HF 1746

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/11/2015 11:56am

A bill for an act
relating to health; altering license requirements for well construction; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103I.205, subdivision 4, by adding a
subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103I.205, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

License required.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), (c), (d), or (e),
section 103I.401, subdivision 2, or section 103I.601, subdivision 2, a person may not
drill, construct, repair, or seal a well or boring unless the person has a well contractor's
license in possession.

(b) A person may construct, repair, and seal a monitoring well if the person:

(1) is a professional engineer licensed under sections 326.02 to 326.15 in the
branches of civil or geological engineering;

(2) is a hydrologist or hydrogeologist certified by the American Institute of
Hydrology;

(3) is a professional geoscientist licensed under sections 326.02 to 326.15;

(4) is a geologist certified by the American Institute of Professional Geologists; or

(5) meets the qualifications established by the commissioner in rule.

A person must register with the commissioner as a monitoring well contractor on
forms provided by the commissioner.

(c) A person may do the following work with a limited well/boring contractor's
license in possession. A separate license is required for each of the six activities:

(1) installing or repairing well screens or pitless units or pitless adaptors and well
casings from the pitless adaptor or pitless unit to the upper termination of the well casing;

(2) constructing, repairing, and sealing drive point wells or dug wells;

(3) installing well pumps or pumping equipment;

(4) sealing wells;

(5) constructing, repairing, or sealing dewatering wells; or

(6) constructing, repairing, or sealing bored geothermal heat exchangers.

(d) A person may construct, repair, and seal an elevator boring with an elevator
boring contractor's license.

(e) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter requiring a license or
registration, a license or registration is not required for a person who complies with the
other provisions of this chapter if the person is:

(1) an individual who constructs a well on land that is owned or leased by the
individual and is used by the individual for farming or agricultural purposes or as the
individual's place of abode;

(2) an individual who performs labor or services for a contractor licensed or
registered under the provisions of this chapter in connection with the construction, sealing,
or repair of a well or boring at the direction and under the personal supervision of a
contractor licensed or registered under the provisions of this chapter; or

(3) a licensed plumber who is repairing submersible pumps or water pipes associated
with well water systems if the repair location is within an area where there is no licensed
or registered well contractor within deleted text begin 25 deleted text end new text begin 50 new text end miles new text begin and the licensed plumber complies with
all of the requirements of this chapter and all relevant sections of the plumbing code new text end .

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103I.205, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end

new text begin Revision of prior work. new text end

new text begin The commissioner may not require a person who
possesses a valid well contractor's license at the time a well has been drilled, constructed,
or sealed to redo any of the work performed under the license once a period of ten years
has elapsed since the date the work was completed.
new text end