Subpart 1.
Major decision regarding the
expenditure of public money.
Attempting to influence a nonelected local official is lobbying
if the nonelected local official may make, recommend, or vote on as a member of
the political subdivision's governing body, a major decision regarding an
expenditure or investment of public money.
Subp. 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:
A. 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;
B. whether to apply
for or accept state or federal funding or private grant funding;
C. selecting recipients for government grants
from the political subdivision; or
D. tax abatement, tax increment financing, or
expenditures on public infrastructure, used to support private housing or
business developments.
Subp.
3.
Actions that are not a major decision.
A major decision regarding the expenditure of public money does
not include:
A. the purchase of goods
or services with public funds in the operating or capital budget of a political
subdivision;
B. collective
bargaining of a labor contract on behalf of a political subdivision;
or
C. participating in discussions
with a party or a party's representative regarding litigation between the party
and the political subdivision of the local official.
