1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1781, the delete everything amendment
1.2(A09-0398), as follows:
1.3Page 53, after line 35, insert:

1.4    "Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 211B.37, is amended to read:
1.5211B.37 COSTS ASSESSED.
1.6Except as otherwise provided in section 211B.36, subdivision 3, the chief
1.7administrative law judge shall assess the cost of considering complaints filed under section
1.8211B.32 as provided in this section. Costs of complaints relating to a statewide ballot
1.9question or an election for a statewide or legislative office must be assessed against the
1.10appropriation from the general fund to the general account of the state elections campaign
1.11fund Office of Administrative Hearings in section 10A.31, subdivision 4. Costs of
1.12complaints relating to any other ballot question or elective office must be assessed against
1.13the county or counties in which the election is held. Where the election is held in more
1.14than one county, the chief administrative law judge shall apportion the assessment among
1.15the counties in proportion to their respective populations within the election district to
1.16which the complaint relates according to the most recent decennial federal census. "
1.17Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
1.18Amend the title accordingly