1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring law enforcement to provide violent crime 
1.3 	alerts to citizens who request notification; requiring crime alerts to be distributed 
1.4 	in a format that disabled citizens can access;proposing coding for new law in 
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 611A.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [611A.0393] CRIME ALERTS; VIOLENT CRIMES; DISABLED 
1.8 	ACCESS.
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Definition. As used in this section, "crime of violence" has the 
1.10 	meaning given in section 624.712, subdivision 5.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Violent crime alerts. When a crime of violence occurs in a law 
1.12 	enforcement agency's jurisdiction, the agency must provide a timely crime alert to each 
1.13 	citizen who has submitted a prior written request, on a form provided by the agency, to 
1.14 	receive notice of crimes of violence.
1.15 		Subd. 3.Exceptions. (a) A law enforcement agency is not required to provide the 
1.16 	notice required in subdivision 2 in cases where notice will compromise an active criminal 
1.17 	investigation or endanger public safety.
1.18 	(b) A law enforcement agency is not obligated to provide notice under subdivision 
1.19 	2 to persons who do not live in the agency's jurisdiction.
1.20 		Subd. 4.Form of alert; disabled access. A law enforcement agency must provide 
1.21 	the notice required under subdivision 2 via electronic mail and any other form the agency 
1.22 	deems appropriate. The alerts and any accompanying documents must be in a form that a 
1.23 	disabled person can access with commercially available text-based screen reader software.

1.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2009.