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Committee advances bill clarifying remedy for improper destruction of official records
Summary
House File 390 would add a cross‑reference in the Official Records Act to remedies available under the Data Practices Act for improper destruction of official records; the committee adopted a technical amendment, debated retroactivity and remedies, and placed the bill on the general register.
House File 390, presented by Chair Scott, would add a cross‑reference in the Official Records Act directing aggrieved parties to remedies under the Data Practices Act when official records were improperly destroyed.
Chair Scott said the bill "codifies one of Minnesota's Supreme Court's data and records decisions by allowing data requesters to bring suits against government entities that improperly destroy official records before they are approved for destruction." Matt Ealing of Minnesotans for Open Government told the committee the bill merely makes the court's existing rule…
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