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﻿ Ch. 299C MN Statutes
299C.01 CRIMINAL BUREAU.
299C.03 SUPERINTENDENT; RULES.
299C.04 [Repealed, 2014 c 212 art 4 s 3]
299C.041 [Repealed, 1982 c 568 s 13]
299C.05 CRIME DATA COLLECTION.
299C.066 CRIME INFORMATION REWARD FUND.
299C.07 RESTORATION OR DISPOSAL OF STOLEN PROPERTY.
299C.08 OATH OF SUPERINTENDENT AND EMPLOYEES.
IDENTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION DATA SYSTEMS
299C.09 SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING CRIMINALS; RECORD, INDEX.
299C.095 SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING JUVENILE OFFENDERS.
299C.12 RECORD KEPT BY PEACE OFFICER; REPORT.
299C.13 INFORMATION FURNISHED TO PEACE OFFICER.
299C.145 DISTINCTIVE PHYSICAL MARK IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM.
299C.147 [Renumbered 241.065]
299C.15 COOPERATION; CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION ORGANIZATIONS.
299C.156 [Repealed, 2014 c 286 art 6 s 9]
299C.157 FORENSIC LABORATORIES; ACCREDITATION.
299C.16 INFORMATION BROADCAST TO PEACE OFFICERS.
299C.18 BUREAU OPERATIONS REPORT.
299C.19 [Repealed, 2014 c 212 art 4 s 3]
299C.20 [Repealed, 2014 c 212 art 4 s 3]
299C.215 [Repealed, 2014 c 212 art 4 s 3]
299C.22 SECURITY GUARD; DISCHARGE OF FIREARM; REPORT.
299C.23 CONTINUING EDUCATION FEE; APPROPRIATION.
299C.25 SCRAP METAL DEALERS; EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.
299C.30 [Repealed, 2014 c 212 art 4 s 3]
299C.31 [Repealed, 2014 c 212 art 4 s 3]
299C.32 [Repealed, 2014 c 212 art 4 s 3]
299C.33 [Repealed, 2014 c 212 art 4 s 3]
299C.34 [Repealed, 2014 c 212 art 4 s 3]
299C.35 BUREAU TO BROADCAST CRIMINAL INFORMATION.
299C.36 PRIORITY FOR STATION CALLS AND MESSAGES.
299C.38 PRIORITY OF POLICE COMMUNICATIONS; MISDEMEANOR.
299C.40 COMPREHENSIVE INCIDENT-BASED REPORTING SYSTEM.
299C.405 SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE.
299C.41 E-CHARGING.
299C.45 [Repealed, 1977 c 424 s 5]
299C.47 [Repealed, 1976 c 149 s 63]
299C.49 [Repealed, 2014 c 212 art 4 s 3]
299C.50 TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.
299C.51 CITATION.
299C.52 MINNESOTA MISSING CHILDREN AND ENDANGERED PERSONS PROGRAM.
299C.535 REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON MISSING PERSON.
299C.55 TRAINING.
299C.565 MISSING PERSON REPORT.
299C.5655 MISSING PERSONS; STANDARDIZED REPORTS AND PROCEDURES.
299C.57 CITATION.
299C.58 COMPACT.
299C.582 POWERS WITH RELATION TO COMPACT.
CHILD PROTECTION BACKGROUND CHECK
299C.60 CITATION.
299C.63 EXCEPTION; OTHER LAWS.
299C.64 BUREAU IMMUNITY.
INFORMATION POLICY GROUP
PROPERTY MANAGER BACKGROUND CHECK
299C.66 CITATION.
299C.68 BACKGROUND CHECK ON RESIDENTIAL BUILDING MANAGER.
299C.69 OWNER DUTIES IF MANAGER CONVICTED OF CRIME.
299C.70 PENALTY.
299C.71 BUREAU IMMUNITY.
[Repealed, 2014 c 212 art 4 s 3]
Subd. 2.Division of Department of Public Safety.
A division in the Department of Public Safety to be known as the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is hereby created, under the supervision and control of the superintendent of criminal apprehension, who shall be appointed by the commissioner and serve at the commissioner's pleasure in the unclassified service of the state civil service, to whom shall be assigned the duties and responsibilities described in this section.
[Repealed, 1984 c 649 s 6]
Subd. 4.Duties generally.
The Division of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall perform such functions and duties as relate to statewide and nationwide crime information systems as the commissioner may direct.
1969 c 1129 art 1 s 3; 1986 c 444
The superintendent, with the approval of the commissioner of public safety, from time to time, shall make such rules and adopt such measures as the superintendent deems necessary, within the provisions and limitations of sections 299C.03 to 299C.08, 299C.10, 299C.105, 299C.11, 299C.17, 299C.18, and 299C.21, to secure the efficient operation of the bureau. The bureau shall cooperate with the respective sheriffs, police, and other peace officers of the state in the detection of crime and the apprehension of criminals throughout the state, and shall have the power to conduct such investigations as the superintendent, with the approval of the commissioner of public safety, may deem necessary to secure evidence which may be essential to the apprehension and conviction of alleged violators of the criminal laws of the state. The various members of the bureau shall have and may exercise throughout the state the same powers of arrest possessed by a sheriff, but they shall not be employed to render police service in connection with strikes and other industrial disputes.
(9950-6) 1927 c 224 s 2; 1935 c 197 s 1; 1949 c 739 s 21; 1951 c 713 s 34; 1971 c 25 s 97; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4; 2005 c 136 art 12 s 2
It shall be the duty of this division to collect, and preserve as a record of the bureau, information concerning the number and nature of offenses known to have been committed in the state, of the legal steps taken in connection therewith from the inception of the complaint to the final discharge of the defendant, and such other information as may be useful in the study of crime and the administration of justice. The information so collected and preserved shall include such data as may be requested by the United States Department of Justice, at Washington, under its national system of crime reporting. To the extent possible, the superintendent must utilize a nationally recognized system or standard approved by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to collect and preserve crime data.
(9950-7) 1927 c 224 s 3; 1935 c 197 s 2; 1939 c 441 s 41; 1Sp2003 c 2 art 4 s 5; 2014 c 212 art 4 s 1
It shall be the duty of all sheriffs, chiefs of police, prison wardens, superintendents of hospitals for persons with mental illnesses, reformatories, and correctional schools, probation and parole officers, school attendance officers, coroners, county attorneys, court clerks, the commissioner of public safety, the commissioner of transportation, and the state fire marshal to furnish to the division statistics and information regarding the number of crimes reported and discovered; arrests made; complaints, informations, and indictments filed, and the disposition made of same; pleas, convictions, acquittals, probations granted or denied; conditional release information; receipts, transfers, and discharges to and from prisons, reformatories, correctional schools, and other institutions; paroles granted and revoked; commutation of sentences and pardons granted and rescinded; and all other data useful in determining the cause and amount of crime in this state and to form a basis for the study of crime, police methods, court procedure, and penal problems. Such statistics and information shall be furnished upon the request of the division and upon such forms as may be prescribed and furnished by it. Unless otherwise required or permitted by the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, an agency or person furnishing information under this section must utilize a nationally recognized system or standard approved by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for reporting statistics and information. The division shall have the power to inspect and prescribe the form and substance of the records kept by those officials from which the information is so furnished.
(9950-7) 1927 c 224 s 3; 1935 c 197 s 2; 1939 c 441 s 41; 1976 c 5 s 11; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1998 c 367 art 7 s 4; 1Sp2003 c 2 art 4 s 6; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4; 2013 c 62 s 22
Subdivision 1.Fund created; advisory group.
A crime information reward fund is created as an account in the state treasury. Money appropriated to the account is available to pay rewards as directed by the commissioner of public safety, in consultation with the attorney general, under this section.
