| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to government data practices; adding certain restrictions on public data |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 requests to a school district; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.03, by |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 adding a subdivision. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.03, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 3a.Data requests to school districts.(a) For purposes of this subdivision, "school |
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| 9 | | - | 1.9district" means an independent, common, or special school district, as defined in section |
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| 10 | | - | 1.10120A.05, or a cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2. |
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| 11 | | - | 1.11 (b) The provisions in this subdivision apply to a request made to a school district to |
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| 12 | | - | 1.12inspect or receive copies of public government data pursuant to subdivision 3. The provisions |
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| 13 | | - | 1.13in this subdivision are in addition to those contained in subdivision 3, except that when the |
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| 14 | | - | 1.14provisions of this subdivision conflict with those of subdivision 3, this subdivision prevails. |
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| 15 | | - | 1.15This subdivision does not apply to a request made by a data subject under section 13.04. |
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| 16 | | - | 1.16 (c) In addition to any other fees or charges allowable under this chapter, if a requesting |
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| 17 | | - | 1.17person fails to appear within 30 calendar days to inspect the requested data, the responsible |
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| 18 | | - | 1.18authority may require the requesting person to pay the costs authorized to be charged under |
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| 19 | | - | 1.19subdivision 3, paragraph (c), plus the cost of employee time spent separating public from |
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| 20 | | - | 1.20not public data. |
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| 21 | | - | 1.21 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment and |
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| 22 | | - | 1.22applies to data requests made on or after that date. |
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| 9 | + | 1.9district" means an independent or special school district, as defined in section 120A.05. |
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| 10 | + | 1.10 (b) The provisions in this subdivision apply to a request made to a school district to |
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| 11 | + | 1.11inspect or receive copies of public government data pursuant to subdivision 3. The provisions |
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| 12 | + | 1.12in this subdivision are in addition to those contained in subdivision 3, except that when the |
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| 13 | + | 1.13provisions of this subdivision conflict with those of subdivision 3, this subdivision prevails. |
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| 14 | + | 1.14This subdivision does not apply to a request made by a data subject under section 13.04. |
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| 15 | + | 1.15 (c) A person may not request public data from a school district anonymously. The |
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| 16 | + | 1.16requesting person must provide the school district's responsible authority or designee with |
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| 17 | + | 1.17the identification credentials required by the responsible authority. |
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| 18 | + | 1.18 (d) In addition to any other fees or charges allowable under this chapter, if a requesting |
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| 19 | + | 1.19person fails to appear to inspect the requested data, the responsible authority may require |
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| 20 | + | 1.20the requesting person to pay the costs authorized to be charged under subdivision 3, paragraph |
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| 21 | + | 1.21(c), plus the cost of employee time spent separating public from not public data. |
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| 30 | | - | Introduction and first reading71803/10/2025 |
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| 31 | | - | Referred to Education Policy |
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| 32 | | - | Comm report: Amended, No recommendation, re-referred to Judiciary and Public Safety03/24/2025 |
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| 33 | | - | Author added Boldon |
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| 29 | + | Introduction and first reading03/10/2025 |
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| 30 | + | Referred to Education Policy 2.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment and |
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| 31 | + | 2.2applies to data requests made on or after that date. |
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| 32 | + | 2Section 1. |
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| 33 | + | 25-03188 as introduced02/26/25 REVISOR VH/NS |
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