2005 Minnesota Statutes - 13.01 — Government data.

     13.01 Government data. 


    Subdivision 1.    Applicability.  All government 
 entities shall be governed by this chapter.  


    Subd. 2.    Citation.  This chapter may be cited as the 
 "Minnesota Government Data Practices Act." 


    Subd. 3.    Scope.  This chapter regulates the 
 collection, creation, storage, maintenance, dissemination, and 
 access to government data in government entities.  It 
 establishes a presumption that government data are public and 
 are accessible by the public for both inspection and copying 
 unless there is federal law, a state statute, or a temporary 
 classification of data that provides that certain data are not 
 public. 


    Subd. 4.    Headnotes.  The headnotes printed in 
 boldface type before paragraphs in this chapter are mere 
 catchwords to indicate the content of a paragraph and are not 
 part of the statute. 


    Subd. 5.    Provisions coded in other chapters.  (a) The 
 sections referenced in this chapter that are codified outside 
 this chapter classify government data as other than public, 
 place restrictions on access to government data, or involve data 
 sharing.  


    (b) Those sections are governed by the definitions and 
 general provisions in sections 13.01 to 13.07 and the remedies 
 and penalties provided in sections 13.08 and 13.09, except: 


    (1) for records of the judiciary, as provided in section 
 13.90; or 


    (2) as specifically provided otherwise by law. 


    HIST: 1979 c 328 s 1; 1981 c 311 s 1,39; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 
 4,5; 1982 c 545 s 24; 1991 c 319 s 1; 1999 c 227 s 22; 2000 c 
 468 s 1,2; 2005 c 163 s 3,4