Minnesota Session Laws - 2010, Regular Session

CHAPTER 240--S.F.No. 2322

An act

relating to commerce; regulating business screening services; providing for the correction and deletion of certain criminal records;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332.70, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332.70, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

For purposes of this section:

(a) "Business screening service" means a person regularly engaged in the business of collecting, assembling, evaluating, or disseminating criminal deleted text begin record information deleted text end new text begin records new text end on individuals for a fee. Business screening service does not include a government entity, as defined in section 13.02, or the news media.

(b) "Conviction" has the meaning given in section 609.02, subdivision 5.

(c) "Criminal record" means a record of an arrest, citation, prosecution, criminal proceeding, or conviction.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332.70, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Criminal records.

deleted text begin A business screening service must not disseminate a criminal record unless the record has been updated within the previous month deleted text end new text begin A business screening service must only disseminate a criminal record that reflects the complete and accurate record provided by the source of the data. A complete and accurate record is a record that has: new text end

new text begin (1) been updated within 30 days of its receipt; or new text end

new text begin (2) been verified with the source of the data within the previous 90 days as being up-to-date new text end .

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332.70, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Correction and deletion of records.

(a) If the completeness or accuracy of a criminal record maintained by a business screening service is disputed by the individual who is the subject of the record, the screening service shall, without charge, investigate the disputed record. In conducting an investigation, the business screening service shall review and consider all relevant information submitted by the subject of the record with respect to the disputed record new text begin to determine whether the record maintained by the screening service accurately reflects the content of the official record, as maintained by the official government custodian new text end .

(b) deleted text begin If the disputed record is found to be inaccurate or incomplete, the business screening service shall promptly correct the record. If the disputed record is found to be sealed, expunged, or the subject of a pardon, the business screening service shall promptly delete the record. deleted text end new text begin If, upon investigation, the screening service determines that the record does not accurately reflect the content of the official record, the screening service shall correct the disputed record so as to accurately reflect the content of the official record. If the disputed record is found to be sealed, expunged, or the subject of a pardon, the business screening service shall promptly delete the record. new text end

(c) A business screening service may terminate an investigation of a disputed record if the business screening agency reasonably determines that the dispute is frivolous, which may be based on the failure of the subject of the record to provide sufficient information to investigate the disputed record. Upon making a determination that the dispute is frivolous, the business screening service shall inform the subject of the record of the specific reasons why it has determined that the dispute is frivolous and provide a description of any information required to investigate the disputed record.

(d) The business screening service shall notify the subject of the disputed record of the correction or deletion of the record or of the termination or completion of the investigation related to the record within 30 days of the date when the agency receives notice of the dispute from the subject of the record.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332.70, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Date and notice required.

A business screening service that disseminates a criminal record new text begin that was collected on or after July 1, 2010, new text end must include the date when the record was collected new text begin by the business screening service new text end and a notice that the information may include new text begin criminal new text end records that have been expunged, sealed, or otherwise have become inaccessible to the public since that date.

Sec. 5.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin Sections 1 to 4 are effective July 1, 2010. new text end

Presented to the governor April 12, 2010

Signed by the governor April 15, 2010, 11:58 a.m.