The attorney general shall appoint an advisory group, in consultation with the commissioner, of five members to assist in implementation of this section.
Subd. 2.Reward.
The commissioner is authorized to pay a reward to any person who, in response to a reward offer, provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of a criminal offender. The commissioner shall establish criteria for determining the amount of the reward and the duration of the reward offer. In no event shall a reward exceed $10,000 or a reward offer remain open longer than ten days. The commissioner shall select the criminal investigations for which rewards are offered based on recommendations made by the advisory group members or by the law enforcement agency or agencies conducting the criminal investigation.
1994 c 636 art 4 s 18
The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall make every effort for a period of 90 days after the seizure or recovery of abandoned or stolen property to return the property to the lawful owner or to the sheriff of the county from which it was stolen.
Any such property held by the bureau for more than 90 days, in case the owner cannot be found or if it cannot be determined from what county the property was stolen, shall be sold at public auction by the superintendent of the bureau, or the superintendent's agent, after two weeks' published notice thereof in a legal newspaper in Ramsey County, stating the time and place of the sale and a list of the property to be sold.
The proceeds of the sale shall be applied in payment of the necessary expenses of the sale and all necessary costs, storage, or charges incurred in relation to the property. The balance of the proceeds shall be paid into the general fund.
1941 c 389; 1969 c 399 s 1; 1979 c 333 s 97; 1986 c 444
The superintendent and each employee in the bureau whom the superintendent shall designate, before entering upon the performance of duties under sections 299C.03 to 299C.08, 299C.10, 299C.105, 299C.11, 299C.17, 299C.18, and 299C.21, shall take the usual oath.
(9950-8) 1927 c 224 s 4; 1935 c 197 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 326 s 14; 2005 c 136 art 12 s 3
The bureau shall install systems for identification of criminals, including the fingerprint system, the modus operandi system, and such others as the superintendent deems proper. The bureau shall keep a complete record and index of all information received in convenient form for consultation and comparison. The bureau shall obtain from wherever procurable and file for record finger and thumb prints, measurements, photographs, plates, outline pictures, descriptions, modus operandi statements, conditional release information, or such other information as the superintendent considers necessary, of persons who have been or shall hereafter be convicted of a felony, gross misdemeanor, or an attempt to commit a felony or gross misdemeanor, within the state, or who are known to be habitual criminals. To the extent that the superintendent may determine it to be necessary, the bureau shall obtain like information concerning persons convicted of a crime under the laws of another state or government, the central repository of this records system is the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in St. Paul.
(9950-9) 1927 c 224 s 5; 1957 c 790 s 1; 1969 c 9 s 92; 1998 c 367 art 7 s 5; 2002 c 233 s 2
The bureau shall administer and maintain a computerized criminal gang investigative data system for the purpose of assisting criminal justice agencies in the investigation and prosecution of criminal activity by gang members. The system consists of data on individuals whom law enforcement agencies determine are or may be engaged in criminal gang activity. Notwithstanding section 260B.171, subdivision 5, data on adults and juveniles in the system and data documenting an entry in the system may be maintained together. Data in the system must be submitted and maintained as provided in this section.
Subd. 2.Entry of data into system.
(1) the individual has met at least three of the criteria or identifying characteristics of gang membership developed by the Violent Crime Coordinating Council under section 299A.642, subdivision 3, clause (8), as required by the council; and
Subd. 3.Classification of data in system.
Data in the criminal gang investigative data system are confidential data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 3, but are accessible to law enforcement agencies and may be released to the criminal justice agencies.
Subd. 4.Audit of data submitted to system; reports.
(a) At least once every three years, the bureau shall conduct random audits of data under subdivision 2 that documents inclusion of an individual in, and removal of an individual from, the criminal gang investigative data system for the purpose of determining the validity, completeness, and accuracy of data submitted to the system. The bureau has access to the documenting data for purposes of conducting an audit. By October 1 of each year, the bureau shall submit a report on the results of the audits to the commissioner of public safety.
Subd. 5.Removal of data from system.
Notwithstanding section 138.17, the bureau shall destroy data entered into the system when three years have elapsed since the data were entered into the system, except as otherwise provided in this subdivision. If the bureau has information that the individual has been convicted as an adult, or has been adjudicated or has a stayed adjudication as a juvenile for an offense that would be a crime if committed by an adult, since entry of the data into the system, the data must be maintained until three years have elapsed since the last record of a conviction or adjudication or stayed adjudication of the individual. Upon request of the law enforcement agency that submitted data to the system, the bureau shall destroy the data regardless of whether three years have elapsed since the data were entered into the system.
1997 c 239 art 8 s 12; 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2; 2006 c 212 art 1 s 16; 2010 c 383 s 2,7
The superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall maintain a computerized data system relating to individuals required to register as predatory offenders under section 243.166. To the degree feasible, the system must include the data required to be provided under section 243.166, subdivisions 4 and 4a, and indicate the time period that the person is required to register. The superintendent shall maintain this data in a manner that ensures that it is readily available to law enforcement agencies. This data is private data on individuals under section 13.02, subdivision 12, but may be used for law enforcement and corrections purposes. The commissioner of human services has access to the data for state-operated services, as defined in section 246.014, for the purposes described in section 246.13, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), and for purposes of conducting background studies under chapter 245C.
2000 c 311 art 2 s 14; 2005 c 136 art 5 s 4; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 1 s 49; 2013 c 108 art 5 s 12
Subdivision 1.Access to data on juveniles.
(a) The bureau shall administer and maintain the computerized juvenile history record system based on sections 260B.171 and 260C.171 and other statutes requiring the reporting of data on juveniles. The data in the system are private data as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, but are accessible to criminal justice agencies as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 3a, to all trial courts and appellate courts, to a person who has access to the juvenile court records as provided in sections 260B.171 and 260C.171 or under court rule, to public defenders as provided in section 611.272, and to criminal justice agencies in other states in the conduct of their official duties.
(b) Except for access authorized under paragraph (a), the bureau shall only disseminate a juvenile adjudication history record in connection with a background check required by statute or rule and performed on a licensee, license applicant, or employment applicant or performed under section 299C.62 or 624.713. If the background check is performed under section 299C.62, juvenile adjudication history disseminated under this paragraph is limited to offenses that would constitute a background check crime as defined in section 299C.61, subdivision 2. A consent for release of information from an individual who is the subject of a juvenile adjudication history is not effective and the bureau shall not release a juvenile adjudication history record and shall not release information in a manner that reveals the existence of the record. Data maintained under section 243.166, released in conjunction with a background check, regardless of the age of the offender at the time of the offense, does not constitute releasing information in a manner that reveals the existence of a juvenile adjudication history.
(a) Notwithstanding section 138.17, the bureau shall retain juvenile history records for the time periods provided in this subdivision. Notwithstanding contrary provisions of paragraphs (b) to (e), all data in a juvenile history record must be retained for the longest time period applicable to any item in the individual juvenile history record. If, before data are destroyed under this subdivision, the subject of the data is convicted of a felony as an adult, the individual's juvenile history record must be retained for the same time period as an adult criminal history record.
(f) The bureau shall retain extended jurisdiction juvenile data on an individual received under section 260B.171, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), for as long as the data would have been retained if the offender had been an adult at the time of the offense.
(g) Data retained on individuals under this subdivision are private data under section 13.02, except that extended jurisdiction juvenile data become public data under section 13.87, subdivision 2, when the juvenile court notifies the bureau that the individual's adult sentence has been executed under section 260B.130, subdivision 5.
