1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; exempting minor league baseball players from 
1.3 	minimum wage and overtime requirements; modifying construction codes and 
1.4 	licensing provisions; extending unemployment insurance for certain iron ore 
1.5 	workers; appropriating money for the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute; 
1.6 	modifying an appropriation for the Rural Cancer Institute; establishing a temporary 
1.7 	waiver in the extended employment program;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, 
1.8 	sections 177.23, subdivision 7; 326B.107, subdivision 2; 326B.32, subdivision 2; 
1.9 	326B.33, subdivisions 4, 19; 326B.36, subdivision 3; 326B.37, subdivision 7; 
1.10 	Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 326B.37, subdivisions 5, 6; repealing 
1.11 	Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 326B.31, subdivision 7; 326B.33, subdivisions 
1.12 	3, 5, 6.
1.13 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.14 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 177.23, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.15 		Subd. 7.Employee. "Employee" means any individual employed by an employer but 
1.16 	does not include:
1.17 	(1) two or fewer specified individuals employed at any given time in agriculture on a 
1.18 	farming unit or operation who are paid a salary;
1.19 	(2) any individual employed in agriculture on a farming unit or operation who is paid a 
1.20 	salary greater than the individual would be paid if the individual worked 48 hours at the 
1.21 	state minimum wage plus 17 hours at 1-1/2 times the state minimum wage per week;
1.22 	(3) an individual under 18 who is employed in agriculture on a farm to perform services 
1.23 	other than corn detasseling or hand field work when one or both of that minor hand field 
1.24 	worker's parents or physical custodians are also hand field workers;
2.1 	(4) for purposes of section 177.24, an individual under 18 who is employed as a corn 
2.2 	detasseler;
2.3 	(5) any staff member employed on a seasonal basis by an organization for work in an 
2.4 	organized resident or day camp operating under a permit issued under section 144.72;
2.5 	(6) any individual employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional 
2.6 	capacity, or a salesperson who conducts no more than 20 percent of sales on the premises 
2.7 	of the employer;
2.8 	(7) any individual who renders service gratuitously for a nonprofit organization;
2.9 	(8) any individual who serves as an elected official for a political subdivision or who 
2.10 	serves on any governmental board, commission, committee or other similar body, or who 
2.11 	renders service gratuitously for a political subdivision;
2.12 	(9) any individual employed by a political subdivision to provide police or fire protection 
2.13 	services or employed by an entity whose principal purpose is to provide police or fire 
2.14 	protection services to a political subdivision;
2.15 	(10) any individual employed by a political subdivision who is ineligible for membership 
2.16 	in the Public Employees Retirement Association under section 353.01, subdivision 2b, 
2.17 	clause (1), (2), (4), or (9), item (i);
2.18 	(11) any driver employed by an employer engaged in the business of operating taxicabs;
2.19 	(12) any individual engaged in babysitting as a sole practitioner;
2.20 	(13) for the purpose of section 177.25, any individual employed on a seasonal basis in 
2.21 	a carnival, circus, fair, or ski facility;
2.22 	(14) any individual under 18 working less than 20 hours per workweek for a municipality 
2.23 	as part of a recreational program;
2.24 	(15) any individual employed by the state as a natural resource manager 1, 2, or 3 
2.25 	(conservation officer);
2.26 	(16) any individual in a position for which the United States Department of Transportation 
2.27 	has power to establish qualifications and maximum hours of service under United States 
2.28 	Code, title 49, section 31502;
2.29 	(17) any individual employed as a seafarer. The term "seafarer" means a master of a 
2.30 	vessel or any person subject to the authority, direction, and control of the master who is 
2.31 	exempt from federal overtime standards under United States Code, title 29, section 213(b)(6), 
3.1 	including but not limited to pilots, sailors, engineers, radio operators, firefighters, security 
3.2 	guards, pursers, surgeons, cooks, and stewards;
3.3 	(18) any individual employed by a county in a single-family residence owned by a county 
3.4 	home school as authorized under section 260B.060 if the residence is an extension facility 
3.5 	of that county home school, and if the individual as part of the employment duties resides 
3.6 	at the residence for the purpose of supervising children as defined by section 260C.007, 
3.7 	subdivision 4; or
3.8 	(19) nuns, monks, priests, lay brothers, lay sisters, ministers, deacons, and other members 
3.9 	of religious orders who serve pursuant to their religious obligations in schools, hospitals, 
3.10 	and other nonprofit institutions operated by the church or religious order.; or
3.11 	(20) any individual who has entered into a contract to play baseball at the minor league 
3.12 	level. This clause applies only during the period in which the individual is covered by and 
3.13 	compensated pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement that expressly 
3.14 	provides for wages and working conditions.

