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Advisory Opinion 00-051 00-051

November 3, 2000 · November 3, 2000; City of Inver Grove Heights

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Inver Grove Heights respond appropriately to requests for access to data made on June 20, 2000, and July 19, 2000?

Copy costs Existence of data Response to data requests #Data not found #Misplaced or lost documents
Advisory Opinion 00-048 00-048

October 26, 2000 · October 26, 2000; School District 284 (Wayzata)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, was School District 284's, Wayzata, August 17, 2000, response to a June 14, 2000, request for access to data, appropriate?

Copy costs Existence of data Redaction Response to data requests #Redaction (See also: Multiple data subjects; Separation of data) #Requestor must be informed
Advisory Opinion 00-047 00-047

October 23, 2000 · October 23, 2000; School District 11 (Anoka-Hennepin)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Independent School District 11, Anoka-Hennepin, respond appropriately to an August 21, 2000, request to inspect public government data?

Personnel data Response to data requests #Inextricably intertwined data (See also: Northwest Publications, Inc. v. City of Bloomington, 499 N.W.2d 509) #Public and not public data #Summary data
Advisory Opinion 00-046 00-046

October 20, 2000 · October 20, 2000; School District 11 (Anoka-Hennepin)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Independent School District 11, Anoka-Hennepin, respond appropriately to a May 18, 2000, request for copies of public government data?

Copy costs Educational data Response to data requests
Advisory Opinion 00-042 00-042

October 16, 2000 · October 16, 2000; Ramsey/Washington County Suburban Cable Commission

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Ramsey/Washington County Suburban Cable Commission respond appropriately to a request for access to inspect and/or obtain a copy of a videotape of a particular televis…

Inspection Response to data requests #Cable Commission #Classification (subd. 2) #Copyright #Copyright #Form of records

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#Intellectual property (See also: Proprietary information)
Advisory Opinion 00-041 00-041

October 3, 2000 · October 3, 2000; Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, has the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources responded appropriately to requests for access to government data made on October 20, 1998, and June 7, 2000?

Requests for data Response to data requests
Advisory Opinion 00-040 00-040

October 2, 2000 · October 2, 2000; School District 284 (Wayzata)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, has School District 284, Wayzata, responded appropriately to a June 14, 2000, request for access to data?

Response to data requests #Untimely, generally
Advisory Opinion 00-039 00-039

September 19, 2000 · September 19, 2000; Ramsey County

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, and Minnesota Statutes section 144.226, may Ramsey County charge a fee for inspection of vital records?

Requests for data #Reason/justify request and identity not required (13.05, subd. 12) #Vital records
Advisory Opinion 00-034 00-034

August 15, 2000 · August 15, 2000; Blue Earth County

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Blue Earth County respond appropriately to a request to gain access to two books prepared by the following land viewers: W.A. Frederickson and Bert Hanson?

Requests for data #To responsible authority or designated person, required
Advisory Opinion 00-033 00-033

August 15, 2000 · August 15, 2000; City of Ely

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Ely respond appropriately to an April 19, 2000, request for access to data? Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Ely respond appropriate…

Inspection Requests for data #Entity responsibility #Reasonable time and place (1205.0300, subp. 3)
Advisory Opinion 00-030 00-030

August 1, 2000 · August 1, 2000; City of Greenwood

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Greenwood respond appropriately to a May 24, 2000, request for access to a copy of the minutes of the May 2, 2000, Greenwood City Council Meeting? Pursuant to …

Response to data requests #Draft documents #Minutes, personal notes
Advisory Opinion 00-028 00-028

August 1, 2000 · August 1, 2000; City of Greenwood

Pursuant to Minnesota Statues, Chapter 13, is it appropriate for the City of Greenwood to require approval from the Mayor before the City processes requests for access to public government data? Pursuant to Minnesota St…

Inspection Responsible authority #Duties, generally #Free of charge #Ordinances
Advisory Opinion 00-027 00-027

July 27, 2000 · July 27, 2000; City of Oakdale

Are the City of Oakdale's charges of $616.81+ $136.70 for copies of public government data allowable under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13?

