2006 Minnesota Statutes

3.195 REPORTS TO THE LEGISLATURE.
    Subdivision 1. Distribution of reports. (a) A report to the legislature required of a
department or agency shall be made, unless otherwise specifically required by law, by filing one
copy with the secretary of the senate, one copy with the chief clerk of the house of representatives,
and six copies with the Legislative Reference Library. The same distribution procedure shall be
followed for other reports and publications unless otherwise requested by a legislator or the
Legislative Reference Library.
(b) A public entity as defined in section 16B.122, shall not distribute a report or publication
to a member or employee of the legislature, except the secretary of the senate, the chief clerk
of the house of representatives, and the Legislative Reference Library, unless the entity has
determined that the member or employee wants the reports or publications published by that
entity or the member or employee has requested the report or publication. This prohibition
applies to both mandatory and voluntary reports and publications. A report or publication may
be summarized in an executive summary and distributed as the entity chooses. Distribution of
a report to legislative committee or commission members during a committee or commission
hearing is not prohibited by this section.
(c) A report or publication produced by a public entity may not be sent to both the home
address and the office address of a representative or senator unless mailing to both addresses
is requested by the representative or senator.
(d) Reports, publications, periodicals, and summaries under this subdivision must be printed
in a manner consistent with section 16B.122.
    Subd. 2. Identification of documents. When a report or publication as defined in section
3.302, subdivision 3, is submitted by a department or agency to the Legislative Reference Library,
the department or agency shall supply to the library the information necessary to identify the
document as required by section 3.302, subdivision 3a.
    Subd. 3. Checklist of state documents. The Legislative Reference Library shall monthly
publish and distribute to legislators a checklist of state documents. Enough copies of the checklist
for distribution to all state agencies, public, university and college libraries shall be provided by
the documents section, Department of Administration.
History: 1974 c 456 s 1; 1976 c 30 s 1; 1983 c 255 s 1; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 1991 c 337 s 1