3.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

3.16 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.107, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.17 		Subd. 2.Municipal agreement for all building projects. (a) The commissioner shall 
3.18 	enter into an agreement with a municipality other than the state for plan review, inspection, 
3.19 	code administration, and code enforcement on public buildings and state-licensed facilities 
3.20 	in the jurisdiction if the municipality requests to provide those services and the commissioner 
3.21 	determines that the municipality has enough adequately trained and qualified inspectors
3.22 	persons to provide those services. In determining whether a municipality has enough 
3.23 	adequately trained and qualified inspectors persons to provide the service, the commissioner 
3.24 	must consider all inspectors code enforcement staff who are employed by the municipality, 
3.25 	are under contract with the municipality to provide inspection code enforcement services, 
3.26 	or are obligated to provide inspection code enforcement services to the municipality under 
3.27 	any other lawful agreement.
3.28 	(b) The criteria used to make this determination shall be provided in writing to the 
3.29 	municipality requesting an agreement.
3.30 	(c) If the commissioner determines that the municipality lacks enough adequately trained 
3.31 	and qualified inspectors persons to provide the required services, a written explanation of 
3.32 	the deficiencies shall be provided to the municipality.
4.1 	(d) The municipality shall be given an opportunity to remedy any deficiencies and request 
4.2 	reconsideration of the commissioner's determination. A request for reconsideration must 
4.3 	be in writing and accompanied by substantiating documentation. A request for reconsideration 
4.4 	must be received by the commissioner within 90 days of the determination explanation. 
4.5 	The commissioner shall review the information and issue a final determination to the 
4.6 	municipality within 30 days of the request.
4.7 	(e) A municipality aggrieved by a final decision of the commissioner to not enter into 
4.8 	an agreement may appeal to be heard as a contested case in accordance with chapter 14.

4.9 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.32, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
4.10 		Subd. 2.Powers; duties; administrative support. (a) The board shall have the power 
4.11 	to:
4.12 	(1) elect its chair, vice-chair, and secretary;
4.13 	(2) adopt bylaws that specify the duties of its officers, the meeting dates of the board, 
4.14 	and containing other provisions as may be useful and necessary for the efficient conduct of 
4.15 	the business of the board;
4.16 	(3) adopt the Minnesota Electrical Code, which must be the most current edition of the 
4.17 	National Electrical Code and any amendments thereto. The board shall adopt the most 
4.18 	current edition of the National Electrical Code and any amendments thereto pursuant to 
4.19 	chapter 14 and as provided in subdivision 6, paragraphs (b) and (c);
4.20 	(4) review requests for final interpretations and issue final interpretations as provided 
4.21 	in section 326B.127, subdivision 5;
4.22 	(5) adopt rules that regulate the licensure or registration of electrical businesses, electrical 
4.23 	contractors, master electricians, journeyworker electricians, Class A installer, Class B 
4.24 	installer, power limited technicians, and other persons who perform electrical work except 
4.25 	for those individuals licensed under section 326.02, subdivisions 2 and 3. The board shall 
4.26 	adopt these rules pursuant to chapter 14 and as provided in subdivision 6, paragraphs (d) 
4.27 	and (e);
4.28 	(6) adopt rules that regulate continuing education for individuals licensed or registered 
4.29 	as electrical businesses, electrical contractors, master electricians, journeyworker electricians, 
4.30 	Class A installer, Class B installer, power limited technicians, and other persons who perform 
4.31 	electrical work. The board shall adopt these rules pursuant to chapter 14 and as provided 
4.32 	in subdivision 6, paragraphs (d) and (e);
5.1 	(7) advise the commissioner regarding educational requirements for electrical inspectors;
5.2 	(8) refer complaints or other communications to the commissioner, whether oral or in 
5.3 	writing, as provided in subdivision 8, that allege or imply a violation of a statute, rule, or 
5.4 	order that the commissioner has the authority to enforce pertaining to code compliance, 
5.5 	licensure, registration, or an offering to perform or performance of unlicensed electrical 
5.6 	services;
5.7 	(9) approve per diem and expenses deemed necessary for its members as provided in 
5.8 	subdivision 3;
5.9 	(10) approve license reciprocity agreements;
5.10 	(11) select from its members individuals to serve on any other state advisory council, 
5.11 	board, or committee; and
5.12 	(12) recommend the fees for licenses and certifications.
5.13 	Except for the powers granted to the Plumbing Board, Board of Electricity, and the 
5.14 	Board of High Pressure Piping Systems, the commissioner of labor and industry shall 
5.15 	administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and any rules promulgated pursuant 
5.16 	thereto.
5.17 	(b) The board shall comply with section 15.0597, subdivisions 2 and 4.
5.18 	(c) The commissioner shall coordinate the board's rulemaking and recommendations 
5.19 	with the recommendations and rulemaking conducted by all of the other boards created 
5.20 	pursuant to this chapter. The commissioner shall provide staff support to the board. The 
5.21 	support includes professional, legal, technical, and clerical staff necessary to perform 
5.22 	rulemaking and other duties assigned to the board. The commissioner of labor and industry 
5.23 	shall supply necessary office space and supplies to assist the board in its duties.

