CONSENT TO RELEASE PRIVATE DATA
Below is an extract of the Minnesota Statutes that explains what data furnished by you is
considered public and private when you apply for an Advisory Commission and if you are
appointed to an Advisory Commission.
13.601 ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS.
Subd. 3. Applicants for appointment.
(a) Data about applicants for appointment to a public body collected by a government
entity as a result of the applicant's application for appointment to the public body are
private data on individuals except that the following are public:
(1) name;
(2) city of residence, except when the appointment has a residency requirement that
requires the entire address to be public;
(3) education and training;
(4) employment history;
(5) volunteer work;
(6) awards and honors;
(7) prior government service; and
(8) any data required to be provided or that is voluntarily provided in an application
for appointment to a multimember agency pursuant to section 15.0597.
(b) Once an individual is appointed to a public body, the following additional items of
data are public:
(1) residential address; and
(2) either a telephone number or electronic mail address where the appointee can be
reached, or both at the request of the appointee.
(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), any electronic mail address or telephone number
provided by a public body for use by an appointee shall be public. An appointee may
use an electronic mail address or telephone number provided by the public body as the
designated electronic mail address or telephone number at which the appointee can be
reached.