1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to data practices; permitting trade associations to access vehicle 
1.3 	registration information in certain circumstances;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2014, sections 13.6905, subdivision 3; 168.345, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.6905, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Motor vehicle registration. Various data on motor vehicle registrations 
1.8 	are classified under sections 168.327, subdivision 3, and 168.346. Use of vehicle 
1.9 	registration data is governed by section 168.345.

1.10 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.345, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.11 		Subd. 2.Lessees; information. The commissioner may not furnish information 
1.12 	about registered owners of passenger automobiles who are lessees under a lease for a term 
1.13 	of 180 days or more to any person except the personnel of law enforcement agencies 
1.14 	and trade associations performing a member service as permitted in section 604.15, 
1.15 	subdivision 4a, and federal, state, and local governmental units, and, at the commissioner's 
1.16 	discretion, to persons who use the information to notify lessees of automobile recalls. 
1.17 	The commissioner may release information about lessees in the form of summary data, 
1.18 	as defined in section 13.02, to persons who use the information in conducting statistical 
1.19 	analysis and market research.