5.24 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.33, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
5.25 		Subd. 4.Class B installer. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions 1, 2, and 14, 
5.26 	any individual holding a Class B installer license may lay out and install electrical wiring, 
5.27 	apparatus and equipment on center pivot irrigation booms on the load side of the main 
5.28 	service on farmsteads, and install such other electrical equipment as is approved by the 
5.29 	commissioner. As of December 1, 2027, no new Class B installer licenses shall be issued. 
5.30 	An individual who holds a Class B installer license as of December 1, 2027, may retain and 
5.31 	renew the license and exercise the privileges the license grants.

6.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.33, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
6.2 		Subd. 19.License, registration, and renewal fees; expiration.  (a) Unless revoked or 
6.3 	suspended under this chapter, all licenses issued or renewed under this section expire on 
6.4 	the date specified in this subdivision. Master licenses expire March 1 of each odd-numbered 
6.5 	year after issuance or renewal. Electrical contractor licenses expire March 1 of each 
6.6 	even-numbered year after issuance or renewal. Technology system contractor and satellite 
6.7 	system contractor licenses expire August 1 of each even-numbered year after issuance or 
6.8 	renewal. All other personal licenses expire two years from the date of original issuance and 
6.9 	every two years thereafter. Registrations of unlicensed individuals expire one year from the 
6.10 	date of original issuance and every year thereafter.
6.11 	(b) For purposes of calculating license fees and renewal license fees required under 
6.12 	section 326B.092:
6.13 	(1) the registration of an unlicensed individual under subdivision 12 shall be considered 
6.14 	an entry level license;
6.15 	(2) the following licenses shall be considered journeyworker licenses: Class A 
6.16 	journeyworker electrician, Class B journeyworker electrician, Class A installer, Class B 
6.17 	installer, lineman, maintenance electrician, satellite system installer, and power limited 
6.18 	technician;
6.19 	(3) the following licenses shall be considered master licenses: Class A master electrician 
6.20 	and Class B master electrician; and
6.21 	(4) the following licenses shall be considered business licenses: Class A electrical 
6.22 	contractor, Class B electrical contractor, satellite system contractor, and technology systems 
6.23 	contractor.
6.24 	(c) For each filing of a certificate of responsible person by an employer, the fee is $100.

6.25 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.36, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
6.26 		Subd. 3.Licenses; bond. All inspectors shall hold licenses as master or journeyworker 
6.27 	electricians under this chapter. All inspectors under contract with the department to provide 
6.28 	electrical inspection services shall give bond in the amount of $1,000, conditioned upon the 
6.29 	faithful performance of their duties.

