1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to data practices; limiting assertion of copyright interests in government 
1.3 	data;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.03, subdivision 5.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.03, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 5.Copyright or patent of government data. (a) A government entity must 
1.7 	not claim or enforce a copyright interest in government data unless the government entity 
1.8 	has express statutory authority to do so.
1.9 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a government entity may enforce a copyright or 
1.10 	acquire a patent for a computer software program or components of a program created by 
1.11 	that government entity without statutory authority. In the event that a government entity 
1.12 	acquires a patent to a computer software program or component of a program, the data 
1.13 	shall be treated as trade secret information pursuant to section 13.37.