1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to data practices; classifying private equity investment data; regulating 
1.3 	data and lists of enrolled students;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 
1.4 	13.3215; 135A.17, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 13.3215, is amended to read:
1.7 	13.3215 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DATA.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the terms in this 
1.9 	subdivision have the meanings given them.
1.10 	(b) "Business data" is data described in section 13.591, subdivision 1, and includes 
1.11 	the funded amount of the University of Minnesota's commitment to the investment 
1.12 	to date, if any; the market value of the investment by the University of Minnesota; the 
1.13 	University of Minnesota's internal rate of return for the investment, including expenditures 
1.14 	and receipts used in the calculation of the investment's internal rate of return; and the 
1.15 	age of the investment in years.
1.16 	(c) "Financial, business, or proprietary data" means data, as determined by the 
1.17 	responsible authority for the University of Minnesota, that is of a financial, business, or 
1.18 	proprietary nature, the release of which could cause competitive harm to the University 
1.19 	of Minnesota, the legal entity in which the University of Minnesota has invested or has 
1.20 	considered an investment, the managing entity of an investment, or a portfolio company in 
1.21 	which the legal entity holds an interest.
1.22 	(d) "Investment" means the investments by the University of Minnesota in the 
1.23 	following private capital:
2.1 	(1) venture capital and other private equity investment businesses through 
2.2 	participation in limited partnerships, trusts, limited liability corporations, limited liability 
2.3 	companies, limited liability partnerships, and corporations;
2.4 	(2) real estate ownership interests or loans secured by mortgages or deeds of trust or 
2.5 	shares of real estate investment trusts through investment in limited partnerships; and
2.6 	(3) natural resource investments through limited partnerships, trusts, limited liability 
2.7 	corporations, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, and corporations.
2.8 		Subd. 2.Claims experience data. Claims experience and all related information 
2.9 	received from carriers and claims administrators participating in a University of Minnesota 
2.10 	group health, dental, life, or disability insurance plan or the University of Minnesota 
2.11 	workers' compensation program, and survey information collected from employees or 
2.12 	students participating in these plans and programs, except when the university determines 
2.13 	that release of the data will not be detrimental to the plan or program, are classified as 
2.14 	nonpublic data not on individuals pursuant to under section 13.02, subdivision 9.  
2.15 		Subd. 3.Private equity investment data. (a) Financial, business, or proprietary 
2.16 	data and business data collected, created, received, or maintained by the University of 
2.17 	Minnesota in connection with investments are nonpublic data.
2.18 	(b) The name of the general partners and the legal entity in which the University of 
2.19 	Minnesota has invested; the amount of the University of Minnesota's initial commitment; 
2.20 	and the portfolio performance of University of Minnesota investments overall, including 
2.21 	the number of investments, the total amount of University of Minnesota commitments, the 
2.22 	total current market value, and the return on the total investment portfolio, are public.

2.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.24 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 135A.17, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.25 		Subd. 2. Residential housing List of enrolled students. All postsecondary 
2.26 	institutions that enroll students accepting state or federal financial aid may (a) Institutions 
2.27 	within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities must prepare a current list of 
2.28 	students enrolled in the institution and residing in the institution's housing or within ten 
2.29 	miles of the institution's campus Minnesota. The list shallmust include each student's 
2.30 	name and current address, unless the name or address is not designated as public data 
2.31 	under section 13.32, subdivision 5. The list shallmust be certified and sent to the 
2.32 	appropriate county auditor or auditors secretary of state no earlier than 30 and no later than 
2.33 	25 days prior to the November general election, in an electronic format specified by the 
2.34 	secretary of state,  for use in election day registration as provided under section 201.061, 
2.35 	subdivision 3.  The certification must be dated and signed by the chief officer or designee 
3.1 	of the postsecondary educational institution, or for institutions within the Minnesota State 
3.2 	Colleges and Universities, by the chancellor, and must state that the list is current and 
3.3 	accurate and includes only the names of currently enrolled students residing in Minnesota 
3.4 	as of the date of certification. The secretary of state must combine the data received from 
3.5 	each postsecondary educational institution under this subdivision and must process the 
3.6 	data to locate the precinct in which the address provided for each student is located. If the 
3.7 	data submitted by the postsecondary educational institution is insufficient for the secretary 
3.8 	of state to locate the proper precinct, the associated student name must not appear in any 
3.9 	list forwarded to a county auditor under this subdivision.
3.10 	At least 14 days prior to the November general election, the secretary of state 
3.11 	must forward to the appropriate county auditor lists of students containing the students' 
3.12 	names and addresses for which precinct determinations have been made along with their 
3.13 	postsecondary educational institutions. The list must be sorted by precinct and student 
3.14 	last name and must be forwarded in an electronic format specified by the secretary of 
3.15 	state or other mutually agreed upon medium, if a written agreement specifying the 
3.16 	medium is signed by the secretary of state and the county auditor at least 90 days before 
3.17 	the November general election. A written agreement is effective for all elections until 
3.18 	rescinded by either the secretary of state or the county auditor.
3.19 	(b) Other postsecondary institutions may provide lists as provided by this subdivision 
3.20 	or as provided by the rules of the secretary of state. The University of Minnesota is 
3.21 	requested to comply with this subdivision.
3.22 	(c) A residential housing list provided under this subdivision may not be used or 
3.23 	disseminated by a county auditor or the secretary of state for any other purpose.