1992 c 571 art 7 s 10; 1996 c 440 art 1 s 49; 1997 c 239 art 8 s 13; 1998 c 371 s 16; 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2; 2000 c 377 s 1; 2001 c 202 s 13; 2005 c 136 art 8 s 9
The superintendent shall immediately notify the appropriate entity or individual when a disposition record is received that cannot be linked to an arrest record.
1Sp2001 c 8 art 6 s 3; 2014 c 212 art 4 s 2
(a) By January 1, 1996, every county shall, in the manner provided in either clause (1) or (2), make warrant information available to other users of the criminal justice data communications network as defined in section 299C.46:
(1) the county shall enter the warrant information in the warrant file maintained by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in the Department of Public Safety; or
(2) the county, at no charge to the state, shall make the warrant information that is maintained in the county's computer accessible by means of a single query made through the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in the Department of Public Safety.
1994 c 636 art 4 s 21; 2009 c 59 art 6 s 7
Every peace officer shall keep or cause to be kept a permanent written record, in such form as the superintendent may prescribe, of all felonies reported to or discovered by the officer within the officer's jurisdiction and of all warrants of arrest for felonies and search warrants issued to the officer in relation to the commission of felonies, and shall make or cause to be made to the sheriff of the county and the bureau reports of all such crimes, upon such forms as the superintendent may prescribe, including a statement of the facts and a description of the offender, so far as known, the offender's method of operation, the action taken by the officer, and such other information as the superintendent may require.
(9950-12) 1927 c 224 s 8; 1959 c 409 s 1; 1986 c 444
Upon receipt of information data as to any arrested person, the bureau shall immediately ascertain whether the person arrested has a criminal record or is a fugitive from justice, and shall at once inform the arresting officer of the facts ascertained, including references to any juvenile or adult court disposition data that are not in the criminal history system. Upon application by any sheriff, chief of police, or other peace officer in the state, or by an officer of the United States or by an officer of another state, territory, or government duly authorized to receive the same and effecting reciprocal interchange of similar information with the division, it shall be the duty of the bureau to furnish all information in its possession pertaining to the identification of any person. If the bureau has a sealed record on the arrested person, it shall notify the requesting peace officer of that fact and of the right to seek a court order to open the record for purposes of law enforcement. A criminal justice agency shall be notified, upon request, of the existence and contents of a sealed record containing conviction information about an applicant for employment. For purposes of this section a "criminal justice agency" means courts or a government agency that performs the administration of criminal justice under statutory authority.
(9950-13) 1927 c 224 s 9; 1992 c 569 s 17; 1996 c 408 art 9 s 6; 1997 c 239 art 8 s 16; 2001 c 202 s 14
(9950-14) 1937 c 224 s 10; 1969 c 9 s 93; 1994 c 636 art 4 s 22; 2005 c 136 art 11 s 10; 2013 c 86 art 4 s 6
As used in this section and in sections 299C.10, 299C.11, and 299C.14, "distinctive physical mark identification data" means a photograph of a brand, scar, or tattoo, and a description of the body location where the distinctive physical mark appears.
Subd. 2.System establishment.
The superintendent shall establish and maintain a system within the bureau to enable law enforcement agencies to submit and obtain distinctive physical mark identification data on persons who are under investigation for criminal activity. The system shall cross-reference the distinctive physical mark identification data with the name of the individual from whose body the distinctive physical mark identification data was obtained. The system also shall cross-reference distinctive physical mark identification data with the names of individuals who have been identified as having a similar or identical distinctive physical mark in the same body location.
Subd. 3.Authority to enter or retrieve data.
Only criminal justice agencies, as defined in section 299C.46, subdivision 2, may submit data to and obtain data from the distinctive physical mark identification system.
1994 c 636 art 4 s 23; 2005 c 136 art 11 s 11
The bureau shall cooperate and exchange information with other organizations for criminal identification, either within or without the state, for the purpose of developing, improving, and carrying on an efficient system for the identification and apprehension of criminals.
(9950-15) 1927 c 224 s 11
Subd. 2.Forensic laboratories; mandatory accreditation; posting on Web site.
(2) for laboratories that have either begun or resumed operation after a hiatus on or after July 1, 2011, the laboratory complies with paragraph (a), clause (2); paragraph (b), clause (2); or paragraph (c), clause (2), and becomes accredited within three years of August 1, 2014, or beginning operation, whichever is later.
2014 c 168 s 1
The bureau shall broadcast, by mail, wire, and wireless, to peace officers such information as to wrongdoers wanted, property stolen or recovered, and other intelligence as may help in controlling crime.
(9950-16) 1927 c 224 s 12
The superintendent shall require the court administrator of every court which sentences a defendant for a felony, gross misdemeanor, or targeted misdemeanor to electronically transmit within 24 hours of the disposition of the case a report, in a form prescribed by the superintendent providing information required by the superintendent with regard to the prosecution and disposition of criminal cases. A copy of the report shall be kept on file in the office of the court administrator.
(9950-18) 1927 c 224 s 14; 1935 c 197 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 2013 c 86 art 4 s 7
Biennially, on or before November 15, in each even-numbered year the superintendent shall submit to the governor and the legislature a detailed report of the operations of the bureau, of information about crime and the handling of crimes and criminals by state and local officials collected by the bureau, and the superintendent's interpretations of the information, with comments and recommendations. The data contained in the report on Part I offenses cleared by arrest, as defined by the United States Department of Justice, shall be collected and tabulated geographically at least on a county-by-county basis. In such reports the superintendent shall, from time to time, include recommendations to the legislature for dealing with crime and criminals and information as to conditions and methods in other states in reference thereto, and shall furnish a copy of such report to each member of the legislature.
(9950-19) 1927 c 224 s 15; 1935 c 197 s 7; 1955 c 847 s 29; 1969 c 540 s 14; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 511 art 1 s 12
If any public official charged with the duty of furnishing to the bureau fingerprint records, biological specimens, reports, or other information required by sections 299C.06, 299C.10, 299C.105, 299C.11, 299C.17, shall neglect or refuse to comply with such requirement, the bureau, in writing, shall notify the state, county, or city officer charged with the issuance of a warrant for the payment of the salary of such official. Upon the receipt of the notice the state, county, or city official shall withhold the issuance of a warrant for the payment of the salary or other compensation accruing to such officer for the period of 30 days thereafter until notified by the bureau that such suspension has been released by the performance of the required duty.
(9950-22) 1935 c 197 s 8; 2005 c 136 art 12 s 7
(a) For purposes of this section, "security guard" means any person who is paid a fee, wage or salary to perform one or more of the following functions:
(1) prevention or detection of intrusion, unauthorized entry or activity, vandalism, or trespass on private property;
(5) enforcement of policies and rules of the security guard's employer related to crime reduction insofar as such enforcement falls within the scope of the guard's duties.
(b) The provisions of this subdivision are not intended to include within the definition of "security guard" auditors, accountants, and accounting personnel whether or not they are employees of a private firm, corporation or independent accounting firm.
Each discharge of a firearm by a security guard in the course of employment, other than for training purposes, shall be reported to the chief of police of an organized full-time police department of the municipality in which the discharge occurred or to the county sheriff if there is no local chief of police. Reports required to be made under this subdivision shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension upon forms as may be prescribed and furnished by the bureau. The superintendent shall cause a summary of the reports to be compiled and published annually.
1979 c 196 s 1; 1986 c 444
The commissioner of public safety may charge tuition to cover the cost of continuing education courses provided by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension when money available to the commissioner for this purpose is not adequate to pay these costs. The tuition fees collected are appropriated to the commissioner.
1989 c 269 s 44
(a) The superintendent shall develop educational materials relating to the laws governing scrap metal dealers, including, but not limited to, applicable laws addressing receiving stolen property and the provisions of section 325E.21. In addition, the materials must address the proper use of the criminal alert network under section 299A.61, and must include a glossary of the terms used by law enforcement agencies to describe items of scrap metal that are different from the terms used in the scrap metal industry to describe those same items.
