1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to government data practices; permitting data sharing to administer the 
1.3 	disabled veteran's homestead market value exclusion;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2016, sections 197.603, subdivision 2; 273.1245, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 197.603, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Records; data privacy. Pursuant to chapter 13 the county veterans service 
1.8 	officer is the responsible authority with respect to all records in the officer's custody. The 
1.9 	data on clients' applications for assistance is private data on individuals, as defined in section 
1.10 	13.02, subdivision 12. The county veterans service officer may disclose to the county assessor 
1.11 	private data necessary to determine a client's eligibility for the disabled veteran's homestead 
1.12 	market value exclusion under section 273.13, subdivision 34.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.14 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 273.1245, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.15 		Subd. 2.Disclosure. The assessor shall disclose the data described in subdivision 1 to 
1.16 	the commissioner of revenue as provided by law. The assessor shall also disclose all or 
1.17 	portions of the data described in subdivision 1 to:
1.18 	(1) the county treasurer solely for the purpose of proceeding under the Revenue Recapture 
1.19 	Act to recover personal property taxes owing.; and
1.20 	(2) the county veterans service officer for the purpose of determining a person's eligibility 
1.21 	for the disabled veteran's homestead market value exclusion under section 273.13, subdivision 
1.22 	34.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.