1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to data practices; classifying data received from law enforcement 
1.3 	agencies in other states;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 13.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [13.823] LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA FROM OTHER STATES.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, "law enforcement agency" 
1.8 	includes an agency with a law enforcement function, as described in section 13.82, 
1.9 	subdivision 1, or an equivalent agency in another state.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Classification of data from other states. When a law enforcement agency 
1.11 	in Minnesota receives data from a law enforcement agency in another state, the data 
1.12 	are classified in Minnesota in a manner that is the equivalent to the data classification 
1.13 	or treatment of the data in the other state.
1.14 		Subd. 3.Sharing authorized. If a Minnesota law enforcement agency receives data 
1.15 	that are classified as not public under subdivision 2, the data may be shared with other 
1.16 	law enforcement agencies if the data are pertinent and necessary to the receiving agency 
1.17 	in initiating, furthering, or completing an investigation.