1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; authorizing release of certain information on leased 
1.3 	motor vehicles to licensed motor vehicle dealers; making technical changes;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 168.345, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 168.345, subdivision 2, is amended 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2.Lessees; information. (a) The commissioner may not furnish information about 
1.9 	registered owners of passenger automobiles who are automobile lessees under a lease for 
1.10 	a term of 180 days or more to any person except:
1.11 	(1) the owner of the vehicle,;
1.12 	(2) the lessee,;
1.13 	(3) personnel of law enforcement agencies and;
1.14 	(4) trade associations performing a member service under section 604.15, subdivision 
1.15 	4a, and;
1.16 	(5) licensed dealers in connection with a vehicle sale or lease;
1.17 	(6) federal, state, and local governmental units,; and,
1.18 	(7) at the commissioner's discretion, to persons who use the information to notify lessees 
1.19 	of automobile recalls.
2.1 	(b) The commissioner may release information about passenger automobile lessees in 
2.2 	the form of summary data, as defined in section 13.02, to persons who use the information 
2.3 	in conducting statistical analysis and market research.