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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 public safety; requiring law enforcement to secure a court order in <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>order to receive cell phone tracking data;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>section 626A.28, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>Statutes, chapter 626A.<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 626A.28, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Records concerning electronic communication service or remote </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var><b>computing service.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or chapter 325M, a provider <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>of electronic communication service or remote computing service may disclose a record <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>or other information pertaining to a subscriber to or customer of the service, not including <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>the contents of communications covered by subdivision 1 or 2, to any person other than a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>governmental entity.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>(b) Except as provided in section 626A.42, a provider of electronic communication <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>service or remote computing service may disclose a record or other information pertaining <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>to a subscriber to or customer of the service, not including the contents of communications <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>covered by subdivision 1 or 2, to a governmental entity only when the governmental entity:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>(1) uses an administrative subpoena authorized by statute, or a grand jury subpoena;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>(2) obtains a warrant;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>(3) obtains a court order for such disclosure under subdivision 4; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>(4) has the consent of the subscriber or customer to the disclosure.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>(c) A governmental entity receiving records or information under this subdivision is <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>not required to provide notice to a subscriber or customer.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>[626A.42] ELECTRONIC DEVICE LOCATION INFORMATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>(b) An "adverse result" occurs when notification of the existence of a court order <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>results in:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>(1) danger to the life or physical safety of an individual;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>(2) a flight from prosecution;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>(3) the destruction of or tampering with evidence;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>(4) the intimidation of potential witnesses; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>(5) serious jeopardy to an investigation or undue delay of a trial.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>(c) "Electronic communication service" has the meaning given in section 626A.01, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>subdivision 17.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>(d) "Electronic device" means a device that enables access to or use of an electronic <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>communication service, remote computing service, or location information service.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>(e) "Government entity" means a state or local agency, including but not limited to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>law enforcement entity or any other investigative entity, agency, department, division, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>bureau, board, or commission or an individual acting or purporting to act for or on behalf <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>of a state or local agency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>(f) "Location information" means information concerning the location of an <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>electronic device that, in whole or in part, is generated or derived from or obtained by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>operation of an electronic device.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>(g) "Location information service" means the provision of a global positioning <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>service or other mapping, locational, or directional information service.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>(h) "Remote computing service" has the meaning given in section 626A.34.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Court order required for location information.</b> (a) Except as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>paragraph (b), a government entity may not obtain the location information of an electronic <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>device without a court order. A court order granting access to location information must <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>be issued only if the government entity shows that there is probable cause the person who <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>possesses an electronic device is committing, has committed, or is about to commit a crime.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>(b) A government entity may obtain location information without a court order:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>(1) when the electronic device is reported lost or stolen by the owner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>(2) in order to respond to the user's call for emergency services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>(3) with the informed, affirmative, documented consent of the owner or user of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>electronic device;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>(4) with the informed, affirmative consent of the legal guardian or next of kin of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>the owner or user if the owner or user is believed to be deceased or reported missing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var>unable to be contacted; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>(5) in an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious physical harm <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>to a person who possesses an electronic communications device pursuant to sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>237.82 and 237.83.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Time period and extensions.</b> (a) A court order issued under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>must authorize the collection of location information for a period not to exceed 60 days, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>the period of time necessary to achieve the objective of the authorization, whichever is less.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>(b) Extensions of a court order may be granted, but only upon an application for an <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>order and upon the judicial finding required by subdivision 2. The period of extension <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>must be for a period not to exceed 60 days, or the period of time necessary to achieve the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>objective for which it is granted, whichever is less.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>(c) Paragraphs (a) and (b) apply only to court orders issued for the contemporaneous <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>collection of electronic device location information.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Notice; temporary nondisclosure of order.</b> (a) Within a reasonable time <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>but not later than 90 days after the court unseals the order under this subdivision, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>issuing or denying judge shall cause to be served on the persons named in the order and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>the application an inventory which shall include notice of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>(1) the fact of the issuance of the order or the application;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>(2) the date of the issuance and the period of authorized, approved, or disapproved <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>collection of location information, or the denial of the application; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>(3) the fact that during the period location information was or was not intercepted.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>(b) An order authorizing collection of location information must direct that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>(1) the order be sealed for a period of 90 days or until the objective of the order has <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>been accomplished, whichever is shorter; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>(2) the order be filed with the court administrator within ten days of the expiration of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>the order.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>(c) The prosecutor may request that the order, supporting affidavits, and any order <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>granting the request not be filed. An order must be issued granting the request in whole or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>in part if, from affidavits, sworn testimony, or other evidence, the court finds reasonable <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>grounds exist to believe that filing the order may cause the search or a related search to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>be unsuccessful, create a substantial risk of injury to an innocent person, or severely <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>hamper an ongoing investigation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>(d) The order must direct that following the commencement of any criminal <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>proceeding utilizing evidence obtained in or as a result of the search, the supporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>application or affidavit must be filed either immediately or at any other time as the court <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>directs. Until such filing, the documents and materials ordered withheld from filing must <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.36"></a><var>3.36</var>be retained by the judge or the judge's designee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Report concerning collection of location information.</b> (a) At the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>time as notice is provided under subdivision 4, the issuing or denying judge shall report <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>to the state court administrator:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>(1) the fact that an order or extension was applied for;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>(2) the fact that the order or extension was granted as applied for, was modified, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>or was denied;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>(3) the period of collection authorized by the order, and the number and duration <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>of any extensions of the order;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>(4) the offense specified in the order or application, or extension of an order;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>(5) whether the collection required contemporaneous monitoring of an electronic <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>device's location; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>(6) the identity of the applying investigative or law enforcement officer and agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>making the application and the person authorizing the application.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>(b) On or before November 15 of each even-numbered year, the state court <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>administrator shall transmit to the legislature a report concerning: (1) all orders authorizing <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>the collection of location information during the two previous calendar years; and (2) all <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>applications that were denied during the two previous calendar years. Each report shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>include a summary and analysis of the data required to be filed under this subdivision. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>report is public and must be available for public inspection at the Legislative Reference <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>Library and the state court administrator's office and Web site.<br />
         		
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