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Minnesota Government Data Practices Act Guidelines & Procedures - 2 - City of Lino Lakes INTRODUCTION The Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (MGDPA) gives members of the public, the right to see and have copies of public data that the City keeps. The law also controls how the City keeps government data and what the City tells the public when they ask to see the data the City has. The law says that all the data the City has is public (can be seen by anybody) unless there is a state or federal law that classifies the data as not public. ■ Chapter 13 of the Minnesota Statutes, also known as the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (MGDPA), is the primary resource the City uses in determining the public /not public nature of data. • Unless there is a specific citation from the Data Practices Act or elsewhere in state or federal law, the City presumes that the data is public. • The requestor has the right to view all public data the City keeps. Questions should be directed to the City Clerk's Office at 651- 982 - 2406. I. RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY The person who is the responsible authority and data practices compliance official under the Act for the City of Lino Lakes is Julie Bartell, City Clerk, 600 Town Center Parkway, Lino Lakes, Minnesota. The data practices compliance official is the city employee to whom persons may direct questions or concerns regarding problems in obtaining access to information. The responsible authority has designated certain other city employees to assist in complying with the Act and these designees are noted on Exhibit 1 attached to this report. II. COLLECTION, STORAGE AND DISPOSITION OF GOVERNMENT DATA A. Collection Government data means all data created, collected, received, maintained or disseminated by any state agency, political subdivision or statewide system regardless of the data's physical form, storage media or conditions of use. Government data includes all papers, cards, correspondence, discs, maps,