(b) In developing the materials under paragraph (a), the superintendent shall seek the advice of scrap metal trade associations, Minnesota scrap metal dealers, and law enforcement agencies.
(c) The superintendent shall distribute the materials developed in paragraph (a) to all scrap metal dealers registered with the criminal alert network.
2007 c 54 art 7 s 7
It shall be the duty of the bureau to broadcast all police dispatches and reports submitted which, in the opinion of the superintendent, shall have a reasonable relation to or connection with the apprehension of criminals, the prevention of crime, and the maintenance of peace and order throughout the state. Every sheriff, peace officer, or other person employing a radio receiving set under the provisions of sections 299C.30 to 299C.38 shall make report to the bureau at such times and containing such information as the superintendent shall direct.
(9950-46) 1935 c 195 s 6
Every telegraph and telephone company operating in the state shall give priority to all messages or calls directed to the broadcasting station or stations established under sections 299C.30 to 299C.38.
(9950-47) 1935 c 195 s 7
Subdivision 1.Use regulated.
(a) No person other than peace officers within the state, the members of the State Patrol, and persons who hold an amateur radio license issued by the Federal Communications Commission, shall equip any motor vehicle with any radio equipment or combination of equipment, capable of receiving any radio signal, message, or information from any police emergency frequency, or install, use, or possess the equipment in a motor vehicle without permission from the superintendent of the bureau upon a form prescribed by the superintendent. An amateur radio license holder is not entitled to exercise the privilege granted by this paragraph if the license holder has been convicted in this state or elsewhere of a crime of violence, as defined in section 624.712, subdivision 5, unless ten years have elapsed since the person has been restored to civil rights or the sentence has expired, whichever occurs first, and during that time the person has not been convicted of any other crime of violence. For purposes of this section, "crime of violence" includes a crime in another state or jurisdiction that would have been a crime of violence if it had been committed in this state. Radio equipment installed, used, or possessed as permitted by this paragraph must be under the direct control of the license holder whenever it is used. A person who is designated in writing by the chief law enforcement officer of a political subdivision issued a permit under subdivision 3 may use and possess radio equipment while in the course and scope of duties or employment without also having to obtain an individual permit.
[Repealed, 1971 c 71 s 2]
(a) The superintendent of the bureau shall, upon written application, issue a written permit, which shall be nontransferable, to a person, firm, political subdivision, or corporation showing good cause to use radio equipment capable of receiving a police emergency frequency, as a necessity, in the lawful pursuit of a business, trade, or occupation.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a permit is not required for emergency response personnel, as defined in section 299F.092, who are members of a public safety agency, as defined in section 403.02, to use agency-issued radio equipment as described in subdivision 1, paragraph (a), when:
(1) the holder of a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license has granted the public safety agency written permission for the use of the frequencies authorized under the FCC license; or
(2) the agency is authorized to monitor or operate on any police emergency talk group on the ARMER public safety radio system in accordance with the technical and operational standards adopted by the Statewide Radio Board, as provided in section 403.37 or where the public safety agency use of a frequency allocated to police interoperability is consistent with any applicable rules or regulations.
(9950-48) 1935 c 195 s 8; 1961 c 661 s 1; 1965 c 721 s 1; 1981 c 37 s 2; 1983 c 293 s 91; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 191 s 1; 2003 c 121 s 1,2; 2008 c 224 s 1
Any telegraph or telephone operator who shall fail to give priority to police messages or calls as provided in sections 299C.30 to 299C.38, and any person who willfully makes any false, misleading, or unfounded report to any broadcasting station established thereunder for the purpose of interfering with the operation thereof, or with the intention of misleading any officer of this state, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(9950-50) 1935 c 195 s 10; 1965 c 721 s 2
CIBRS is a statewide system containing data from law enforcement agencies. Data in CIBRS must be made available to law enforcement agencies to:
(1) prepare a case against a person, whether known or unknown, for the commission of a crime or other offense for which the agency has investigative authority;
(6) conduct background investigations required by section 626.87.
Subd. 3.Data practices act governs.
The provisions of chapter 13 apply to this section.
Subd. 4.Data classification; general rule; changes in classification; audit trail.
Subd. 5.Access to CIBRS data by law enforcement agency personnel.
Only law enforcement agency personnel with certification from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension may enter, update, or access CIBRS data. The ability of particular law enforcement agency personnel to enter, update, or access CIBRS data must be limited through the use of purpose codes that correspond to the official duties and training level of the personnel.
Subd. 6.Access to CIBRS data by data subject.
(a) Upon request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension or to a law enforcement agency participating in CIBRS an individual shall be informed whether the individual is the subject of private or confidential data held by CIBRS. An individual who is the subject of private data held by CIBRS may obtain access to the data by making a request to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension or to a participating law enforcement agency. Private data provided to the subject under this subdivision must also include the name of the law enforcement agency that submitted the data to CIBRS and the name, telephone number, and address of the responsible authority for the data.
(b) If an individual who is the subject of private data held by CIBRS requests access to the data or release of the data to a third party, the individual must appear in person at the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension or a participating law enforcement agency to give informed consent to the data access or release.
Subd. 7.Challenge to completeness and accuracy of data.
An individual who is the subject of public or private data held by CIBRS and who wants to challenge the completeness or accuracy of the data under section 13.04, subdivision 4, must notify in writing the responsible authority for the data. A law enforcement agency must notify the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension when data held by CIBRS is challenged. The notification must identify the data that was challenged and the subject of the data. CIBRS must include any notification received under this paragraph whenever disseminating data about which no determination has been made. When the responsible authority of a law enforcement agency completes, corrects, or destroys successfully challenged data, the corrected data must be submitted to CIBRS and any future dissemination must be of the corrected data.
2005 c 163 s 81; 2006 c 253 s 16,17; 2006 c 260 art 3 s 14; 2009 c 59 art 6 s 8; 2010 c 383 s 3; 1Sp2011 c 2 art 4 s 26; 2013 c 135 art 3 s 21; 2014 c 284 s 4
(a) For the purposes of this section "subscription service" means a process by which law enforcement agency personnel may obtain ongoing, automatic electronic notice of any contacts an individual has with any criminal justice agency.
(b) The Department of Public Safety must not establish a subscription service without prior legislative authorization; except that, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension may employ under section 299C.40 a secure subscription service designed to promote and enhance officer safety during tactical operations by and between federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies by notifying law enforcement agencies of conflicts where multiple law enforcement operations may be occurring on the same subject or vehicle or on or near the same location. The notification may include warrant executions, surveillance activities, SWAT activities, undercover operations, and other investigative operations.
2005 c 163 s 82; 2006 c 253 s 18; 2006 c 260 art 3 s 15
(b) "Auditing data" means data in e-charging that document:
(1) who took a particular action;
(2) when the action took place;
(3) the Internet Protocol address of the computer used to take the action;
(4) the identification number of the organization employing the individual taking action;
(5) what action was taken;
(6) the unique identification for the document against which the action was taken;
(7) the purpose for taking the action;
(8) the date and time the request was received by the e-charging system; and
(9) the identification number of the system from which the request originated.
(c) "Credentialed individual" means an individual who has provided credentialing data to a government entity or a court and has been authorized to use e-charging.
(d) "Credentialing data" means data in e-charging that document for an individual who is or was authorized to use e-charging:
(1) user identification;
(2) password; and
(3) jurisdiction identification.
For law enforcement officers, credentialing data also includes a biometric identifier. For notaries public, credentialing data also includes an e-notary digital certificate.
