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Subd. 20. Monitoring. (a) By March 1, 2004, and each year thereafter, the commissioner
must report to the legislature on:(1) the number of permits applied for, issued, suspended, revoked, and denied, further
categorized by the age, sex, and zip code of the applicant or permit holder, since the previous
submission, and in total;
(2) the number of permits currently valid;
(3) the specific reasons for each suspension, revocation, and denial and the number of
reversed, canceled, or corrected actions;
(4) without expressly identifying an applicant, the number of denials or revocations based on
the grounds under subdivision 6, paragraph (a), clause (3), the factual basis for each denial or
revocation, and the result of an appeal, if any, including the court's findings of fact, conclusions of
law, and order;
(5) the number of convictions and types of crimes committed since the previous submission,
and in total, by individuals with permits including data as to whether a firearm lawfully carried
solely by virtue of a permit was actually used in furtherance of the crime;
(6) to the extent known or determinable, data on the lawful and justifiable use of firearms by
permit holders; and
(7) the status of the segregated funds reported to the commissioner under subdivision 21.
(b) Sheriffs and police chiefs must supply the Department of Public Safety with the basic
data the department requires to complete the report under paragraph (a). Sheriffs and police chiefs
may submit data classified as private to the Department of Public Safety under this paragraph.
(c) Copies of the report under paragraph (a) must be made available to the public at the
actual cost of duplication.
(d) Nothing contained in any provision of this section or any other law requires or authorizes
the registration, documentation, collection, or providing of serial numbers or other data on
firearms or on firearms' owners.
Subd. 21. Use of fees. Fees collected by sheriffs under this section and not forwarded to
the commissioner must be used only to pay the direct costs of administering this section. Fee
money may be used to pay the costs of appeals of prevailing applicants or permit holders under
subdivision 8, paragraph (c); subdivision 12, paragraph (e); and subdivision 16, paragraph (c).
Fee money may also be used to pay the reasonable costs of the county attorney to represent the
sheriff in proceedings under this section. The revenues must be maintained in a segregated fund.
Fund balances must be carried over from year to year and do not revert to any other fund. As
part of the information supplied under subdivision 20, paragraph (b), by January 31 of each year,
a sheriff must report to the commissioner on the sheriff's segregated fund for the preceding
calendar year, including information regarding:
(1) nature and amount of revenues;
(2) nature and amount of expenditures; and
(3) nature and amount of balances.