Copy costs #Employee wage/labor cost #Justification of costs
Advisory Opinion 00-026 00-026

July 12, 2000 · July 12, 2000; City of Greenwood

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, may the City of Greenwood require a $50.00 deposit as part of a request to inspect government data? Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, has the City of Greenwood respo…

Inspection Requests for data #Entity responsibility #Free of charge #Ordinances
Advisory Opinion 00-020 00-020

June 16, 2000 · June 16, 2000; School District 32 (Blackduck)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the data contained in a student petition that criticizes the performance of a District employee? Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, may …

Educational data Open Meeting Law Personnel data Requests for data #Data revealed in request determines entity response #Open meeting #Open Meeting Law #Record of meeting #School boards

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#Status
Advisory Opinion 00-019 00-019

June 16, 2000 · June 16, 2000; Minnesota Department of Transportation

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, are e-mails generated or received by Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) employees and that contain information about the Hiawatha Light Rail Transit (LRT) project…

Electronic data Inspection #Electronic data, email #Email/internet #Regardless of physical form
Advisory Opinion 00-018 00-018

June 12, 2000 · June 12, 2000; School District 11 (Anoka-Hennepin)

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Independent School District 11, Anoka-Hennepin, respond properly, i.e., did the District fully comply with an April 10, 2000, request for access to data?

Requests for data #Requestor responsibility
Advisory Opinion 00-017 00-017

June 1, 2000 · June 1, 2000; Minnesota Department of Transportation

Did the Minnesota Department of Transportation respond appropriately to a January 14, 2000, request for access to data pertaining to Light Rail Transit in the Hiawatha Corridor?

Copy costs Existence of data Response to data requests #Requestor must be informed
Advisory Opinion 00-016 00-016

June 1, 2000 · June 1, 2000; City of Woodbury

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Woodbury respond properly to a verbal request of September 20, 1999, and a written request of October 20, 1999, for access to public data?

Requests for data #Sufficiency of request
Advisory Opinion 00-015 00-015

May 26, 2000 · May 26, 2000; City of Greenwood

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, may the City of Greenwood require a $50.00 deposit and charge a mininum data access fee in response to t request to inspect public data?

Inspection #Ordinances
Advisory Opinion 00-014 00-014

May 3, 2000 · May 3, 2000; School District 31 (Bemidji)

Does the position taken by School District 31, Bemidji, as described in the memorandum regarding

Educational data Summary data #Combining data elements may uniquely identify an individual #Expulsion
Advisory Opinion 00-011 00-011

April 6, 2000 · April 6, 2000; South Lake Minnetonka Public Safety Department

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the South Lake Minnetonka Public Safety Department respond properly to a request to inspect the public data contained in the Department's so-called log sheets?

Law enforcement data Legislative authority and intent Statutory construction (Ch. 645) Summary data #Dispatch logs #Later enacted statute #Physical data access (13.82, subd. 16 / subd. 9) #Public and not public data #Separation of public, not public data

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#Summary data (See also: Educational data - Summary data)
Advisory Opinion 00-008 00-008

March 13, 2000 · March 13, 2000; City of Roseville

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, has the City of Roseville responded appropriately to requests for access to the following data:

Requests for data #Entity responsibility
Advisory Opinion 00-006 00-006

March 10, 2000 · March 10, 2000; St. Louis County

Does St. Louis County's requirement of a subscription agreement and fee of $600 to gain access, via the Internet, to inspect certain real property and property tax data hamper, infringe, or violate the requestor's right…

Electronic data Inspection #Copyright #Electronic data, email #Enhanced data #Intellectual property (See also: Proprietary information) #Remote access

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#Remote access #Subscription fees
Advisory Opinion 99-047 99-047

December 9, 1999 · December 9, 1999; City of Appleton

Did the City of Appleton respond appropriately to a September 16, 1999, request for access to data?

Response to data requests #Corrections and detention data (13.85) #Proprietary information (See also: Intellectual property)

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