1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 1360, the delete everything amendment
1.2(H1360DE1), as follows:
1.3Page 16, after line 5, insert:

1.4    "Section 1. [13.595] GRANTS.
1.5    Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have
1.6the meanings given them.
1.7    (a) "Completion of the evaluation process" means that the granting agency has
1.8completed negotiating the grant agreement with the selected grantee.
1.9    (b) "Grant agreement" means the document that details the responsibilities of the
1.10grantee and the granting agency and the value to be provided to the grantee.
1.11    (c) "Grantee" means a person that applies for or receives a grant.
1.12    (d) "Granting agency" means the government entity that provides the grant.
1.13    (e) "Opened" means the act that occurs once the deadline for submitting a response
1.14to a proposal to the granting agency has been reached.
1.15    (f) "Request for proposal" means the data outlining the responsibilities the granting
1.16agency wants the grantee to assume.
1.17    (g) "Response" means the data submitted by a grantee as required by a request for
1.18proposal.
1.19    Subd. 2. Request for applications. Data created by a granting agency to create a
1.20request for proposal is classified as nonpublic until the request for proposal is published.
1.21To the extent that a granting agency involves persons outside the granting agency to create
1.22the request for proposal, the data remain nonpublic in the hands of all persons who may
1.23not further disseminate any data that are created or reviewed as part of the request for
1.24proposal development. At publication, the data in the request for proposal is public.
1.25    Subd. 3. Responses to request for proposals. (a) Responses submitted by a grantee
1.26are private or nonpublic until the responses are opened. Once the responses are opened,
2.1the name and address of the grantee and the amount requested is public. All other data in a
2.2response is private or nonpublic data until completion of the evaluation process. After a
2.3granting agency has completed the evaluation process, all remaining data in the responses
2.4is public with the exception of trade secret data as defined and classified in section 13.37.
2.5A statement by a grantee that the response is copyrighted or otherwise protected does
2.6not prevent public access to the response.
2.7    (b) If all responses are rejected prior to completion of the evaluation process,
2.8all data, other than that made public at the opening, remain private or nonpublic
2.9until a resolicitation of proposals results in completion of the evaluation process or a
2.10determination is made to abandon the grant. If the rejection occurs after the completion of
2.11the evaluation process, the data remain public. If a resolicitation of proposals does not
2.12occur within one year of the grant opening date, the remaining data become public.
2.13    Subd. 4. Evaluation data. (a) Data created or maintained by a granting agency as
2.14part of the evaluation process referred to in this section are protected nonpublic data until
2.15completion of the evaluation process at which time the data are public with the exception
2.16of trade secret data as defined and classified in section 13.37.
2.17    (b) If a granting agency asks individuals outside the granting agency to assist with
2.18the evaluation of the responses, the granting agency may share not public data in the
2.19responses with those individuals. The individuals participating in the evaluation may not
2.20further disseminate the not public data they review."