Agenda - Economic Development Authority - 02/14/2013

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Neither a sheriff, police chief, any employee of a sheriff or police chief involved in the permit issuing process, nor any certified instructor is liable for damages resulting or arising from acts with a firearm committed by a permit holder, unless the person had actual knowledge at the time the permit was issued or the instruction was given that the applicant was prohibited by law from possessing a firearm. 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 46