SF 213

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; authorizing probation
officers to access information about persons who have
a permit to carry weapons; amending Minnesota Statutes
2004, section 624.714, subdivision 15.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 624.714,
subdivision 15, is amended to read:

Subd. 15.

Commissioner; contracts; database.

(a) The
commissioner must maintain an automated database of persons
authorized to carry pistols under this section that is available
24 hours a day, seven days a week, only to law enforcement
agencies, including prosecutors new text begin and probation officers new text end carrying
out their duties under subdivision 8a, to verify the validity of
a permit.

(b) The commissioner may maintain a separate automated
database of denied applications for permits to carry and of
revoked permits that is available only to sheriffs performing
their duties under this section containing the date of, the
statutory basis for, and the initiating agency for any permit
application denied or permit revoked for a period of six years
from the date of the denial or revocation.

(c) The commissioner may contract with one or more vendors
to implement the commissioner's duties under this section.