Minnesota Session Laws - 2009, Regular Session

CHAPTER 22--S.F.No. 265

An act

relating to public safety; requiring crime alerts to be distributed in a format that disabled citizens can access;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 13.871, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 611A.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 13.871, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 12. new text end

new text begin Crime alert access request. new text end

new text begin Data regarding contact information provided by a citizen requesting a crime alert are classified under section 611A.0393. new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [611A.0393] CRIME ALERTS; VIOLENT CRIMES; DISABLED ACCESS. new text end

new text begin If a law enforcement agency provides a crime alert to citizens within its jurisdiction, the alerts and any accompanying documents must be in a form that a disabled person can access with commercially available text-based screen reader software. Any contact information provided by a citizen requesting a crime alert is private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02. new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2009. new text end

Presented to the governor April 15, 2009

Signed by the governor April 16, 2009, 2:19 p.m.