HF 3461

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/22/2024 03:40pm

A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; classifying certain forest industry data; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 13.7931, by adding a subdivision; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 13.7931, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Forest industry data. new text end

new text begin Information that the Department of Natural Resources
collects, receives, or maintains through voluntary responses to questionnaires or surveys
by forest industry businesses are classified under section 84.0871.
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [84.0871] DATA ON FOREST INDUSTRY.
new text end

new text begin (a) The following data that the Department of Natural Resources collects, receives, or
maintains through voluntary responses to questionnaires or surveys by forest industry
businesses are classified as private data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02,
subdivision 12, if the data are data on individuals or as nonpublic data, as defined in section
13.02, subdivision 9, if the data are data not on individuals:
new text end

new text begin (1) timber resource consumption;
new text end

new text begin (2) origin of timber resources;
new text end

new text begin (3) cost of delivered timber;
new text end

new text begin (4) forest industry product output; and
new text end

new text begin (5) production costs.
new text end

new text begin (b) Data that the department collects, receives, or maintains through voluntary responses
to questionnaires or surveys by forest industry businesses and that are not specified under
paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (5), are public data.
new text end

new text begin (c) Summary data, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 19, that the department
compiles from data under paragraph (a) or (b) are public data.
new text end

new text begin (d) Data collected, received, or maintained by the department from bidders on state
timber under section 90.145 are not subject to this section.
new text end