Minn. Stat. § 13.7931
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§ 13.7931 NATURAL RESOURCE DATA CODED ELSEWHERE.
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§ 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. 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 .
§ Subd. 7. Forest industry data. Information that the Department of Natural Resources collects, receives, or maintains through voluntary responses to questionnaires or surveys by forest industry businesses is classified under section 84.0871 .
§ Subd. 1a. Specific location data. 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 .
§ Subd. 7. Forest industry data. Information that the Department of Natural Resources collects, receives, or maintains through voluntary responses to questionnaires or surveys by forest industry businesses is classified under section 84.0871 .
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