1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to utilities; requiring notice to city when customer's heat source 
1.3 	disconnected;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.681, by adding a 
1.4 	subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.681, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 6.Utility disconnection. Data received by cities relating to the involuntary 
1.9 	disconnection of utility services are classified in section 216B.0976.

1.10 	Sec. 2. [216B.0976] CENTRALIZED FILING OF UTILITY DISCONNECTION.
1.11 		Subdivision 1.Notice required. Notwithstanding section 13.685 or any other law 
1.12 	or administrative rule to the contrary, a public utility, cooperative electric association, 
1.13 	or municipal utility that initiates an involuntary disconnection of a customer's gas or 
1.14 	electric service must provide notice as prescribed by this section, of the disconnection 
1.15 	to a statutory or home rule charter city. Upon written request from a city, on October 15 
1.16 	and November 1 of each year, or the next business day if that date falls on a Saturday 
1.17 	or Sunday, a report must be made available of the address of properties currently 
1.18 	disconnected and the date of the disconnection. Upon written request from a city, between 
1.19 	October 15 and April 15, daily reports must be made available of the address and date of 
1.20 	any newly disconnected property where the disconnection affects the primary heat source 
1.21 	of a residence and service is not reconnected within 24 hours.
1.22 		Subd. 2.Data. Data on customers that are provided to cities under subdivision 1 are 
1.23 	private data on individuals or nonpublic data, as defined in section 13.02.