SF 1614

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/10/2017 08:52am

A bill for an act
relating to courts; permitting the Department of Public Safety to share data with
the courts; specifying surveillance technology data requirements; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 13.69, subdivision 1; 13.82, subdivision 31.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 13.69, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Classifications.

(a) The following government data of the Department
of Public Safety are private data:

(1) medical data on driving instructors, licensed drivers, and applicants for parking
certificates and special license plates issued to physically disabled persons;

(2) other data on holders of a disability certificate under section 169.345, except that (i)
data that are not medical data may be released to law enforcement agencies, and (ii) data
necessary for enforcement of sections 169.345 and 169.346 may be released to parking
enforcement employees or parking enforcement agents of statutory or home rule charter
cities and towns;

(3) Social Security numbers in driver's license and motor vehicle registration records,
except that Social Security numbers must be provided to the Department of Revenue for
purposes of tax administration, the Department of Labor and Industry for purposes of
workers' compensation administration and enforcement, new text begin the judicial branch for purposes of
debt collection, new text end and the Department of Natural Resources for purposes of license application
administration; and

(4) data on persons listed as standby or temporary custodians under section 171.07,
subdivision 11, except that the data must be released to:

(i) law enforcement agencies for the purpose of verifying that an individual is a designated
caregiver; or

(ii) law enforcement agencies who state that the license holder is unable to communicate
at that time and that the information is necessary for notifying the designated caregiver of
the need to care for a child of the license holder.

The department may release the Social Security number only as provided in clause (3)
and must not sell or otherwise provide individual Social Security numbers or lists of Social
Security numbers for any other purpose.

(b) The following government data of the Department of Public Safety are confidential
data: data concerning an individual's driving ability when that data is received from a member
of the individual's family.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 13.82, subdivision 31, is amended to read:

Subd. 31.

Use of surveillance technology.

Notwithstanding subdivision 25 and section
13.37, subdivision 2, the existence new text begin and description of the types and capabilities new text end of all
technology maintained by a law enforcement agency that may be used to electronically
capture an audio, video, photographic, or other record of the activities of the general public,
or of an individual or group of individuals, for purposes of conducting an investigation,
responding to an incident or request for service, monitoring or maintaining public order and
safety, or engaging in any other law enforcement function authorized by law is public data.