1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; authorizing probation
1.3 	officers to access information about persons who have
1.4 	a permit to carry weapons; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.5 	2004, section 624.714, subdivision 15.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 624.714,
1.8 	subdivision 15, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 15.Commissioner; contracts; database.  (a) The
1.10 	commissioner must maintain an automated database of persons
1.11 	authorized to carry pistols under this section that is available
1.12 	24 hours a day, seven days a week, only to law enforcement
1.13 	agencies, including prosecutors and probation officers carrying
1.14 	out their duties under subdivision 8a, to verify the validity of
1.15 	a permit.
1.16 	(b) The commissioner may maintain a separate automated
1.17 	database of denied applications for permits to carry and of
1.18 	revoked permits that is available only to sheriffs performing
1.19 	their duties under this section containing the date of, the
1.20 	statutory basis for, and the initiating agency for any permit
1.21 	application denied or permit revoked for a period of six years
1.22 	from the date of the denial or revocation.
1.23 	(c) The commissioner may contract with one or more vendors
1.24 	to implement the commissioner's duties under this section.