting requirements in this part do not change the scope of the statutory prohibition under Minnesota Statutes, section 10A.071, nor do they create additional exceptions to that prohibition.
Statutory Authority: MS s 10A.02; 10A.025