1st Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 02:12am
A bill for an act
relating to public safety; requiring crime alerts to be distributed in a format that
disabled citizens can access; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 13.871,
by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 611A.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 13.871, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:
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Data regarding contact information provided
by a citizen requesting a crime alert are classified under section 611A.0393.
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If a law enforcement agency provides a crime alert to citizens within its jurisdiction,
the alerts and any accompanying documents must be in a form that a disabled person
can access with commercially available text-based screen reader software. Any contact
information provided by a citizen requesting a crime alert is private data on individuals as
defined in section 13.02.
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This section is effective August 1, 2009.
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