HF 1876

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 12/12/2018 01:11pm

A bill for an act
relating to data practices; permitting trade associations to access vehicle registration
information in certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections
13.6905, subdivision 3; 168.345, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 13.6905, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Motor vehicle registration.

Various data on motor vehicle registrations are
classified under sections 168.327, subdivision 3, and 168.346. new text begin Use of vehicle registration
data is governed by section 168.345.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.345, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Lessees; information.

The commissioner may not furnish information about
registered owners of passenger automobiles who are lessees under a lease for a term of 180
days or more to any person except the personnel of law enforcement agencies and new text begin trade
associations performing a member service under section 604.15, subdivision 4a, and new text end federal,
state, and local governmental units, and, at the commissioner's discretion, to persons who
use the information to notify lessees of automobile recalls. The commissioner may release
information about lessees in the form of summary data, as defined in section 13.02, to
persons who use the information in conducting statistical analysis and market research.