(e) "E-charging" means a service operated by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to provide communication and work flow tools for law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and the courts to use in apprehending, prosecuting, or adjudicating a person for an alleged delinquent act or an alleged criminal or petty misdemeanor offense under a law of this state or its political subdivisions. The e-charging service also includes communication and work flow tools provided for the use of the Department of Public Safety in its administration of the license revocation provisions under sections 169A.50 to 169A.53.
(f) "Government entity" has the meaning given in section 13.02, subdivision 7a.
(g) "Individual" has the meaning given in section 13.02, subdivision 8.
(h) "Work flow and routing data" means data in e-charging that document:
(1) the assignment or reassignment of a document to a person or place;
(2) any deadline for the action on the assignment; and
(3) validation that the needed action has been completed.
Subd. 2.Data classification.
(a) Credentialing data held by a government entity are classified as private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, or nonpublic data as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 9.
(b) Auditing data and work flow and routing data maintained by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are classified as confidential data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 3, or protected nonpublic data as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 13, until the investigation is inactive as defined in section 13.82, subdivision 7. Once the investigation is inactive, and the recipient of the data authorizes release to the data subject, the auditing data and work flow and routing data maintained by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are classified as private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, or nonpublic data as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 9. The same data maintained by any other government entity are classified as provided by other law.
Subd. 3.Data sharing authorized.
(a) Auditing data, work flow and routing data, or credentialing data must be disclosed to a credentialed individual to resolve issues about the integrity of data at issue in a pending criminal matter. No use outside the pending criminal matter is authorized and no recipient can redisclose the data that are received. To the extent that court rules make the data accessible to the public, they are accessible in the court records.
(b) Auditing, work flow and routing data, or credentialing data must be disclosed to a defendant in a pending criminal matter when the data are relevant to the individual's defense as defined in the Rules of Criminal Procedure. Relevance must be determined by the court using the standard set in Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 9.01, subdivision 2(1). If the data are found to be relevant, the court must issue an order directing disclosure and send it to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Disclosure cannot be made unless the court's order provides the full name and date of birth of the defendant, the law enforcement agency number, the law enforcement case number connected to the charge, the specific data to be disclosed, and that the recipient must not redisclose the data. The bureau shall provide the data to the defendant's attorney and the prosecutor. The data may not be used outside the pending criminal matter and a recipient may not redisclose the data that are received. To the extent that court rules make the data accessible to the public, they are accessible in the court records.
(c) Auditing data, work flow and routing data, or credentialing data may be disclosed to an employee of a government entity or court who has been accused of inappropriate access to, or use of data in, e-charging and to the employee's employer. The data may not be used outside the pending employee disciplining case and a recipient may not redisclose the data that are received. To the extent that section 13.43 or court rules require the disclosure of the data as part of the final disposition of discipline against an employee, the data are public.
(d) Auditing data, work flow and routing data, or credentialing data may be disclosed as part of a criminal or civil matter against a person for unauthorized access to, or use of data in, e-charging. The data may not be used outside the civil or criminal case and a recipient may not redisclose the data that are received. To the extent that the rules of public access to records of the judicial branch make the data accessible to the public, they are accessible in the court records.
[Repealed, 2008 c 299 s 28]
2008 c 242 s 3; 2008 c 299 s 15; 2011 c 91 s 1
For the purposes of sections 299C.46 to 299C.49, "criminal justice agency" means an agency of the state or a political subdivision or the federal government charged with detection, enforcement, prosecution, adjudication or incarceration in respect to the criminal or traffic laws of this state. This definition also includes all sites identified and licensed as a detention facility by the commissioner of corrections under section 241.021 and those federal agencies that serve part or all of the state from an office located outside the state.
For the purposes of sections 299C.46 to 299C.49, "noncriminal justice agency" means an agency of the state or a political subdivision of the state charged with the responsibility of performing checks of state databases connected to the criminal justice data communications network.
1965 c 903 s 1; 1967 c 334 s 2; 1977 c 424 s 1; 1983 c 293 s 92; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 166 s 1; 1993 c 326 art 10 s 8; 1996 c 440 art 1 s 51; 1997 c 159 art 2 s 44,45; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 31; 2000 c 377 s 4; 2001 c 167 s 1; 2007 c 54 art 4 s 1; 2009 c 59 art 6 s 9; 2010 c 299 s 3; 2013 c 82 s 26-29
The commissioner of public safety shall perform all duties in respect to the state's criminal justice information system which were transferred from the commissioner of management and budget and the Governor's Commission on Crime Prevention and Control by executive order of the governor; provided, that a transfer shall not occur if the state is informed by a federal agency that the transfer will result in the loss of federal moneys to which the state would otherwise be entitled pursuant to the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, Public Law 90-351, as amended by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, Public Law 93-415, and the Crime Control Act of 1976, Public Law 94-503.
1977 c 424 s 4; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
Sections 299C.51 to 299C.565 may be cited as the "Minnesota Missing Persons' Act."
1984 c 510 s 1; 2009 c 38 s 1
As used in sections 299C.52 to 299C.565, the following terms have the meanings given them:
(b) "DNA" means deoxyribonucleic acid from a human biological specimen.
(c) "Endangered" means that a law enforcement official has received sufficient evidence that the missing person is at risk of physical injury or death. The following circumstances indicate that a missing person is at risk of physical injury or death:
(1) the person is missing as a result of a confirmed abduction or under circumstances that indicate that the person's disappearance was not voluntary;
(2) the person is missing under known dangerous circumstances;
(3) the person is missing more than 30 days;
(4) the person is under the age of 21 and at least one other factor in this paragraph is applicable;
(5) there is evidence the person is in need of medical attention or prescription medication such that it will have a serious adverse effect on the person's health if the person does not receive the needed care or medication;
(6) the person does not have a pattern of running away or disappearing;
(7) the person is mentally impaired;
(8) there is evidence that the person may have been abducted by a noncustodial parent;
(9) the person has been the subject of past threats or acts of violence;
(10) there is evidence the person is lost in the wilderness, backcountry, or outdoors where survival is precarious and immediate and effective investigation and search and rescue efforts are critical; or
(11) any other factor that the law enforcement agency deems to indicate that the person may be at risk of physical injury or death, including a determination by another law enforcement agency that the person is missing and endangered.
(d) "Missing" means the status of a person after a law enforcement agency that has received a report of a missing person has conducted a preliminary investigation and determined that the person cannot be located.
(e) "NCIC" means National Crime Information Center.
The commissioner of public safety shall maintain a Minnesota missing children and endangered persons program within the department to enable documented information about missing Minnesota children and endangered persons to be entered into the NCIC computer.
Subd. 3.Computer equipment and programs.
(a) The commissioner shall provide the necessary computer hardware and computer programs to enter, modify, and cancel information on missing children and endangered persons in the NCIC computer. These programs must provide for search and retrieval of information using the following identifiers: physical description, name and date of birth, name and Social Security number, name and driver's license number, vehicle license number, and vehicle identification number.
(b) The commissioner shall also provide a system for regional, statewide, multistate, and nationwide broadcasts of information on missing children and endangered persons. These broadcasts shall be made by local law enforcement agencies where possible or, in the case of statewide or nationwide broadcasts, by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension upon request of the local law enforcement agency.
Subd. 4.Authority to enter or retrieve information.
Only law enforcement agencies may enter missing children and endangered persons information into the NCIC computer or retrieve information from the NCIC computer.
Subd. 5.Statistical data.
The commissioner shall annually compile and make available statistical information on the number of missing children and endangered persons entered into the NCIC computer and, if available, information on the number located.
The commissioner may adopt rules in conformance with sections 299C.52 to 299C.565 to provide for the orderly collection and entry of missing children and endangered persons information and requests for retrieval of missing children and endangered persons information.
