Law / United States / 
Minnesota
Public records accessibility: records must be made available to persons with disabilities on request
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Governance
What it requires
- If you are a branch of state government, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the University of Minnesota, or a city, town, county, school district or other political subdivision of the state, make the publicly available recorded information you collect, create, receive, maintain or disseminate available to a person with a disability who asks for it, within a reasonable time and in a manner consistent with state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination against persons with disabilities (Minn. Stat. 363A.42, subds. 1 and 2).
- Make reasonable modifications in the policies, practices and procedures that would otherwise deny individuals with disabilities equal access to records (Minn. Stat. 363A.42, subd. 2).
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What this law does
Section 363A.42 requires the executive, judicial and legislative branches of the state, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the University of Minnesota, cities, towns, counties, school districts and all other political subdivisions of the state to make their publicly available records available to persons with disabilities on request, within a reasonable time.
A violation of section 363A.42 is subject to a penalty of $500 per violation, plus reasonable attorney fees, costs and disbursements, payable to the qualified disabled person who sought the accessible record. Section 363A.42 took effect on .
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