2007 Minnesota Statutes

13.55 CONVENTION CENTER DATA.
    Subdivision 1. Not public classification. The following data received, created, or maintained
by or for publicly owned and operated convention facilities, civic center authorities, or the
Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission are classified as nonpublic data pursuant to section
13.02, subdivision 9; or private data on individuals pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 12:
(a) a letter or other documentation from any person who makes inquiry to or who is contacted
by the facility regarding the availability of the facility for staging events;
(b) identity of firms and corporations which contact the facility;
(c) type of event which they wish to stage in the facility;
(d) suggested terms of rentals; and
(e) responses of authority staff to these inquiries.
    Subd. 2. Public data. The data made not public by the provisions of subdivision 1 shall
become public upon the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) five years elapse from the date on which the lease or contract is entered into between the
facility and the inquiring party or parties or the event which was the subject of inquiry occurs at
the facility, whichever occurs earlier;
(b) the event which was the subject of inquiry does not occur; or
(c) the event which was the subject of inquiry occurs elsewhere.
    Subd. 3. Exhibitor data. The names, addresses, and contact persons for individual exhibitors
at an exhibition may be withheld at the discretion of the facility to protect the competitive
position of the facility or its customers.
    Subd. 4. City of St. Paul data. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, "nonprofit organization"
means the nonprofit organization with which the city of St. Paul contracts to market and promote
the city as a tourist or convention center.
(b) Data collected, received, created, or maintained by the nonprofit organization in the
course of preparing or submitting any responses to requests for proposals or requests for bids
relating to events hosted, conducted, or sponsored by the nonprofit organization is classified as
nonpublic data under section 13.02, subdivision 9; or private data under section 13.02, subdivision
12 , until the time provided in subdivision 2, paragraph (a) or (b). The nonprofit organization is a
"civic center authority" for purposes of this section.
History: 1981 c 311 s 39; 1982 c 545 s 19,24; 1991 c 319 s 8; 2005 c 152 art 1 s 1