7.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 326B.37, subdivision 5, is amended 
7.2 	to read:
7.3 		Subd. 5.Inspection fee for dwelling. (a) The inspection fee for a one-family dwelling 
7.4 	and each dwelling unit of a two-family dwelling is the following:
7.5 	(1) the fee for each service or other source of power as provided in subdivision 3;
7.6 	(2) $165 for up to 30 feeders and circuits; and
7.7 	(3) for each additional feeder or circuit, the fee as provided in subdivision 4.
7.8 	This fee applies to each separate installation for new dwellings and where 15 14 or more 
7.9 	feeders or circuits are installed or extended in connection with any addition, alteration, or 
7.10 	repair to existing dwellings. Where existing feeders and circuits are reconnected to 
7.11 	overcurrent devices installed as part of the replacement of an existing panelboard, the fee 
7.12 	for each reconnected feeder or circuit is $2. The maximum number of separate inspections 
7.13 	shall be determined in accordance with subdivision 2. The fee for additional inspections or 
7.14 	other installations is that specified in subdivisions 2, 4, 6, and 8. The installer may submit 
7.15 	fees for additional inspections when filing the request for electrical inspection. The fee for 
7.16 	each detached accessory structure directly associated with a dwelling unit shall be calculated 
7.17 	in accordance with subdivisions 3 and 4. When included on the same request for electrical 
7.18 	inspection form, inspection fees for detached accessory structures directly associated with 
7.19 	the dwelling unit may be combined with the dwelling unit fees to determine the maximum 
7.20 	number of separate inspections in accordance with subdivision 2.
7.21 	(b) The inspection fee for each dwelling unit of a multifamily dwelling with three or 
7.22 	more dwelling units is $110 for a combination of up to 20 feeders and circuits and $12 for 
7.23 	each additional feeder or circuit. This fee applies to each separate installation for each new 
7.24 	dwelling unit and where ten or more feeders or circuits are installed or extended in connection 
7.25 	with any addition, alteration, or repair to existing dwelling units. Where existing feeders or 
7.26 	circuits are reconnected to overcurrent devices installed as part of the replacement of an 
7.27 	existing panelboard, the fee for each reconnected feeder or circuit is $2. The maximum 
7.28 	number of separate inspections for each dwelling unit shall be determined in accordance 
7.29 	with subdivision 2. The fee for additional inspections or for inspection of other installations 
7.30 	is that specified in subdivisions 2, 4, 6, and 8. These fees include only inspection of the 
7.31 	wiring within individual dwelling units and the final feeder to that unit where the multifamily 
7.32 	dwelling is provided with common service equipment and each dwelling unit is supplied 
7.33 	by a separate feeder or feeders extended from common service or distribution equipment. 
8.1 	The fee for multifamily dwelling services or other power source supplies and all other 
8.2 	circuits is that specified in subdivisions 2 to 4.
8.3 	(c) A separate request for electrical inspection form must be filed for each dwelling unit 
8.4 	that is supplied with an individual set of service entrance conductors. These fees are the 
8.5 	one-family dwelling rate specified in paragraph (a).

8.6 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 326B.37, subdivision 6, is amended 
8.7 	to read:
8.8 		Subd. 6.Additions to fees of subdivisions 3 to 5. (a) The fee for the electrical supply 
8.9 	for each manufactured home park lot is $35. This fee includes the service or feeder conductors 
8.10 	up to and including the service equipment or disconnecting means. The fee for feeders and 
8.11 	circuits that extend from the service or disconnecting means is that specified in subdivision 
8.12 	4.
8.13 	(b) The fee for each recreational vehicle site electrical supply equipment is $12 for each 
8.14 	circuit originating within the equipment. The fee for recreational vehicle park services, 
8.15 	feeders, and circuits is that specified in subdivisions 3 and 4.
8.16 	(c) The fee for each street, parking lot, or outdoor area lighting standard and each traffic 
8.17 	signal standard is $5. Circuits originating within the standard or traffic signal controller 
8.18 	shall not be used when calculating the fee for each standard.
8.19 	(d) The fee for transformers for light, heat, and power is $15 for transformers rated up 
8.20 	to ten kilovolt-amperes and $30 for transformers rated in excess of ten kilovolt-amperes. 
8.21 	The previous sentence does not apply to Class 1 transformers or power supplies for Class 
8.22 	1 power-limited circuits or to Class 2 or Class 3 transformers or power supplies.
8.23 	(e) The fee for transformers and electronic power supplies for electric signs and outline 
8.24 	lighting is $5 per unit.
8.25 	(f) The fee for technology circuits or systems, and circuits of less than 50 volts, is 75 
8.26 	cents for each system device or apparatus.
8.27 	(g) The fee for each separate inspection of the bonding for a swimming pool, spa, 
8.28 	fountain, an equipotential plane for an agricultural confinement area, or similar installation 
8.29 	is $35 $55. Bonding conductors and connections require an inspection before being 
8.30 	concealed.
8.31 	(h) The fee for all wiring installed on center pivot irrigation booms is $35 plus $5 for 
8.32 	each electrical drive unit.
9.1 	(i) The fee for retrofit modifications to existing lighting fixtures is 25 cents per luminaire.
9.2 	(j) When a separate inspection of a concrete-encased grounding electrode is performed, 
9.3 	the fee is $55.
9.4 	(k) The fees required by subdivisions 3 and 4 are doubled for installations over 600 
9.5 	volts.
9.6 	(l) The fee for a class 4 circuit or system transmitter, receiver, or utilization equipment 
9.7 	is $0.50 for each system device or apparatus.

