HF 4390

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/28/2024 04:35pm

A bill for an act
relating to construction codes; allowing design and installation of water service
lines by licensed well contractors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections
326.02, subdivision 5; 326B.46, subdivision 6.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326.02, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Limitation.

The provisions of sections 326.02 to 326.15 shall not apply to the
preparation of plans and specifications for the erection, enlargement, or alteration of any
building or other structure by any person, for that person's exclusive occupancy or use,
unless such occupancy or use involves the public health or safety or the health or safety of
the employees of said person, or of the buildings listed in section 326.03, subdivision 2, nor
to any detailed or shop plans required to be furnished by a contractor to a registered engineer,
landscape architect, architect, or certified interior designer, nor to any standardized
manufactured product, nor to any construction superintendent supervising the execution of
work designed by an architect, landscape architect, engineer, or certified interior designer
licensed or certified in accordance with section 326.03, nor to the planning for and
supervision of the construction and installation of work by an electrical or elevator contractor
or master plumber as defined in and licensed pursuant to chapter 326B, new text begin nor to the planning
for and supervision of the construction and installation of work by a licensed well contractor
as defined and licensed pursuant to chapter 103I, new text end where such work is within the scope of
such licensed activity and not within the practice of professional engineering, or architecture,
or where the person does not claim to be a certified interior designer as defined in subdivision
2, 3, or 4b.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326B.46, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Well contractor exempt from licensing and bond; conditions.

No license,
registration, or bond under sections 326B.42 to 326B.49 is required of a well contractor or
a limited well/boring contractor who is licensed and bonded under section 103I.525 or
103I.531 and is engaged in the work or business of new text begin :
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new text begin (1) designing and installing water service lines; or
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new text begin (2) new text end installing:

deleted text begin (1) deleted text end new text begin (i) new text end water service pipe from a well to a pressure tank;

deleted text begin (2) deleted text end new text begin (ii) new text end a frost-free water hydrant with an antisiphon device on a well water service pipe
located entirely outside of a building requiring potable water;

deleted text begin (3) deleted text end new text begin (iii) new text end a control valve, located outside the building, on a well water service pipe; or

deleted text begin (4) deleted text end new text begin (iv) new text end a main control valve located within two feet of the pressure tank on the
distribution supply line.