The commissioner shall cooperate with other states and the NCIC in the exchange of information on missing persons.
1984 c 510 s 2; 1991 c 285 s 4-6; 1994 c 636 art 4 s 24; 2009 c 38 s 2; 2009 c 59 art 6 s 10-12
(a) If the person identified in the missing person report remains missing for 30 days, and the additional information and materials specified below have not been received, the law enforcement agency shall attempt to obtain:
(1) DNA samples from family members and, if possible, from the missing person along with any needed documentation, including consent forms, required for the use of state or federal DNA databases;
(2) dental information and x-rays, and an authorization to release dental information or x-rays of the missing person;
(3) any additional photographs of the missing person that may aid the investigation or an identification; and
(4) fingerprints.
(b) The law enforcement agency shall immediately determine whether any additional information received on the missing person indicates that the person is endangered.
(c) Any additional information or materials received by the law enforcement agency shall be entered into the applicable state or federal database as soon as possible.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a law enforcement agency from obtaining any of the materials identified in this section before the 30th day following the filing of the missing person report.
(e) The law enforcement agency shall not be required to obtain written authorization before it releases publicly any photograph that would aid in the investigation or identification of the missing person.
2009 c 38 s 4
The commissioner shall adopt standards for training appropriate personnel concerning the investigation of missing persons cases.
1991 c 285 s 8; 2009 c 38 s 9
(c) "Identifying data" means dental or skeletal X-rays, or both, and related information, previously created in the course of providing dental or medical care to a child who has now been reported as missing or a person who has now been reported as missing and endangered.
Subd. 2.Written declaration.
If a child is reported missing or a person is reported missing and endangered, a law enforcement agency may execute a written declaration, stating that an active investigation seeking the location of the missing child or endangered person is being conducted, and that the identifying data are necessary for the exclusive purpose of furthering the investigation. Notwithstanding chapter 13 or section 144.651, subdivision 16, when a written declaration executed under this subdivision, signed by a peace officer, is presented to a health care facility, the facility shall provide access to the missing child or endangered person's identifying data to the law enforcement agency.
1991 c 285 s 9; 2009 c 38 s 10
The local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the location where a person has been missing or was last seen has the responsibility to take a missing person report from an interested party. If this location cannot be clearly and easily established, the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the last verified location where the missing person last resided has the responsibility to take the report. In the event any circumstances delay a determination of which law enforcement agency has the responsibility to take a missing person report from an interested party, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall offer prompt guidance to the agencies involved.
2006 c 260 art 3 s 16; 2009 c 38 s 11
(a) By September 1, 2009, the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall develop:
(1) a standardized form for use by all law enforcement agencies when taking a missing person report; and
(2) a model policy that incorporates standard processes, procedures, and information to be provided to interested persons regarding developments in a missing person case.
(b) In developing the standardized form and model policy, the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall convene a working group that includes interested members of the public and representatives of the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, Minnesota Sheriffs' Association, Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, and a nonprofit foundation formed to assist in locating the missing persons. The working group shall be funded by private resources.
2009 c 38 s 12
Sections 299C.58 and 299C.582 may be cited as the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact.
2002 c 269 s 1
The National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by this state with any other states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:
(1) Attorney general. The term "attorney general" means: the attorney general of the United States.
(2) Compact officer. The term "compact officer" means
(3) Council. The term "council" means the Compact Council established under article VI.
(4) Criminal history records. The term "criminal history records"
(5) Criminal history record repository. The term "criminal history record repository" means the state agency designated by the governor or other appropriate executive official or the legislature of a state to perform centralized record-keeping functions for criminal history records and services in the state.
(6) Criminal justice. The term "criminal justice" includes activities relating to the detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, posttrial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders. The administration of criminal justice includes criminal identification activities and the collection, storage, and dissemination of criminal history records.
(7) Criminal justice agency. The term "criminal justice agency"
(ii) a governmental agency or any subunit thereof that:
(8) Criminal justice services. The term "criminal justice services" means services provided by the FBI to criminal justice agencies in response to a request for information about a particular individual or as an update to information previously provided for criminal justice purposes.
(9) Criterion offense. The term "criterion offense" means any felony or misdemeanor offense not included on the list of nonserious offenses published periodically by the FBI.
(10) Direct access. The term "direct access" means access to the National Identification Index by computer terminal or other automated means not requiring the assistance of or intervention by any other party or agency.
(11) Executive order. The term "executive order" means an order of the president of the United States or the chief executive officer of a state that has the force of law and that is promulgated in accordance with applicable law.
(12) FBI. The term "FBI" means the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(13) Interstate Identification Index System. The term "Interstate Identification Index System" or "III System"
(B) includes the National Identification Index, the National Fingerprint File, and, to the extent of their participation in such system, the criminal history record repositories of the states and the FBI.
(14) National Fingerprint File. The term "National Fingerprint File" means a database of fingerprints, or other uniquely personal identifying information, relating to an arrested or charged individual maintained by the FBI to provide positive identification of record subjects indexed in the III System.
(15) National Identification Index. The term "National Identification Index" means an index maintained by the FBI consisting of names, identifying numbers, and other descriptive information relating to record subjects about whom there are criminal history records in the III System.
(16) National indexes. The term "national indexes" means the National Identification Index and the National Fingerprint File.
(17) Nonparty state. The term "nonparty state" means a state that has not ratified this compact.
(18) Noncriminal justice purposes. The term "noncriminal justice purposes" means uses of criminal history records for purposes authorized by federal or state law other than purposes relating to criminal justice activities, including employment suitability, licensing determinations, immigration and naturalization matters, and national security clearances.
(19) Party state. The term "party state" means a state that has ratified this compact.
(20) Positive identification. The term "positive identification" means a determination, based upon a comparison of fingerprints or other equally reliable biometric identification techniques, that the subject of a record search is the same person as the subject of a criminal history record or records indexed in the III System. Identifications based solely upon a comparison of subjects' names or other nonunique identification characteristics or numbers, or combinations thereof, shall not constitute positive identification.
(21) Sealed record information. The term "sealed record information" means:
(22) State. The term "state" means any state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(a) FBI responsibilities. The director of the FBI shall:
(1) appoint an FBI compact officer who shall:
(2) provide to federal agencies and to state criminal history record repositories, criminal history records maintained in its database for the noncriminal justice purposes described in article IV, including:
(b) State responsibilities. Each party state shall:
(1) appoint a compact officer who shall:
(2) establish and maintain a criminal history record repository, which shall provide:
(c) Compliance with III System standards. In carrying out their responsibilities under this compact, the FBI and each party state shall comply with III System rules, procedures, and standards duly established by the council concerning record dissemination and use, response times, data quality, system security, accuracy, privacy protection, and other aspects of III System operation.
(d) Maintenance of record services.
(a) State criminal history record repositories. To the extent authorized by United States Code, title 5, section 552a, commonly known as the "Privacy Act of 1974," the FBI shall provide on request criminal history records (excluding sealed records) to state criminal history record repositories for noncriminal justice purposes allowed by federal statute, federal executive order, or a state statute that has been approved by the attorney general and that authorizes national indexes checks.
(b) Criminal justice agencies and other governmental or nongovernmental agencies. The FBI, to the extent authorized by United States Code, title 5, section 552a, commonly known as the "Privacy Act of 1974," and state criminal history record repositories shall provide criminal history records (excluding sealed records) to criminal justice agencies and other governmental or nongovernmental agencies for noncriminal justice purposes allowed by federal statute, federal executive order, or a state statute that has been approved by the attorney general, that authorizes national indexes checks.