9.8 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.37, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
9.9 		Subd. 7.Investigation fee: work without electrical inspection request. (a) Whenever 
9.10 	any work for which a request for electrical inspection is required has begun without the 
9.11 	request for electrical inspection form being filed with the commissioner, a special 
9.12 	investigation shall be made before a request for electrical inspection form is accepted.
9.13 	(b) An investigation fee, in addition to the full fee required by subdivisions 1 to 6 and 
9.14 	16 to 18, shall be paid before an inspection is made. The investigation fee is two times the 
9.15 	minimum fee specified in subdivision 2 or the applicable inspection fee required by 
9.16 	subdivisions 1 to 6 and 16 to 18, whichever is greater, not to exceed $1,000. The payment 
9.17 	of the investigation fee does not exempt any person from compliance with all other provisions 
9.18 	of the department rules or statutes nor from any penalty prescribed by law.

9.19 	Sec. 10. IRON ORE MINING ADDITIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 
9.20 	PROGRAM.
 9.21 		Subdivision 1.Availability of additional benefits. Additional unemployment benefits 
9.22 	are available from the Minnesota unemployment insurance trust fund to an applicant who 
9.23 	was laid off due to lack of work on or after November 1, 2025, and before March 15, 2026, 
9.24 	from:
9.25 	(1) an employer in the iron ore mining industry that laid off 40 percent or more of the 
9.26 	employer's workforce on or after March 15, 2025, and before June 16, 2025; or
9.27 	(2) an employer that is in the explosive manufacturing industry and providing goods or 
9.28 	services to an employer in the iron ore mining industry, if the applicant was laid off due to 
9.29 	the cessation or substantial reduction in operations of an employer in the iron ore mining 
9.30 	industry as described in clause (1).
10.1 		Subd. 2.Eligibility requirements. An applicant is eligible to receive additional 
10.2 	unemployment benefits under this section for any week through the week ending March 
10.3 	20, 2027, if:
10.4 	(1) the applicant established a benefit account under Minnesota Statutes, section 268.07, 
10.5 	with 50 percent or greater of the wage credits from an employer as described in subdivision 
10.6 	1, and has exhausted the maximum amount of regular unemployment benefits available on 
10.7 	that benefit account; and
10.8 	(2) the applicant meets the same requirements that an applicant for regular unemployment 
10.9 	benefits must meet under Minnesota Statutes, section 268.069, subdivision 1.
10.10 		Subd. 3.Weekly and maximum amount of additional unemployment benefits. (a) 
10.11 	The weekly benefit amount of additional unemployment benefits is the same as the weekly 
10.12 	benefit amount of regular unemployment benefits on the benefit account established in 
10.13 	subdivision 2, clause (1).
10.14 	(b) The maximum amount of additional unemployment benefits available to an applicant 
10.15 	under this section is an amount equal to 26 weeks of payment at the applicant's weekly 
10.16 	additional unemployment benefit amount.
10.17 	(c) If an applicant qualifies for a new regular benefit account that meets the requirements 
10.18 	of subdivision 4, paragraph (b), before the applicant has been paid additional unemployment 
10.19 	benefits, and the new regular benefit account meets the requirements of subdivision 2, clause 
10.20 	(1), the applicant's weekly additional unemployment benefit amount is equal to the weekly 
10.21 	unemployment benefit amount on the applicant's new regular benefit account.
10.22 		Subd. 4.Qualifying for a new regular benefit account. (a) If, after exhausting the 
10.23 	maximum amount of regular unemployment benefits available as a result of the layoff under 
10.24 	subdivision 1, an applicant qualifies for the new regular benefit account under Minnesota 
10.25 	Statutes, section 268.07, the applicant must apply for and establish the new regular benefit 
10.26 	account.
10.27 	(b) If the applicant's weekly benefit amount under the new regular benefit account is 
10.28 	equal to or higher than the applicant's weekly additional unemployment benefit amount, the 
10.29 	applicant must request unemployment benefits under the new regular benefit account. An 
10.30 	applicant is ineligible for additional unemployment benefits under this section until the 
10.31 	applicant has exhausted the maximum amount of unemployment benefits available on the 
10.32 	new regular benefit account.
11.1 	(c) If the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount on the new regular benefit 
11.2 	account is less than the applicant's weekly benefit amount of additional unemployment 
11.3 	benefits, the applicant must request additional unemployment benefits. An applicant is 
11.4 	ineligible for new regular unemployment benefits until the applicant has exhausted the 
11.5 	maximum amount of additional unemployment benefits available under this section.
11.6 		Subd. 5.Eligibility for federal Trade Readjustment Allowance benefits. An applicant 
11.7 	who has applied and been determined eligible for federal Trade Readjustment Allowance 
11.8 	benefits is not eligible for additional unemployment benefits under this section.

