Minnesota Session Laws - 1998, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 337-S.F.No. 2493 
                  An act relating to civil actions; limiting liability 
                  of financial institutions providing data for the 
                  criminal alert network; amending Minnesota Statutes 
                  1996, section 299A.61, by adding a subdivision. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 299A.61, is 
        amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
           Subd. 3.  [LIMIT ON LIABILITY OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.] A 
        financial institution that provides or reasonably attempts to 
        provide stolen, forged, or fraudulent check information for use 
        by the crime alert network or law enforcement agencies 
        investigating a crime is not liable to any person for disclosing 
        the information, provided that the financial institution is 
        acting in good faith. 
           Presented to the governor March 23, 1998 
           Signed by the governor March 25, 1998, 9:50 a.m.