Minnesota § 5.30 - HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT ACCOUNT
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 5.30 — HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT ACCOUNT, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5.30. HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT ACCOUNT
Subdivision 1.Establishment.
The Help America Vote Act account is established as an account in the state treasury. Money received from the federal government under the Help America Vote Act, Public Law 107-252, must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the account. Money appropriated from the general fund to meet the matching requirement of section 253(b)(5) of the Help America Vote Act must be transferred to the account. Money earned from investing the assets of the account must be credited to the account. Money in the account does not cancel but remains available until expended. The account is subject to the requirements of section 254(b) of the Help America Vote Act.
Subd. 2.Appropriation.
Money in the Help America Vote Act account is appropriated to the secretary of state to improve the administration of elections in accordance with the Help America Vote Act, the state plan certified by the governor under the act, and for reporting and administrative requirements under the act and plan. To the extent required by federal law, money in the account must be used in a manner that is consistent with the maintenance of effort requirements of section 254(a)(7) of the Help America Vote Act, Public Law 107-252, based on the level of state expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000.
History:
1Sp2003 c 7 s 1; 2023 c 62 art 1 s 48
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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