1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to consumer protection; regulating security freezes on consumer reports; 
1.3 	providing for payment of fees;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 
1.4 	13C.016, subdivision 8.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13C.016, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 8.Fees. (a) A consumer reporting agency may charge a fee of $5 for placing, 
1.8 	temporarily lifting, or removing a security freeze unless:
1.9 	(1) the consumer is a victim of identity theft as defined in subdivision 1, paragraph 
1.10 	(c); and 
1.11 	(2) the consumer provides the consumer reporting agency with a valid copy of a 
1.12 	police report or a police case number documenting the identity theft. 
1.13 	(b) In addition to the charge, if any, permitted under paragraph (a), a consumer 
1.14 	may be charged no more than $5 if the consumer fails to retain the original personal 
1.15 	identification number given to the consumer by the agency, but the consumer may not 
1.16 	be charged for a onetime reissue of the same or a new personal identification number. 
1.17 	The consumer may be charged no more than $5 for subsequent instances of loss of the 
1.18 	personal identification number.
1.19 	(c) A consumer who makes a written request by mail may pay any fee charged 
1.20 	pursuant to this subdivision by check, money order, or credit card. A consumer who 
1.21 	makes a request by telephone or other electronic media may pay any fee charged pursuant 
1.22 	to this subdivision by credit card.