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Advisory Opinion 03-014 03-014Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, is it appropriate for a government entity to release responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) with the informed consent of businesses responding to the RFP?
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Advisory Opinion 03-009 03-009Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Minnesota Department of Health respond appropriately to an October 22, 2002, request for access to the following sections in the Operating Agreement of Minneapolis PET…
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Advisory Opinion 02-054 02-054Is Central Minnesota Jobs and Training Services subject to the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13?
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Advisory Opinion 02-041 02-041Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of certain data contained in written materials and a video file that the Minnesota State Lottery maintains?
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Advisory Opinion 02-037 02-037Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 13 and 245, may Independent School District 761, Owatonna, as part of a grant application for funds related to implementation of a children's mental health collaborative, provide…
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Advisory Opinion 02-036 02-036Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, has the Minnesota Secretary of State Office (OSS) responded appropriately to a request to inspect - via downloading - the following data: all UCCs, tax liens, and many other pu…
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Advisory Opinion 02-011 02-011Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13.03, subdivision 3, clauses (c) and (d), has the City of St. Paul sufficiently justified its charge of $600 for a copy of public data in the database for vehicles towed to the C…
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Advisory Opinion 02-004 02-004Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13.03, subdivision 3(d), has Hennepin County sufficiently justified its charge of $13,703 for an electronic copy of the County's property tax records?
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Advisory Opinion 01-094 01-094What is the classification of the following data that the Dakota County Community Development Agency maintains: results of a soil test the County CDA had done as part of the process of evaluating a piece of land for pur…
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Advisory Opinion 01-092 01-092Is the Prospect Park East River Road Improvement Association (PPERRIA) subject to the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13? Is the Prospect Park East River Road Improvement Association (PPERRIA) subject to the…
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Advisory Opinion 01-075 01-075When a request is made for copies of all data contained on a specific public employee's computer, are the contents of the computer
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Advisory Opinion 01-052 01-052When Delta Dental acts under Minnesota Statutes, section 13.04, subdivision 3, to provide access to an individual to welfare data classified as private data on the individual that Delta Dental has generated and stored c…
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Advisory Opinion 01-051 01-051Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Minnesota Department of Public Safety respond appropriately to a request for access to a copy of the audit of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa's gambling operations?
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Advisory Opinion 01-044 01-044Has the Lake Superior Center (Great Lakes Aquarium) responded appropriately to a request for access to public government data by stating that it is not subject to the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13?
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Advisory Opinion 01-043 01-043What is the classification of the following data that Jackson County maintains: data about County employees who recently became Court employees as the result of recently passed legislation?
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Advisory Opinion 01-030 01-030Are the Minnesota Department of Public Safety's - specifically the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's - charges of 1) $250 for a copy of the criminal history database and 2) $15 for a copy of a background check, allowabl…
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Advisory Opinion 01-029 01-029Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of
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Advisory Opinion 00-057 00-057Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Lakeville respond appropriately to requests for data made on the following dates: verbal request on 11/8/99 verbal request on 11/9/99 verbal request on 11/24…
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Advisory Opinion 00-044 00-044Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did County employee Y inappropriately gain access to data about the parent (X) of Y's child on March 1, 2, or 3 of 1999?
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Advisory Opinion 99-045 99-045Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency properly deny access to certain data about complaints made concerning the City of Northfield wastewater treatment plant?
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Advisory Opinion 99-039 99-039Has the Metropolitan Airports Commission complied with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in charging L $.25/page for copies of government data? Has the Metropolitan Airports Commission complied with th…
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Advisory Opinion 99-035 99-035Are the following data, compiled by the affected organization and maintained by the Minnesota Department of Revenue, classified as not public trade secret pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13.37, or any other law:…
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Advisory Opinion 99-027 99-027Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) appropriately deny access to a June 7, 1999, request for access to the staff meeting minutes of its consultant?
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Advisory Opinion 99-022 99-022Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, and Minnesota Statutes, section 375.86, did Hennepin County respond appropriately to the Star Tribune's request for access to a copy of a computer program?
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Advisory Opinion 99-006 99-006Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, did the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry respond appropriately to a December 4, 1998, request for access to certain workers' compensation data?