1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; modifying the number of copies of a mandated report 
1.3 	that a department or agency must file with the Legislative Reference Library;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.195, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.195, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Distribution of reports. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 4, a report 
1.8 	to the legislature required of a department or agency shall be made, unless otherwise 
1.9 	specifically required by law, by filing two copies one copy with the Legislative Reference 
1.10 	Library, and by making the report available electronically to the Legislative Reference 
1.11 	Library. The same distribution procedure shall be followed for other reports and publications 
1.12 	unless otherwise requested by a legislator or the Legislative Reference Library.
1.13 	(b) A public entity as defined in section 16C.073 shall not distribute a report or 
1.14 	publication to a member or employee of the legislature, except the Legislative Reference 
1.15 	Library, unless the entity has determined that the member or employee wants the reports 
1.16 	or publications published by that entity or the member or employee has requested the report 
1.17 	or publication. This prohibition applies to both mandatory and voluntary reports and 
1.18 	publications. A report or publication may be summarized in an executive summary and 
1.19 	distributed as the entity chooses. Distribution of a report to legislative committee or 
1.20 	commission members during a committee or commission hearing is not prohibited by this 
1.21 	section.
2.1 	(c) A report or publication produced by a public entity may not be sent to both the home 
2.2 	address and the office address of a representative or senator unless mailing to both addresses 
2.3 	is requested by the representative or senator.
2.4 	(d) Reports, publications, periodicals, and summaries under this subdivision must be 
2.5 	printed in a manner consistent with section 16C.073.