2007 Minnesota Statutes

80A.19 ADMINISTRATION.
    Subdivision 1. Commissioner of commerce. This chapter shall be administered by the
commissioner of commerce.
    Subd. 2. Information regulation. 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 a matter of public record. Nothing in
this chapter authorizes the commissioner or any of the commissioner's officers or employees to
disclose information which is not a matter of public record except among themselves or when
necessary or appropriate in a proceeding or investigation under this chapter. No provision of this
chapter either creates 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. Biennial report. It shall be the duty of the commissioner biennially, on or before
October 1, in each even numbered year, to prepare and file in the office of the governor a report for
the preceding two fiscal years ending June 30 preceding the report, which shall contain a summary
of all applications received, withdrawn, granted and denied; a summary of all registrations
and licenses suspended, revoked or canceled, a schedule of receipts and disbursements of the
commissioner, and such other information as the commissioner considers material.
History: 1973 c 451 s 19; 1980 c 516 s 2; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92;
1986 c 444; 1987 c 336 s 16
NOTE: This section is repealed by Laws 2006, chapter 196, article 1, section 51, effective
August 1, 2007. Laws 2006, chapter 196, article 1, section 52.