Minnesota § 13.59 - HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT DATA
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 13.59 — HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT DATA, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13.59. HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT DATA
Subdivision 1.Private survey data.
The following data collected in surveys of individuals conducted by cities and housing and redevelopment authorities for the purposes of planning, development, and redevelopment, are classified as private data pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 12: the names and addresses of individuals and the legal descriptions of property owned by individuals.
Subd. 2.Nonpublic survey data.
The following data collected in surveys of businesses conducted by cities and housing and redevelopment authorities, for the purposes of planning, development, and redevelopment, are classified as nonpublic data pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 9: the names, addresses, and legal descriptions of business properties and the commercial use of the property to the extent disclosure of the use would identify a particular business.
Subd. 3.Financial assistance data.
(a) The following data that are submitted to a housing and redevelopment authority by persons who are requesting financial assistance are private data on individuals or nonpublic data:
(1) financial statements;
(2) credit reports;
(3) business plans;
(4) income and expense projections;
(5) customer lists;
(6) balance sheets;
(7) income tax returns; and
(8) design, market, and feasibility studies not paid for with public funds.
(b) Data submitted to the authority under paragraph (a) become public data if the authority provides financial assistance to the person, except that the following data remain private or nonpublic:
(1) business plans;
(2) income and expense projections not related to the financial assistance provided;
(3) customer lists;
(4) income tax returns; and
(5) design, market, and feasibility studies not paid for with public funds.
Subd. 4.Definition.
For purposes of this section, "housing and redevelopment authority" has the meaning given in section 469.002, subdivision 2, and includes a government entity exercising powers under sections 469.001 to 469.047.
History:
1984 c 436 s 26; 1999 c 227 s 22; 2001 c 202 s 6
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