SF 552

1st Engrossment - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to government data practices; requiring the 
  1.3             revisor of statutes to reorganize and recodify the 
  1.4             data practices law; requiring responsible authorities 
  1.5             of state agencies to provide the revisor of statutes 
  1.6             with lists of statutes pertaining to data practices 
  1.7             codified outside chapter 13.  
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  [REVISOR INSTRUCTION; DATA PRACTICES LAW 
  1.10  RECODIFICATION.] 
  1.11     The revisor of statutes shall reorganize Minnesota 
  1.12  Statutes, chapter 13, to create a structure that provides users 
  1.13  with quick access to the data practices laws codified in chapter 
  1.14  13 and locates references to data practices laws codified 
  1.15  outside chapter 13 adjacent to their particular service area 
  1.16  codified in chapter 13.  For purposes of this section, "data 
  1.17  practice laws codified outside chapter 13" includes both laws 
  1.18  that place restrictions on access to data and laws involving 
  1.19  data sharing.  Service areas may include government entities 
  1.20  such as state agencies, cities, or school districts, or 
  1.21  functional areas such as education, law enforcement, human 
  1.22  services, or child protection.  If there is no appropriate 
  1.23  service area in chapter 13, the revisor shall recodify the 
  1.24  provision in another logical and appropriate place in chapter 
  1.25  13.  The revisor shall consult with the chairs of the data 
  1.26  practices subcommittees in the house of representatives and 
  2.1   senate, and legislative staff.  The revisor shall include the 
  2.2   data practices recodification in the 2000 edition of Minnesota 
  2.3   Statutes. 
  2.4      Sec. 2.  [REPORT OF DATA PRACTICES LAWS.] 
  2.5      The responsible authority of each state agency shall 
  2.6   prepare a list that identifies all data practices laws codified 
  2.7   outside Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13, that are not referenced 
  2.8   in Minnesota Statutes, section 13.99.  The list must be 
  2.9   submitted to the office of the revisor of statutes no later than 
  2.10  September 1, 1999, so that the revisor can complete the data 
  2.11  practices law recodification required in section 1. 
  2.12     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.13     Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day after final 
  2.14  enactment.