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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to state government; regulating data protection for victims of violence;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 5B.02; 5B.03, subdivision 1; 5B.04; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>5B.05; 5B.07, subdivision 1; 13.82, subdivision 24; proposing coding for new <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 5B.02, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var><b>5B.02 DEFINITIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) For purposes of this chapter and unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>definitions in this section have the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) "Address" means a residential street address, school address, or work address <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>of an individual, as specified on the individual's application to be a program participant <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>under this chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) "Applicant" means an adult, a parent or guardian acting on behalf of an eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of an incapacitated person, as defined in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>524.5-102.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) "Domestic violence" means an act as defined in section 518B.01, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>2, paragraph (a), and includes a threat of such acts committed against an individual in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>domestic situation, regardless of whether these acts or threats have been reported to law <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>enforcement officers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) "Eligible person" means an adult, a minor, or an incapacitated person, as defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>in section 524.5-102 for whom there is good reason to believe (i) that the eligible person <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or (ii) that the eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>person fears for the person's safety, the safety of another person who resides in the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>household, or the safety of persons on whose behalf the application is made. An individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>must reside in Minnesota in order to be an eligible person. A person registered or required <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>to register as a predatory offender under section 
         <statute_ref>243.166 </statute_ref>or 
         <statute_ref>243.167</statute_ref>, or the law of another <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>jurisdiction, is not an eligible person.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) "Mail" means first class letters and flats delivered via the United States Postal <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>Service, including priority, express, and certified mail, and excluding packages, parcels, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>periodicals, and catalogues, unless they are clearly identifiable as pharmaceuticals or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>clearly indicate that they are sent by a state or county government agency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) "Program participant" means an individual certified as a program participant <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>under section 5B.03.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) "Stalking" means acts criminalized under section 609.749 and includes a threat <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>of such acts committed against an individual, regardless of whether these acts or threats <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>have been reported to law enforcement officers.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 5B.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Application. </b> The secretary of state shall certify an eligible person as <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>a program participant when the secretary receives an application that must contain:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the full legal name of the eligible person;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a statement by the applicant that the applicant has good reason to believe (i) that <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>the eligible person listed on the application is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>or stalking, or (ii) that the eligible person fears for the person's safety, the safety of another <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>person who resides in the same household, or the safety of persons on whose behalf the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>application is made, and (iii) that the eligible person is not applying for certification as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>program participant in order to avoid prosecution for a crime;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a designation of the secretary of state as agent for purposes of service of process <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>and for the purpose of receipt of mail;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the mailing address where the eligible person can be contacted by the secretary <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>of state, and the phone number or numbers where the applicant or eligible person can be <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>called by the secretary of state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the physical residential address or addresses of the eligible person, disclosure of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>which will increase the risk of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) if mail cannot be delivered to the residential address of the eligible person, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>the address to which mail should be sent;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) (7) a statement whether the eligible person would like information on becoming <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>an ongoing absentee ballot recipient pursuant to section 5B.06;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) (8) a statement from the eligible person that gives the secretary of state consent <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>to confirm the eligible person's participation in Safe at Home to a third party who provides <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>the program participant's first and last name and Safe at Home lot number listed on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>program participant's card;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) (9) the signature of the applicant, an indicator of the applicant's authority to act <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>on behalf of the eligible person, if appropriate, the name and signature of any individual or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>representative of any person who assisted in the preparation of the application, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>date on which the application was signed; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) (10) any other information as required by the secretary of state.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 5B.04, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var><b>5B.04 CERTIFICATION CANCELLATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>(a) If the program participant obtains a legal change of identity, the participant <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>loses certification as a program participant.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>(b) The secretary of state may cancel a program participant's certification if there is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>change in the mailing address program participant's legal name or contact information, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>unless the program participant or the person who signed as the applicant on behalf of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>an eligible person provides the secretary of state with at least two days' prior notice in <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>writing of the change of address.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>(c) The secretary of state may cancel certification of a program participant if <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>mail forwarded by the secretary to the program participant's address is returned as <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>nondeliverable.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>(d) The secretary of state may cancel a program participant's certification if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>program participant is no longer an eligible person.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>(e) The secretary of state shall cancel certification of a program participant who <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>applies using false information.