(c) Procedures. Any record obtained under this compact may be used only for the official purposes for which the record was requested. Each compact officer shall establish procedures, consistent with this compact, and with rules, procedures, and standards established by the council under article VI, which procedures shall protect the accuracy and privacy of the records, and shall:
(3) ensure that record entries that may not legally be used for a particular noncriminal justice purpose are deleted from the response and, if no information authorized for release remains, an appropriate "no record" response is communicated to the requesting official.
(a) Positive identification. Subject fingerprints or other approved forms of positive identification shall be submitted with all requests for criminal history record checks for noncriminal justice purposes.
(b) Submission of state requests. Each request for a criminal history record check utilizing the national indexes made under any approved state statute shall be submitted through that state's criminal history record repository. A state criminal history record repository shall process an interstate request for noncriminal justice purposes through the national indexes only if such request is transmitted through another state criminal history record repository or the FBI.
(c) Submission of federal requests. Each request for criminal history record checks utilizing the national indexes made under federal authority shall be submitted through the FBI or, if the state criminal history record repository consents to process fingerprint submissions, through the criminal history record repository in the state in which such request originated. Direct access to the National Identification Index by entities other than the FBI and state criminal history records repositories shall not be permitted for noncriminal justice purposes.
(d) Fees. A state criminal history record repository or the FBI:
(e) Additional search.
(1) If a state criminal history record repository cannot positively identify the subject of a record request made for noncriminal justice purposes, the request, together with fingerprints or other approved identifying information, shall be forwarded to the FBI for a search of the national indexes.
(2) If, with respect to a request forwarded by a state criminal history record repository under paragraph (1), the FBI positively identifies the subject as having a III System-indexed record or records:
(1) In general. There is established a council to be known as the "Compact Council," which shall have the authority to promulgate rules and procedures governing the use of the III System for noncriminal justice purposes, not to conflict with FBI administration of the III System for criminal justice purposes.
(2) Organization. The council shall:
(b) Membership. The council shall be composed of 15 members, each of whom shall be appointed by the attorney general, as follows.
(1) Nine members, each of whom shall serve a two-year term, who shall be selected from among the compact officers of party states based on the recommendation of the compact officers of all party states, except that, in the absence of the requisite number of compact officers available to serve, the chief administrators of the criminal history record repositories of nonparty states shall be eligible to serve on an interim basis.
(2) Two at-large members, nominated by the Director of the FBI, each of whom shall serve a three-year term, of whom:
(A) one shall be a representative of the criminal justice agencies of the federal government and may not be an employee of the FBI; and
(B) one shall be a representative of the noncriminal justice agencies of the federal government.
(3) Two at-large members, nominated by the chairman of the council, once the chair is elected pursuant to article VI(c), each of whom shall serve a three-year term, of whom:
(A) one shall be a representative of state or local criminal justice agencies; and
(B) one shall be a representative of state or local noncriminal justice agencies.
(4) One member, who shall serve a three-year term, and who shall simultaneously be a member of the FBI's advisory policy board on criminal justice information services, nominated by the membership of that policy board.
(c) Chair and vice-chair.
(1) In general. From its membership, the council shall elect a chair and a vice-chair of the council, respectively. Both the chair and vice-chair of the council:
(A) shall be a compact officer, unless there is no compact officer on the council who is willing to serve, in which case the chair may be an at-large member; and
(B) shall serve a two-year term and may be reelected to only one additional two-year term.
(2) Duties of vice-chair. The vice-chair of the council shall serve as the chair of the council in the absence of the chair.
(1) In general. The council shall meet at least once each year at the call of the chair. Each meeting of the council shall be open to the public. The council shall provide prior public notice in the Federal Register of each meeting of the council, including the matters to be addressed at such meeting.
(2) Quorum. A majority of the council or any committee of the council shall constitute a quorum of the council or of such committee, respectively, for the conduct of business. A lesser number may meet to hold hearings, take testimony, or conduct any business not requiring a vote.
(e) Rules, procedures, and standards. The council shall make available for public inspection and copying at the council office within the FBI, and shall publish in the Federal Register, any rules, procedures, or standards established by the council.
(f) Assistance from FBI. The council may request from the FBI such reports, studies, statistics, or other information or materials as the council determines to be necessary to enable the council to perform its duties under this compact. The FBI, to the extent authorized by law, may provide such assistance or information upon such a request.
(g) Committees. The chair may establish committees as necessary to carry out this compact and may prescribe their membership, responsibilities, and duration.
(a) Relation of compact to certain FBI activities. Administration of this compact shall not interfere with the management and control of the Director of the FBI over the FBI's collection and dissemination of criminal history records and the advisory function of the FBI's advisory policy board chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) for all purposes other than noncriminal justice.
(b) No authority for nonappropriated expenditures. Nothing in this compact shall require the FBI to obligate or expend funds beyond those appropriated to the FBI.
(c) Relating to Public Law 92-544. Nothing in this compact shall diminish or lessen the obligations, responsibilities, and authorities of any state, whether a party state or a nonparty state, or of any criminal history record repository or other subdivision or component thereof, under the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1973 (Public Law 92-544), or regulations and guidelines promulgated thereunder, including the rules and procedures promulgated by the council under article VI(a), regarding the use and dissemination of criminal history records and information.
(a) In general. This compact shall bind each party state until renounced by the party state.
(b) Effect. Any renunciation of this compact by a party state shall:
(a) In general. The council shall:
(1) have initial authority to make determinations with respect to any dispute regarding:
(b) Duties of the FBI. The FBI shall exercise immediate and necessary action to preserve the integrity of the III System, maintain system policy and standards, protect the accuracy and privacy of records, and to prevent abuses, until the council holds a hearing on such matters.
(c) Right of appeal. The FBI or a party state may appeal any decision of the council to the attorney general, and thereafter may file suit in the appropriate district court of the United States, which shall have original jurisdiction of all cases or controversies arising under this compact. Any suit arising under this compact and initiated in a state court shall be removed to the appropriate district court of the United States in the manner provided by United States Code, title 28, section 1446, or other statutory authority.
2002 c 269 s 2
The commissioner of public safety or a designee is hereby authorized and directed to do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact.
2002 c 269 s 3
Sections 299C.60 to 299C.64 may be cited as the "Minnesota Child Protection Background Check Act."
1992 c 569 s 18
(1) an act committed against a minor victim that constitutes a violation of section 609.185, clause (5); 609.221; 609.222; 609.223; 609.224; 609.2242; 609.322; 609.324; 609.342; 609.343; 609.344; 609.345; 609.352; 609.377; or 609.378; or
1992 c 569 s 19; 1993 c 238 s 8; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 36; 1995 c 259 art 3 s 5; 1998 c 367 art 2 s 32; 2001 c 202 s 15; 2009 c 142 art 3 s 6
The superintendent is not required to respond to a background check request concerning a children's service worker who, as a condition of occupational licensure or employment, is subject to the background study requirements imposed by any statute or rule other than sections 299C.60 to 299C.64. A background check performed on a licensee, license applicant, or employment applicant under this section does not satisfy the requirements of any statute or rule other than sections 299C.60 to 299C.64, that provides for background study of members of an individual's particular occupation.
1992 c 569 s 21
The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise arise under sections 299C.60 to 299C.63, based on the accuracy or completeness of any records it receives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, if the bureau acts in good faith.
1992 c 569 s 22
(a) The Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Policy Group consists of the commissioner of corrections, the commissioner of public safety, the state chief information officer, four members of the judicial branch appointed by the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and the chair and first vice-chair of the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Task Force. The policy group may appoint additional, nonvoting members as necessary from time to time.
