1st Committee Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 03/19/2013 07:28pm
A bill for an act
relating to public safety; requiring crime alerts to be distributed in a format
that disabled citizens can access; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 611A.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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If a law enforcement agency provides a crime alert to citizens within its jurisdiction,
the alerts and any accompanying documents must be in a form that a disabled person
can access with commercially available text-based screen reader software. Any contact
information provided by a citizen requesting a crime alert is classified as private data
on individuals.
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This section is effective August 1, 2009.
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