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HF 4647

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/28/2022 02:39pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

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Introduction Posted on 03/28/2022

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A bill for an act
relating to labor and industry; providing a licensing fee holiday; appropriating
money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 326B.092,
subdivision 7.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 326B.092, subdivision 7, is
amended to read:


Subd. 7.

License fees and license renewal fees.

(a) The license fee for each license is
the base license fee plus any applicable board fee, continuing education fee, and contractor
recovery fund fee and additional assessment, as set forth in this subdivision.

(b) For purposes of this section, "license duration" means the number of years for which
the license is issued except that if the initial license is not issued for a whole number of
years, the license duration shall be rounded up to the next whole number.

(c) If there is a continuing education requirement for renewal of the license, then a
continuing education fee must be included in the renewal license fee. The continuing
education fee for all license classifications is $5.

(d) The base license fee shall depend on whether the license is classified as an entry
level, master, journeyworker, or business license, and on the license duration. The base
license fee shall be:

License Classification
License Duration
1 year
2 years
Entry level
$10
$20
Journeyworker
$20
$40
Master
$40
$80
Business
$180

(e) If the license is issued under sections 326B.31 to 326B.59 or 326B.90 to 326B.925,
then a board fee must be included in the license fee and the renewal license fee. The board
fee for all license classifications shall be: $4 if the license duration is one year; and $8 if
the license duration is two years.

(f) If the application is for the renewal of a license issued under sections 326B.802 to
326B.885, then the contractor recovery fund fee required under section 326B.89, subdivision
3, and any additional assessment required under section 326B.89, subdivision 16, must be
included in the license renewal fee.

(g) Notwithstanding the fee amounts described in paragraphs (d) to (f), for the period
October 1, 2021, through deleted text begin Septemberdeleted text end new text begin Junenew text end 30, deleted text begin 2023deleted text end new text begin 2022new text end , the following fees apply:

License Classification
License Duration
1 year
2 years
Entry level
$10
$20
Journeyworker
$15
$30
Master
$30
$60
Business
$120

new text begin (h) For the period of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2024, no fees described in paragraphs
(c) to (e) shall apply, except as described in paragraph (i).
new text end

new text begin (i) Notwithstanding the fee amounts described in paragraphs (d) to (f), for the period of
October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2023, the base license fee for business licenses
shall be $120.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin $3,357,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of labor and industry for transfer to the construction code fund under Minnesota Statutes,
section 326B.04, subdivision 1. The base for this appropriation is $4,477,000 in fiscal year
2024 and $0 in fiscal year 2025.
new text end