MN SF2334

Requires principals to report total spending to influence legislative, administrative, and metropolitan governmental unit actions by March 15 annually, rounded to the nearest $20,000

Reporting must include direct payments to lobbyists, expenditures for advertising, mailing, research, public relations campaigns, and salaries/administrative expenses related to influencing governmental action

Principals spending on administrative action involving rate setting, power plant and powerline siting, and certificates of need under section 216B.243 must report those amounts separately and exclude them from the main spending totals

Effective for reports due March 15, 2013, and thereafter