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633 LAWFUL GAMBLING AND GAMBLING DEVICES 349.12 (ii) $35,000 per year for premises used for other forms of lawful gambling; (10) a contribution to the United States, this state or any of its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality thereof other than a direct contribution to a law enforcement or prosecutorial agency; (11) a contribution to or expenditure by a nonprofit organization which is a church or body of communicants gathered in common membership for mutual support and edification in piety, worship, or religious observances; (12) payment of one —half of the reasonable costs of an audit required in section 297E.06, subdivision 4; (13) a contribution to or expenditure on a wildlife management project that benefits the public at— large, provided that the state agency with authority over that wildlife management project approves the project before the contribution or expenditure is trade; or (14) expenditures, approved by the commissioner of natural resources, by an organiza- tion for grooming and maintaining snowmobile trails that are (1) giant— in-aid trails estab- lished under section 85.019, or (2) other trails open to public use, including purchase or lease of equipment for this purpose. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), "lawful purpose" does not include: (I) any expenditure made or incurred for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of a candidate for public office or for the purpose of promoting or defeating a ballot question; (2) any activity intended to influence an election or a governmental decision — making process; (3) the erection, acquisition, improvement, expansion, repair, or maintenance of real property or capital assets owned or leased by an organization, unless the board has first spe- cifically authorized the expenditures after finding that (i) the real property or capital assets will be used exclusively for one or more of the purposes in paragraph (a); (ii) with respect to expenditures for repair or maintenance only, that the property is or will be used extensively as a meeting place or event Location by other nonprofit organizations or community or service groups and that no rental fee is charged for the use; (iii) with respect to expenditures, includ- ing a mortgage payment or other debt service payment, for erection or acquisition only, that the erection or acquisition is necessary to replace with a comparable building, a building owned by the organization and destroyed or made uninhabitable by fire or natural disaster, provided that the expenditure may be only for that part of the replacement cost not reim- bursed by insurance; or (iv) with respect to expenditures, including a mortgage payment or other debt service payment, for erection or acquisition only, that the erection or acquisition is necessary to replace with a comparable building a building owned by the organization that was acquired from the organization by eminent domain or sold by the organization to a pur- chaser that the organization reasonably believed would otherwise have acquired the building by eminent domain, provided that the expenditure may be only for that part of the replace- ment cost that exceeds the compensation received by the organization for the building being replaced; (4) an expenditure by an organization which is a contribution to a parent organization, foundation, or affiliate of the contributing organization, if the parent organization, founda- tion, or affiliate has provided to the contributing organization within one year of the contribu- tion any money, grants, property, or other thing of value; (5) a contribution by a licensed organization to another licensed organization unless the board has specifically authorized the contribution. The board must authorize such a contribu- tion when requested to do so by the contributing organization unless it makes an affirmative funding that the contribution will not be used by the recipient organization for one or more of the purposes in paragraph (a); or (6) a contribution to a statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town by a licensed organization with the knowledge that the governmental unit intends to use the contribution for a pension or retirement fund. Subd. 26. Manufacturer. "Manufacturer" means a person or entity who assembles from raw materials or subparts a completed piece of gambling equipment, and who sells or furnishes the equipment for resale or for use in the state. The term includes a person who Page 53