1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring crime alerts to be distributed in a format that 
1.3 	disabled citizens can access;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 13.871, 
1.4 	by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.5 	chapter 611A.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 13.871, is amended by adding a 
1.8 	subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 12.Crime alert access request. Data regarding contact information provided 
1.10 	by a citizen requesting a crime alert are classified under section 611A.0393.

1.11 	Sec. 2. [611A.0393] CRIME ALERTS; VIOLENT CRIMES; DISABLED 
1.12 	ACCESS.
1.13 	If a law enforcement agency provides a crime alert to citizens within its jurisdiction, 
1.14 	the alerts and any accompanying documents must be in a form that a disabled person 
1.15 	can access with commercially available text-based screen reader software. Any contact 
1.16 	information provided by a citizen requesting a crime alert is private data on individuals as 
1.17 	defined in section 13.02.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2009.