HF 474

1st Unofficial Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014)

Posted on 04/02/2014 04:17 p.m.

1.1A bill for an act 1.2relating to data practices; classifying data related to automated license plate 1.3readers; requiring a log of use; requiring data to be destroyed in certain 1.4circumstances;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.82, by adding a 1.5subdivision. 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.82, is amended by adding a subdivision 1.8to read: 1.9     new text begin Subd. 31. new text end new text begin Automated license plate reader. new text end new text begin (a) As used in this subdivision, new text end 1.10 new text begin "automated license plate reader" means an electronic device mounted on a law new text end 1.11 new text begin enforcement vehicle or positioned in a stationary location that is capable of recording data new text end 1.12 new text begin on, or taking a photograph of, a vehicle or its license plate and comparing the collected new text end 1.13 new text begin data and photographs to existing law enforcement databases for investigative purposes. new text end 1.14 new text begin (b) Data collected by an automated license plate reader are confidential data new text end 1.15 new text begin on individuals or protected nonpublic data if the data are or become active criminal new text end 1.16 new text begin investigative data. new text end 1.17 new text begin (c) The following data collected by an automated license plate reader that are not new text end 1.18 new text begin classified under paragraph (b) are private data on individuals or nonpublic data: new text end 1.19 new text begin (1) license plate numbers; new text end 1.20 new text begin (2) date, time, and location data on vehicles; and new text end 1.21 new text begin (3) pictures of license plates, vehicles, and areas surrounding the vehicles. new text end 1.22 new text begin (d) Notwithstanding section 138.17, data collected by an automated license plate new text end 1.23 new text begin reader must be destroyed: new text end 1.24 new text begin (1) 90 days from the time of collection, if the data are classified under paragraph (c); or new text end 2.1 new text begin (2) upon request of a program participant under chapter 5B, at the time of collection new text end 2.2 new text begin or upon receipt of the request, whichever occurs later, unless the data are classified under new text end 2.3 new text begin paragraph (b). new text end 2.4 new text begin Data on a request of a program participant under clause (2) are private data on individuals. new text end 2.5 new text begin (e) A law enforcement agency that installs or uses an automated license plate reader new text end 2.6 new text begin must maintain a log of its use, including: new text end 2.7 new text begin (1) specific times of day that the reader actively collected data; new text end 2.8 new text begin (2) the aggregate number of vehicles or license plates on which data are collected new text end 2.9 new text begin for each period of active use; and new text end 2.10 new text begin (3) for a reader at a stationary location, the location at which the reader actively new text end 2.11 new text begin collected data. new text end 2.12 new text begin Data in a log required under this paragraph are public. new text end 2.13 new text begin (f) In addition to the log required under paragraph (e), the law enforcement agency new text end 2.14 new text begin must maintain records showing the date the data were collected and whether the data are new text end 2.15 new text begin classified under paragraph (b) or (c). The Department of Public Safety shall conduct new text end 2.16 new text begin a biennial audit of the records to determine whether data currently in the records are new text end 2.17 new text begin classified and destroyed as required under this subdivision and to verify compliance with new text end 2.18 new text begin paragraph (g). Data in the records required under this paragraph are classified as provided new text end 2.19 new text begin in paragraph (b) or (c). Summary results of the audit are public. new text end 2.20 new text begin (g) A law enforcement agency must comply with sections 13.05, subdivision 5, and new text end 2.21 new text begin 13.055 in the operation of automated license plate readers and access to the data. The new text end 2.22 new text begin responsible authority for a law enforcement agency must establish procedures to ensure new text end 2.23 new text begin that law enforcement personnel have access to the data only if authorized in writing by new text end 2.24 new text begin the chief of police, sheriff, or head of the law enforcement agency, or their designee, to new text end 2.25 new text begin obtain access to data collected by an automated license plate reader for a specific law new text end 2.26 new text begin enforcement purpose. new text end 2.27 new text begin (h) Within ten days of the installation or current use of an automated license plate new text end 2.28 new text begin reader, a law enforcement agency must notify the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension of any new text end 2.29 new text begin fixed location of a stationary automated license plate reader and, if applicable, if the agency new text end 2.30 new text begin uses any other automated license plate reader. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension new text end 2.31 new text begin must maintain a list of law enforcement agencies using automated license plate readers, new text end 2.32 new text begin including locations of any fixed stationary automated license plate readers, except to the new text end 2.33 new text begin extent that the location of the reader is security information, as defined in section 13.37. new text end 2.34 new text begin This list is accessible to the public and must be available on the bureau's Web site. new text end 3.1 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 3.2 new text begin Data collected before the effective date of this section must be destroyed, if required by new text end 3.3 new text begin this section, no later than 15 days after the date this section becomes effective. new text end