1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; creating a Legislative Commission on Data 
1.3 	Practices and Personal Data Privacy; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes, chapter 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [3.8843] LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON DATA PRACTICES.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Established.  The Legislative Commission on Data Practices and 
1.8 	Personal Data Privacy is created to study issues relating to government data practices and 
1.9 	individuals' personal data privacy rights and to review legislation impacting data practices, 
1.10 	data security, and personal data privacy.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Membership. The commission consists of seven senators appointed by the 
1.12 	senate Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and Administration, and 
1.13 	seven members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker. No more than 
1.14 	four members from each chamber may be from the majority party in that chamber. Each 
1.15 	appointing authority must make appointments as soon as possible after the beginning of 
1.16 	the regular legislative session in the odd-numbered year.
1.17 		Subd. 3.Terms; vacancies. Members of the commission serve for terms beginning 
1.18 	upon appointment and ending at the beginning of the regular legislative session in the next 
1.19 	odd-numbered year. The appropriate appointing authority must fill a vacancy for the 
1.20 	remainder of the unexpired term.
1.21 		Subd. 4.Officers. The commission must elect a chair and may elect other officers 
1.22 	as it determines are necessary. The chair alternates between a member of the senate and a 
1.23 	member of the house of representatives in January of each odd-numbered year.
2.1 		Subd. 5.Staff. Legislative staff must provide administrative and research assistance 
2.2 	to the commission. 
2.3 		Subd. 6.Duties. The commission shall:
2.4 	(1) review and provide the legislature with research and analysis of emerging issues 
2.5 	relating to government data practices and security and privacy of personal data;
2.6 	(2) review and make recommendations on legislative proposals relating to the 
2.7 	Minnesota Government Data Practices Act; and
2.8 	(3) review and make recommendations on legislative proposals impacting personal 
2.9 	data privacy rights, data security, and other related issues.

2.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2014. Initial members of 
2.11 	the commission serve for a term ending in January 2015. A member of the house of 
2.12 	representatives shall serve as the first chair of the commission. A member of the senate 
2.13 	shall serve as chair of the commission beginning in January 2015.