SF 1668

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

A bill for an act
relating to government data practices; clarifying the
term preliminary draft; amending Minnesota Statutes
2004, section 13.605, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 13.605,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Legislative and budget proposal data.

(a)
[DEFINITION.] As used in this section, "state administration"
means the governor's office, the Department of Finance, and any
state agency that is under the direct control of the governor.

(b) [CLASSIFICATIONS.] Legislative and budget proposals,
including preliminary drafts, that are created, collected, or
maintained by the state administration are protected nonpublic
data. After the budget is presented to the legislature by the
state administration, supporting data, including agency
requests, are public data. Supporting data do not include
preliminary drafts. The state administration may disclose any
of the data within the state administration and to the public at
any time if disclosure would aid the administration in
considering and preparing its proposals. new text begin For purposes of this
paragraph, "preliminary draft" means data that assigns a
particular spending or revenue amount to programs or activities
within an agency's budget. Preliminary draft does not include
data setting spending priorities for programs or activities
within an agency's budget.
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