Subdivision 1.Scope.

The sections referred to in this section are codified outside this chapter. Those sections classify natural resource data as other than public, place restrictions on access to government data, or involve data sharing.

Subd. 1a.Specific location data.

Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 13.7931

  • Data on individuals: means all government data in which any individual is or can be identified as the subject of that data, unless the appearance of the name or other identifying data can be clearly demonstrated to be only incidental to the data and the data are not accessed by the name or other identifying data of any individual. See Minnesota Statutes 13.02
  • Government data: means all data collected, created, received, maintained or disseminated by any government entity regardless of its physical form, storage media or conditions of use. See Minnesota Statutes 13.02
  • individual: includes a parent or guardian or an individual acting as a parent or guardian in the absence of a parent or guardian, except that the responsible authority shall withhold data from parents or guardians, or individuals acting as parents or guardians in the absence of parents or guardians, upon request by the minor if the responsible authority determines that withholding the data would be in the best interest of the minor. See Minnesota Statutes 13.02

Specific location data are classified under section 84.0872.

Subd. 1b.Data on individuals who are minors.

Except for electronic licensing system data classified under section 84.0874, data on individuals who are minors that are collected, created, received, maintained, or disseminated by the Department of Natural Resources are classified under section 84.0873.

Subd. 2.Forest resource data.

The development and use of forest resource data are coordinated by the Interagency Information Cooperative established under section 89A.09.

Subd. 2a.Game and fish licenses; Social Security numbers.

Social Security numbers obtained on applications for individual noncommercial game and fish licenses are classified, and sharing of the data required by federal law is clarified, under section 97A.482, paragraph (b).

Subd. 3.Private fish hatchery data.

Information on production, harvest, and sales of aquatic life by a private fish hatchery is classified under section 97C.211, subdivision 6.

Subd. 4.Exploratory boring data.

Data submitted in applying for a permit for mineral deposit evaluation and as a result of exploration are classified under sections 103I.601, subdivision 7, and 103I.605, subdivisions 2 and 4.

Subd. 5.

MS 2008 [Renumbered 13.7932]

Subd. 6.Electronic licensing system data.

Data on individuals created, collected, stored, or maintained by the department for the purposes of obtaining a noncommercial game and fish license, cross-country ski pass, horse pass, or snowmobile trail sticker; registering a recreational motor vehicle; or any other electronic licensing transaction are classified under sections 84.0874 and 97A.408.