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Met Council seeks explicit public-data status for leaders and senior staff; committee advances bill
Summary
House File 1596 would make employment information (name, title) for Met Council members and certain senior staff public data. The committee adopted an author's amendment clarifying appointments and recommended the bill to the Committee on Elections, Finance and Government Operations.
The House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee on March 20 adopted an author’s amendment and advanced House File 1596, a bill to make employment information for Metropolitan Council members and certain senior staff public under Minnesota’s Government Data Practices Act.
Representative Acum, sponsor of the measure, told the committee the bill clarifies which Met Council members and leadership are considered public officials under statutes governing public data and said it would make basic employment…
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