2005 Minnesota Statutes - 6.715 — Classification of state auditor\'s data.

     6.715 Classification of state auditor's data. 


    Subdivision 1.    Definitions.  (a) For purposes of this 
 section, "audit" means an examination, financial audit, 
 compliance audit, or investigation performed by the state 
 auditor. 


    (b) The definitions in section 13.02 apply to this section. 


    Subd. 2.    Classification.  Data relating to an audit 
 are protected nonpublic data or confidential data on 
 individuals, until the final report of the audit has been 
 published or the audit is no longer being actively pursued.  
 Data that support the conclusions of the report and that the 
 state auditor reasonably believes will result in litigation are 
 protected nonpublic data or confidential data on individuals, 
 until the litigation has been completed or is no longer being 
 actively pursued.  Data on individuals that could reasonably be 
 used to determine the identity of an individual supplying data 
 for an audit are private if the data supplied by the individual 
 were needed for an audit and the individual would not have 
 provided the data to the state auditor without an assurance that 
 the individual's identity would remain private, or the state 
 auditor reasonably believes that the subject would not have 
 provided the data.  Data that could reasonably be used to 
 determine the identity of an individual supplying data pursuant 
 to section 609.456 are private.  


    Subd. 3.    Law enforcement.  Notwithstanding any 
 provision to the contrary in subdivision 2, chapter 13, or any 
 other statute related to the classification of government data, 
 the state auditor may share data relating to an audit with 
 appropriate law enforcement agencies, including data classified 
 as not public. 


    Subd. 4.    Access to data.  It is not a violation of 
 chapter 13 or any other statute related to the classification of 
 government data for a state agency, statewide system, or 
 political subdivision, as defined in section 13.02, to provide 
 data or information to the state auditor, including data 
 classified as not public, for the purpose of an audit or 
 pursuant to section 609.456, subdivision 1. 


    HIST: 1993 c 351 s 1; 2002 c 352 s 1,2