Jury source list data provisions modifications

A bill for an act

relating to judiciary; modifying jury source list data provisions; amending

Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.69; 270B.14, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.69, is amended to read:

13.69 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT DATA.

Subdivision 1.

Classifications.

(a) The following government data of the Department

of Public Safety are private data:

(1) medical data on driving instructors, licensed drivers, and applicants for parking

certificates and special license plates issued to physically disabled persons;

(2) other data on holders of a disability certificate under section
169.345
, except that (i)

data that are not medical data may be released to law enforcement agencies, and (ii) data

necessary for enforcement of sections
169.345
and
169.346
may be released to parking

enforcement employees or parking enforcement agents of statutory or home rule charter

cities and towns;

(3) Social Security numbers in driver's license and motor vehicle registration records,

except that Social Security numbers must be provided to the Department of Revenue for

purposes of tax administration, the Department of Labor and Industry for purposes of

workers' compensation administration and enforcement, the judicial branch for purposes of

debt collection, and the Department of Natural Resources for purposes of license application

administration, and except that the last four digits of the Social Security number must be

provided to the Department of Human Services for purposes of recovery of Minnesota health

care program benefits paid;

(4) data on persons listed as standby or temporary custodians under section
171.07,

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, except that the data must be released to:

(i) law enforcement agencies for the purpose of verifying that an individual is a designated

caregiver; or

(ii) law enforcement agencies who state that the license holder is unable to communicate

at that time and that the information is necessary for notifying the designated caregiver of

the need to care for a child of the license holder; and

(5) race and ethnicity data on driver's license holders and identification card holders

under section
171.06, subdivision 3
. The Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic

Safety is authorized to receive race and ethnicity data from Driver and Vehicle Services for

only the purposes of research, evaluation, and public reports.
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Race and ethnicity data must

be provided to the judicial branch as part of the information provided for purposes of

compiling the jury source list.
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The department may release the Social Security number only as provided in clause (3) and

must not sell or otherwise provide individual Social Security numbers or lists of Social

Security numbers for any other purpose.

(b) The following government data of the Department of Public Safety are confidential

data: data concerning an individual's driving ability when that data is received from a member

of the individual's family.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 270B.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to

read:

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Subd. 25.

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Disclosure to the judicial branch.

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The commissioner must disclose the list

of individuals, 17 years of age or older, who are required to file a return or who received

any tax benefit to the judicial branch for the purpose of compiling the jury source list. The

list must only include each individual's full name, date of birth, address, county of residence,

and, if available, race and ethnicity data.

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