Minnesota Session Laws - 2011, Regular Session

CHAPTER 91--S.F.No. 881

An act

relating to public safety; expanding e-charging to include citations, juvenile adjudication, and implied consent test refusal or failure;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299C.41, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299C.41, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.

(b) "Auditing data" means data in e-charging that document:

(1) who took a particular action;

(2) when the action took place;

(3) the Internet Protocol address of the computer used to take the action;

(4) the identification number of the organization employing the individual taking action;

(5) what action was taken;

(6) the unique identification for the document against which the action was taken;

(7) the purpose for taking the action;

(8) the date and time the request was received by the e-charging system; and

(9) the identification number of the system from which the request originated.

(c) "Credentialed individual" means an individual who has provided credentialing data to a government entity or a court and has been authorized to use e-charging.

(d) "Credentialing data" means data in e-charging that document for an individual who is or was authorized to use e-charging:

(1) user identification;

(2) password; and

(3) jurisdiction identification.

For law enforcement officers, credentialing data also includes a biometric identifier. For notaries public, credentialing data also includes an e-notary digital certificate.

(e) "E-charging" means a service operated by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to provide communication and work flow tools for law enforcement new text begin agencies new text end , prosecutors, and the courts to use deleted text begin during the process of charging a person with a crime deleted text end new text begin in apprehending, prosecuting, or adjudicating a person for an alleged delinquent act or an alleged criminal or petty misdemeanor offense under a law of this state or its political subdivisions. The e-charging service also includes communication and work flow tools provided for the use of the Department of Public Safety in its administration of the license revocation provisions under sections 169A.50 to 169A.53 new text end .

(f) "Government entity" has the meaning given in section 13.02, subdivision 7a.

(g) "Individual" has the meaning given in section 13.02, subdivision 8.

(h) "Work flow and routing data" means data in e-charging that document:

(1) the assignment or reassignment of a document to a person or place;

(2) any deadline for the action on the assignment; and

(3) validation that the needed action has been completed.

Presented to the governor May 24, 2011

Signed by the governor May 27, 2011, 10:31 a.m.