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SF 445

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 11/09/2017 11:15am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

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A bill for an act
relating to public safety; authorizing the Peace Officer Standards and Training
Board to collect peace officer race data for a limited purpose; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2016, sections 363A.08, subdivision 4; 626.845, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 363A.08, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Employer, employment agency, or labor organization.

(a) Except when
based on a bona fide occupational qualification, it is an unfair employment practice for an
employer, employment agency, or labor organization, before a person is employed by an
employer or admitted to membership in a labor organization, to:

(1) require or request the person to furnish information that pertains to race, color, creed,
religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, familial
status, disability, sexual orientation, or age; or, subject to section 363A.20, to require or
request a person to undergo physical examination; unless for the sole and exclusive purpose
of national security, information pertaining to national origin is required by the United
States, this state or a political subdivision or agency of the United States or this state, or for
the sole and exclusive purpose of compliance with the Public Contracts Act or any rule,
regulation, or laws of the United States or of this state requiring the information or
examination. A law enforcement agency may, after notifying an applicant for a peace officer
or part-time peace officer position that the law enforcement agency is commencing the
background investigation on the applicant, request the applicant's date of birth, gender, and
race on a separate form for the sole and exclusive purpose of conducting a criminal history
check, a driver's license check, and fingerprint criminal history inquiry. Thenew text begin Peace Officer
Standards and Training Board may request each license applicant and renewing license
applicant to provide their race for the exclusive purpose of determining the aggregate racial
composition of peace officer licensees and license applicants. Each
new text end form shall include a
statement indicating why the data is being collected and what its limited use will be. No
document which has date of birth, gender, or race information will be included in the
information given to or available to any person who is involved in selecting the person or
persons employed other than the background investigator. No person may act both as
background investigator and be involved in the selection of an employee except that the
background investigator's report about background may be used in that selection as long as
no direct or indirect references are made to the applicant's race, age, or gender; or

(2) seek and obtain for purposes of making a job decision, information from any source
that pertains to the person's race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status,
status with regard to public assistance, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, or age,
unless for the sole and exclusive purpose of compliance with the Public Contracts Act or
any rule, regulation, or laws of the United States or of this state requiring the information;
or

(3) cause to be printed or published a notice or advertisement that relates to employment
or membership and discloses a preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based
on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public
assistance, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, or age.

(b) Any individual who is required to provide information that is prohibited by this
subdivision is an aggrieved party under sections 363A.06, subdivision 4, and 363A.28,
subdivisions 1 to 9.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 626.845, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Powers and duties.

The board shall have the following powers and
duties:

(1) to certify postsecondary schools to provide programs of professional peace officer
education based on a set of board-approved professional peace officer education learning
objectives;

(2) to issue certificates to postsecondary schools, and to revoke certification when
necessary to maintain the objectives and purposes of sections 626.841 to 626.863;

(3) to license peace officers who have met the education and experience requirements
and passed examinations as required by the board;

(4) to develop and administer licensing examinations based on the board's learning
objectives;

(5) to consult and cooperate with continuing education providers for the development
of in-service training programs for peace officers;

(6) to consult and cooperate with postsecondary schools for the development and
improvement of professional peace officer education;

(7) to consult and cooperate with other departments and agencies of the state and federal
government concerned with peace officer standards and training;

(8) to perform such other acts as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the
powers and duties of sections 626.841 to 626.863;

(9) to obtain criminal conviction data for persons seeking a license to be issued or
possessing a license issued by the board. The board shall have authority to obtain criminal
conviction data to the full extent that any other law enforcement agency, as that term is
defined by state or federal law, has to obtain the data;

(10) to prepare and transmit annually to the governor a report of its activities with respect
to allocation of money appropriated to it for peace officers training, including the name of
each recipient of money for that purpose and the amount awarded; deleted text begin and
deleted text end

(11) to assist and cooperate with any political subdivision or state law enforcement
agency that employs persons licensed by the board to establish written policies as mandated
by the state pertaining to persons licensed by the board, and to enforce licensing sanctions
for failure to implement these policiesdeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ; and
new text end

new text begin (12) to collect aggregate data on the race of license applicants and license holders for
the sole purpose of identifying the aggregate racial composition of those seeking to become
and those currently serving as licensed peace officers. The board shall request this information
at the time an applicant submits a license request and when a license holder applies to renew
the officer's license.
new text end

In addition, the board may maintain data received from law enforcement agencies under
section 626.87, subdivision 5, provide the data to requesting law enforcement agencies who
are conducting background investigations, and maintain data on applicants and licensees
as part of peace officer license data. The data that may be maintained include the name of
the law enforcement agency conducting the investigation and data on the candidate provided
under section 626.87, subdivision 5, clauses (1) and (2).