2002 Minnesota Statutes

     80C.22 Administration. 

    Subdivision 1.  Sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 shall be 
 administered by the commissioner of commerce.  

    Subd. 2.  It is unlawful for the commissioner or any of the 
 commissioner's officers or employees to use for personal benefit 
 any information which is filed with or obtained by the 
 commissioner and which is not generally available to the 
 public.  Nothing in sections 80C.01 to 80C.22 authorizes the 
 commissioner or any of the commissioner's officers or employees 
 to disclose any confidential information except among themselves 
 or to other administrators or regulatory authorities, or when 
 necessary or appropriate in a proceeding or investigation under 
 sections 80C.01 to 80C.22.  No provision of sections 80C.01 to 
 80C.22 either creates any privilege or derogates from any 
 privilege which exists at common law or otherwise, when 
 documentary or other evidence is sought under a subpoena 
 directed to the commissioner or any of the commissioner's 
 officers or employees.  

    Subd. 3.  All applications, notices, reports and other 
 documents filed with the commissioner under sections 80C.01 to 
 80C.22 shall be open to public inspection in accordance with 
 rules prescribed by the commissioner.  The commissioner may 
 publish information filed with, or obtained by, the 
 commissioner, if, in the judgment of the commissioner, such 
 action is in the public interest.  

    Subd. 4.  A document is filed when it is received by the 
 commissioner.  

    Subd. 5.  The commissioner shall keep a register of all 
 filings which are or have ever been effective under sections 
 80C.01 to 80C.22 and all denial, suspension, revocation and 
 other orders which have been entered under sections 80C.01 to 
 80C.22.  The register shall be open for public inspection.  

    Subd. 6.  The commissioner upon request shall furnish to 
 any person at a reasonable charge photostatic or other copies, 
 certified under seal of office if certification is requested, of 
 any entry in the register or any order or other document on file 
 in the commissioner's office.  Any copy so certified is 
 admissible in evidence under section 600.13.  

    Subd. 7.  Orders of the commissioner shall be served by 
 mailing a copy thereof by mail to the most recent address of the 
 recipient of the order as it appears in the files of the 
 commissioner.  Subpoenas shall be served in the same manner as 
 provided in civil actions in the district courts. 

    HIST: 1973 c 612 s 22; 1980 c 516 s 2; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 
 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 372 s 3