Nomination campaign expenses

(1) A nomination campaign expense of a nomination contestant is an expense reasonably incurred as an incidence of the nomination contest, including

(a) a nomination contest expense;

(b) a litigation expense;

(c) travel and living expenses;

(d) a personal expense; and

(e) any fees of an auditor appointed under subsection 476.77(1) that have not been reimbursed by the Receiver General.

Exclusions — administrative monetary penalties, etc.

(2) For greater certainty, none of the following is a nomination campaign expense:

(a) the amount of any administrative monetary penalty imposed under Part 19;

(b) any amount that is required to be paid under a compliance agreement entered into under Part 19 solely as a result of that compliance agreement; and

(c) any amount that is required to be paid under an undertaking provided under Part 19 solely as a result of that undertaking.

2004, c. 24, s. 7; 2014, c. 12, s. 86; 2018, c. 31, s. 243.