1997 Minnesota Statutes

     325K.03 Role of the secretary. 

    Subdivision 1.    Transitional duty.  If six months 
 elapse during which time no certification authority is licensed 
 in this state, then the secretary shall be a certification 
 authority, and may issue, suspend, and revoke certificates in 
 the manner prescribed for licensed certification authorities.  
 Except for licensing requirements, this chapter applies to the 
 secretary with respect to certificates the secretary issues.  
 The secretary must discontinue acting as a certification 
 authority if another certification authority is licensed, in a 
 manner allowing reasonable transition to private enterprise. 

    Subd. 2.    Record.  The secretary must maintain a 
 publicly accessible database containing a certification 
 authority disclosure record for each licensed certification 
 authority.  The secretary must publish the contents of the 
 database in at least one recognized repository. 

    Subd. 3.    Rules.  The secretary must adopt rules 
 consistent with this chapter and in furtherance of its purposes: 

    (1) to govern licensed certification authorities, their 
 practice, and the termination of a certification authority's 
 practice; 

    (2) to determine an amount reasonably appropriate for a 
 suitable guaranty, in light of the burden a suitable guaranty 
 places upon licensed certification authorities and the assurance 
 of quality and financial responsibility it provides to persons 
 who rely on certificates issued by licensed certification 
 authorities; 

    (3) to specify reasonable requirements for the form of 
 certificates issued by licensed certification authorities, in 
 accordance with generally accepted standards for digital 
 signature certificates; 

    (4) to specify reasonable requirements for recordkeeping by 
 licensed certification authorities; 

    (5) to specify reasonable requirements for the content, 
 form, and sources of information in certification authority 
 disclosure records, the updating and timeliness of the 
 information, and other practices and policies relating to 
 certification authority disclosure records; 

    (6) to specify the form of the certification practice 
 statements; and 

    (7) otherwise to give effect to and implement this chapter. 

    HIST: 1997 c 178 s 4