Minnesota Statutes 13.55 – Convention Center Data
Subdivision 1.Not public classification.
The following data received, created, or maintained by or for publicly owned and operated convention facilities, civic center authorities, or the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission are classified as nonpublic data pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 9; or private data on individuals pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 12:
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 13.55
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Data on individuals: means all government data in which any individual is or can be identified as the subject of that data, unless the appearance of the name or other identifying data can be clearly demonstrated to be only incidental to the data and the data are not accessed by the name or other identifying data of any individual. See Minnesota Statutes 13.02
- individual: includes a parent or guardian or an individual acting as a parent or guardian in the absence of a parent or guardian, except that the responsible authority shall withhold data from parents or guardians, or individuals acting as parents or guardians in the absence of parents or guardians, upon request by the minor if the responsible authority determines that withholding the data would be in the best interest of the minor. See Minnesota Statutes 13.02
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, business trust, or a legal representative of an organization. See Minnesota Statutes 13.02
(a) a letter or other documentation from any person who makes inquiry to or who is contacted by the facility regarding the availability of the facility for staging events;
(b) identity of firms and corporations which contact the facility;
(c) type of event which they wish to stage in the facility;
(d) suggested terms of rentals; and
(e) responses of authority staff to these inquiries.
Subd. 2.Public data.
The data made not public by the provisions of subdivision 1 shall become public upon the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) five years elapse from the date on which the lease or contract is entered into between the facility and the inquiring party or parties or the event which was the subject of inquiry occurs at the facility, whichever occurs earlier;
(b) the event which was the subject of inquiry does not occur; or
(c) the event which was the subject of inquiry occurs elsewhere.
Subd. 3.Exhibitor data.
The names, addresses, and contact persons for individual exhibitors at an exhibition may be withheld at the discretion of the facility to protect the competitive position of the facility or its customers.
Subd. 4.City of St. Paul data.
(a) For purposes of this subdivision, “nonprofit organization” means the nonprofit organization with which the city of St. Paul contracts to market and promote the city as a tourist or convention center.
(b) Data collected, received, created, or maintained by the nonprofit organization in the course of preparing or submitting any responses to requests for proposals or requests for bids relating to events hosted, conducted, or sponsored by the nonprofit organization is classified as nonpublic data under section 13.02, subdivision 9; or private data under section 13.02, subdivision 12, until the time provided in subdivision 2, paragraph (a) or (b). The nonprofit organization is a “civic center authority” for purposes of this section.