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 5B.05, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var><b>5B.05 USE OF DESIGNATED ADDRESS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>(a) When a program participant presents the address designated by the secretary <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>of state to any person, that address must be accepted as the address of the program <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>participant. The person may not require the program participant to submit any address <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>that could be used to physically locate the participant either as a substitute or in addition <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>to the designated address, or as a condition of receiving a service or benefit, unless the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>service or benefit would be impossible to provide without knowledge of the program <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>participant's physical location.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>(b) A program participant may use the address designated by the secretary of state as <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>the program participant's work address.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>(c) The Office of the Secretary of State shall forward all mail sent to the designated <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>address to the proper program participants.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>(d) If a program participant has notified a person in writing, on a form prescribed <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>by the program, that the individual is a program participant and of the requirements of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>this section, the person must not knowingly disclose the program participant's name, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>home address, work address, or school address, unless the person to whom the address is <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>disclosed also lives, works, or goes to school at the address disclosed, or the participant <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>has provided written consent to disclosure of the participant's name, home address, work <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>address, or school address for the purpose for which the disclosure will be made. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>paragraph does not apply to records of the judicial branch governed by rules adopted by <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>the Supreme Court.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 5B.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Classification of data.</b> (a) Data collected, created, or maintained <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>by the secretary of state related to applicants, eligible persons, and program participants <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>are private data on individuals as defined by section 13.02, subdivision 12. A consent <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>for release of the address from an applicant, eligible person, or program participant is <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>not effective.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>(b) A program participant's name and address maintained by a local government <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>entity in connection with an active investigation or inspection of an alleged health code, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>building code, fire code, or city ordinance violation allegedly committed by the program <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>participant are private data on individuals as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>13.02</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2014.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.6.0"></a><a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. <b>[13.045] SAFE AT HOME PROGRAM PARTICIPANT DATA.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> As used in this section: <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>(1) "program participant" has the meaning given in section 5B.02, paragraph (g); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>(2) "identity and location data" means any data that may be used to identify <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>or physically locate a program participant, including but not limited to the program <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>participant's name, residential address, work address, and school address, and that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>collected, received, or maintained by a government entity prior to the date a program <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>participant's certification expires, or the date the entity receives notice that the program <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>participant has withdrawn from the program, whichever is earlier.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Notification of certification.</b> A program participant may submit a notice, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>in writing, to the responsible authority of any government entity that the participant is <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>certified in the Safe at Home address confidentiality program pursuant to chapter 5B. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>notice must include the date the program participant's certification in the program expires. <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>A program participant may submit a subsequent notice of certification, if the participant's <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>certification is renewed. The contents of the notification of certification, and the fact that a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>notice has been submitted, are private data on individuals.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Classification of identity and location data; sharing and dissemination.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>Identity and location data on a program participant that are not otherwise classified by <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>law are private data on individuals. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>private or confidential identity and location data on a program participant who submits <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>a notice under subdivision 2 may not be shared with any other government entity, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>disseminated to any person, unless:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>(1) the program participant has expressly consented in writing to sharing or <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>dissemination of the data for the purpose for which the sharing or dissemination will occur;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>(2) the data are subject to sharing or dissemination pursuant to court order; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>(3) the data are subject to sharing pursuant to section 5B.07, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Acceptance of alternate address required.</b> Regardless of whether a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>notice of certification has been submitted under subdivision 2, a government entity must <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>accept the address designated by the secretary of state as a program participant's address, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>and is subject to the requirements contained in section 5B.05.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Duties of the secretary of state and other government entities limited.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>Nothing in this section establishes a duty for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>(1) the Office of the Secretary of State to identify other government entities that <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>may hold data on a program participant; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>(2) the responsible authority of any government entity to independently determine <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>whether it maintains data on a program participant, unless a request is received pursuant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>section 13.04 or a notice of certification is submitted pursuant to this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2013.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.7.0"></a><a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.82, subdivision 24, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 24. <b>Exchanges of information.</b> Nothing in this chapter prohibits the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>exchange of information by law enforcement agencies provided the exchanged information <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>is pertinent and necessary to the requesting agency in initiating, furthering, or completing <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>an investigation, except not public personnel data and data governed by section 13.045.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2013.<br />
         		
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