Bill Text: MN SF1770 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Data practices act privatization application clarification to parties contracting with a government entity; bulk vehicle records fees authorization; transfer standards of certain drivers license and motor vehicle registration data modification

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-05-28 - Secretary of State, Filed [SF1770 Detail]

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1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to data practices; clarifying application of government data practices act
1.3to parties contracting with a government entity;amending Minnesota Statutes
1.42012, section 13.05, subdivision 11.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.05, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
1.7    Subd. 11. Privatization. (a) If a government entity enters into a contract with a
1.8private person to perform any of its functions, the government entity shall include in the
1.9contract terms that make it clear that all of the all data created, collected, received, stored,
1.10used, maintained, or disseminated by the private person in performing those functions
1.11is subject to the requirements of this chapter and that the private person must comply
1.12with those requirements as if it were a government entity. All contracts entered into by a
1.13government entity with a private person must include a notice that the requirements of
1.14this subdivision apply to the contract. Failure to include the notice in a contract does not
1.15invalidate the application of this subdivision. The remedies in section 13.08 apply to
1.16the private person under this subdivision.
1.17(b) This subdivision does not create a duty on the part of the private person to
1.18provide access to public data to the public if the public data are available from the
1.19government entity, except as required by the terms of the contract.
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