The policy group, with the assistance of the task force, shall file a biennial report with the governor, Supreme Court, and chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees and divisions with jurisdiction over criminal justice funding and policy by January 15 in each odd-numbered year. The report must provide the following:
(b) The executive director, in consultation with the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Task Force and with the approval of the policy group, shall create the requirements for any grant request and determine the integration priorities for the grant period. The executive director shall also review the requests submitted for compatibility to statewide criminal justice information systems standards.
(e) All grant recipients shall submit to the executive director all requested documentation including grant status, financial reports, and a final report evaluating how the grant funds improved the agency's criminal justice integration priorities. The executive director shall establish the recipient's reporting dates at the time funds are awarded.
1993 c 266 s 33; 1994 c 576 s 41; 1997 c 239 art 8 s 17; 1999 c 216 art 2 s 14-19; 2000 c 311 art 5 s 1-4; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 6 s 5,6; 2005 c 136 art 11 s 12-15; 2005 c 156 art 5 s 19,20; 2006 c 212 art 1 s 26 subd 6; 2006 c 260 art 3 s 17; 2007 c 54 art 7 s 8,9; 2009 c 59 art 6 s 15,16; 2009 c 83 art 3 s 18; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2013 c 134 s 26
Sections 299C.66 to 299C.71 may be cited as the "Kari Koskinen Manager Background Check Act."
1995 c 226 art 4 s 13
Before hiring a manager, an owner shall request the superintendent to conduct a background check under this section. An owner may employ a manager after requesting a background check under this section before receipt of the background check report, provided that the owner complies with section 299C.69. An owner may request a background check for a currently employed manager under this section. By July 1, 1996, an owner shall request the superintendent to conduct a background check under this section for managers hired before July 1, 1995, who are currently employed.
The superintendent shall develop procedures to enable an owner to request a background check to determine whether a manager is the subject of a reported conviction for a background check crime. The superintendent shall perform the background check by retrieving and reviewing data on background check crimes. The superintendent shall notify the owner in writing of the results of the background check. If the manager has resided in Minnesota for less than ten years or upon request of the owner, the superintendent shall also either: (1) conduct a search of the national criminal records repository, including the criminal justice data communications network; or (2) conduct a search of the criminal justice data communications network records in the state or states where the manager has resided for the preceding ten years. The superintendent is authorized to exchange fingerprints with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of the criminal history check. The superintendent shall recover the cost of a background check through a fee charged to the owner.
(a) The superintendent shall develop a standardized form to be used for requesting a background check, which must include:
(1) a notification to the manager that the owner will request the superintendent to perform a background check under this section;
(2) a notification to the manager of the manager's rights under subdivision 4; and
(3) a signed consent by the manager to conduct the background check.
(b) If the manager has resided in Minnesota for less than ten years, or if the owner is requesting a search of the national criminal records repository, the form must be accompanied by the fingerprints of the manager on whom the background check is to be performed.
Subd. 4.Manager's rights.
(a) The owner shall notify the manager of the manager's rights under paragraph (b).
(1) the right to be informed that the owner will request a background check on the manager to determine whether the manager has been convicted of a crime specified in section 299C.67, subdivision 2;
(4) the right to challenge the accuracy and completeness of information contained in the report or record under section 13.04, subdivision 4; and
(5) the right to be informed by the owner if the manager's application to be employed by the owner or to continue as an employee has been denied because of the result of the background check.
Subd. 5.Response of bureau.
The superintendent shall respond in writing to a background check request within a reasonable time not to exceed ten working days after receiving the signed form under subdivision 3. The superintendent's response from the search of the Minnesota computerized criminal history system must clearly indicate whether the manager has ever been convicted of a background check crime and, if so, a description of the crime, date and jurisdiction of the conviction, and date of discharge of sentence. If a search is being done of the national criminal records repository, the superintendent shall determine eligibility based upon national records received. The superintendent shall reply to the owner in writing indicating whether the manager is or is not eligible for employment.
Subd. 6.Equivalent background check.
(a) An owner may satisfy the requirements of this section: (1) by obtaining a copy of a completed background check that was required to be performed by the Department of Human Services as provided for under section 144.057 and chapter 245C, and then placing the copy on file with the owner; (2) in the case of a background check performed on a manager for one residential setting when multiple residential settings are operated by one owner, by placing the results in a central location; or (3) by obtaining a background check from a private business or a local law enforcement agency rather than the superintendent if the scope of the background check provided by the private business or local law enforcement agency is at least as broad as that of a background check performed by the superintendent and the response to the background check request occurs within a reasonable time not to exceed ten working days after receiving the signed form described in subdivision 3. Local law enforcement agencies may access the criminal justice data network to perform the background check.
(b) A private business or local law enforcement agency providing a background check under this section must use a notification form similar to the form described in subdivision 3, except that the notification form must indicate that the background check will be performed by the private business or local law enforcement agency using records of the superintendent and other data sources.
1995 c 226 art 4 s 15; 1996 c 408 art 10 s 8-10; 1Sp2001 c 7 s 1,2; 2002 c 321 s 3; 2003 c 15 art 1 s 33; 2003 c 89 s 1; 2009 c 59 art 6 s 17
(a) If the superintendent's response indicates that the manager has been convicted of a background check crime defined in section 299C.67, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), the owner may not hire the manager or, if the manager was hired pending completion of the background check, shall terminate the manager's employment. Except as provided in paragraph (c), if an owner otherwise knows that a manager has been convicted of a background check crime defined in section 299C.67, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), the owner shall terminate the manager's employment.
(b) If the superintendent's response indicates that the manager has been convicted of a background check crime defined in section 299C.67, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), the owner may not hire the manager unless more than ten years have elapsed since the date of discharge of the sentence. If the manager was hired pending completion of the background check, the owner shall terminate the manager's employment unless more than ten years have elapsed since the date of discharge of the sentence. Except as provided in paragraph (c), if an owner otherwise knows that a manager has been convicted of a background check crime defined in section 299C.67, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), the owner shall terminate the manager's employment unless more than ten years have elapsed since the date of discharge of the sentence.
(c) If an owner knows that a manager hired before July 1, 1995, was convicted of a background check crime for an offense committed before July 1, 1995, the owner may continue to employ the manager. However, the owner shall notify all tenants and prospective tenants whose dwelling units would be accessible to the manager of the crime for which the manager has been convicted and of the right of a current tenant to terminate the tenancy under this paragraph, if the manager was convicted of a background check crime defined in:
(1) section 299C.67, subdivision 2, paragraph (a); or
(2) section 299C.67, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), unless more than ten years have elapsed since the sentence was discharged.
Notwithstanding a lease provision to the contrary, a current tenant who receives a notice under this paragraph may terminate the tenancy within 60 days of receipt of the notice by giving the owner at least 14 days' advance notice of the termination date.
(d) The owner shall notify the manager of any action taken under this subdivision.
(e) If an owner is required to terminate a manager's employment under paragraph (a) or (b), or terminates a manager's employment in lieu of notifying tenants under paragraph (c), the owner is not liable under any law, contract, or agreement, including liability for unemployment insurance claims, for terminating the manager's employment in accordance with this section. Notwithstanding a lease or agreement governing termination of the tenancy, if the manager whose employment is terminated is also a tenant, the owner may terminate the tenancy immediately upon giving notice to the manager. An eviction action to enforce the termination of the tenancy must be treated as a priority writ under sections 504B.321; 504B.335; 504B.345, subdivision 1; 504B.361, subdivision 2; and 504B.365, subdivision 2.
1995 c 226 art 4 s 16; 1999 c 199 art 2 s 9; 2004 c 206 s 52
An owner who knowingly fails to comply with the requirements of section 299C.68 or 299C.69 is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
1995 c 226 art 4 s 17
The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise arise under section 299C.68, based on the accuracy or completeness of records it receives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, if the bureau acts in good faith.
1995 c 226 art 4 s 18