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Metropolitan Council seeks Data Practices coverage for board and senior staff; committee moves bill forward
Summary
House File 1596 would add Metropolitan Council board members and certain senior staff to the Data Practices Act’s list of public officials. The committee voted to refer the bill to the General Register after testimony from Met Council staff and an open-government advocate.
Representative Acom presented House File 1596, a Met Council initiative to add the Metropolitan Council chair, board members and selected senior staff to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act’s definition of public officials, which would make certain employment and investigative records public under existing law.
Judd Shetnan,…
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