1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to privacy; requiring owner's permission before a portable wireless 
1.3 	device can collect location information in Minnesota;proposing coding for new 
1.4 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [325F.705] COLLECTION OF LOCATION INFORMATION BY 
1.7 	PORTABLE WIRELESS DEVICES.
1.8 	No portable wireless device may transmit information regarding the location of the 
1.9 	device in Minnesota to any person other than a law enforcement agency operating under 
1.10 	section 237.83 without written permission from the owner of the device.
1.11 	For the purposes of this section, "portable wireless device" means a device weighing 
1.12 	less than three pounds that transmits two-way voice or data over radio waves.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective September 1, 2011.