1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to government data practices; authorizing 
  1.3             bureau of criminal apprehension to charge of fee for 
  1.4             Internet access to criminal history data; amending 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 13.87, subdivision 1. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 13.87, 
  1.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [CRIMINAL HISTORY DATA.] (a)  [DEFINITION.] 
  1.10  For purposes of this subdivision, "criminal history data" means 
  1.11  all data maintained in criminal history records compiled by the 
  1.12  bureau of criminal apprehension and disseminated through the 
  1.13  criminal justice information system, including, but not limited 
  1.14  to fingerprints, photographs, identification data, arrest data, 
  1.15  prosecution data, criminal court data, custody and supervision 
  1.16  data.  
  1.17     (b)  [CLASSIFICATION.] Criminal history data maintained by 
  1.18  agencies, political subdivisions and statewide systems are 
  1.19  classified as private, pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 
  1.20  12, except that data created, collected, or maintained by the 
  1.21  bureau of criminal apprehension that identify an individual who 
  1.22  was convicted of a crime and the offense of which the individual 
  1.23  was convicted are public data for 15 years following the 
  1.24  discharge of the sentence imposed for the offense. 
  1.25     The bureau of criminal apprehension shall provide to the 
  2.1   public at the central office of the bureau the ability to 
  2.2   inspect in person, at no charge, through a computer monitor the 
  2.3   criminal conviction data classified as public under this 
  2.4   subdivision.  Notwithstanding section 13.03, subdivision 3, 
  2.5   paragraph (a), the bureau of criminal apprehension may charge a 
  2.6   fee for Internet access to public criminal history data. 
  2.7      (c)  [LIMITATION.] Nothing in paragraph (a) or (b) shall 
  2.8   limit public access to data made public by section 13.82.