11.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from November 1, 2025.

11.10 	Sec. 11. EXTENDED EMPLOYMENT.
 11.11 	(a) Beginning July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028, the commissioner of employment 
11.12 	and economic development must waive enforcement of Minnesota Rules, part 3300.6005, 
11.13 	subpart 1, item B, for a program participant when:
11.14 	(1) no provider licensed under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245D, that offers employment 
11.15 	supports is available to serve the participant; or
11.16 	(2) waitlists of existing providers licensed under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245D, 
11.17 	result in the inability to access services and the delay could reasonably result in disruption 
11.18 	of services for the participant, potentially jeopardizing the participant's ability to maintain 
11.19 	employment.
11.20 	Nonwaivered participants must be prioritized without being waitlisted for the extended 
11.21 	employment program.
11.22 	(b) To qualify for a waiver under paragraph (a), the program provider must submit a 
11.23 	form, developed by the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of human 
11.24 	services and providers, that:
11.25 	(1) demonstrates or attests to the participant's qualifying circumstances under paragraph 
11.26 	(a); and
11.27 	(2) documents that the individual is receiving separate services from the waiver program 
11.28 	and the extended employment program and that no services are billed or reimbursed by 
11.29 	more than one program.

11.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
11.31 	expires July 1, 2028.

12.1 	Sec. 12. RURAL CANCER INSTITUTE PILOT PROGRAM APPROPRIATION 
12.2 	MODIFICATION.
 12.3 	(a) The appropriation for the Rural Cancer Institute pilot program in Laws 2025, First 
12.4 	Special Session chapter 6, article 1, section 2, subdivision 3, paragraph (bbb), must prioritize 
12.5 	Minnesota clinicians and students. The Rural Cancer Institute may work with clinicians and 
12.6 	students from elsewhere in the United States if the clinician or student receives the 
12.7 	recommendation of a practicing Minnesota oncologist and all care is provided in Minnesota.
12.8 	(b) The appropriations in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for the Rural Cancer Institute pilot 
12.9 	program in Laws 2025, First Special Session chapter 6, article 1, section 2, subdivision 3, 
12.10 	paragraph (bbb), are available until June 30, 2028.

12.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

12.12 	Sec. 13. APPROPRIATION; AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH 
12.13 	INSTITUTE.
 12.14 	$80,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the Agricultural 
12.15 	Utilization Research Institute for legal costs. This is a onetime appropriation and is available 
12.16 	until June 30, 2029.

12.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

12.18 	Sec. 14. REPEALER.
 12.19 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.33, subdivision 5, is repealed effective 
12.20 	December 1, 2027.
12.21 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.33, subdivision 6, is repealed effective August 
12.22 	1, 2026.
12.23 	(c) Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 326B.31, subdivision 7; and 326B.33, subdivision 
12.24 	3, are repealed.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: UES2373-1 

326B.31 DEFINITIONS.Subd. 7.Class A installer. 
 "Class A installer" means an individual who has the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to properly lay out and install electrical wiring, apparatus, and equipment for major electrical home appliances and such other electrical equipment as is determined by the commissioner pursuant to section 326B.33, subdivision 3, on the load side of the main service on farmsteads or in any town or municipality with less than 1,500 inhabitants, which is not contiguous to a city of the first class and does not contain an established business of a master electrician, and who is licensed as a Class A installer by the commissioner. 

326B.33 LICENSES.Subd. 3.Class A installer. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions 1, 2, and 14, any individual holding a Class A installer license may lay out and install and supervise the laying out and installing of electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for major electrical home appliances on the load side of the main service on farmsteads and in any town or municipality with fewer than 1,500 inhabitants, which is not contiguous to a city of the first class and does not contain an established business of a contractor. As of December 1, 2007, no new Class A installer licenses shall be issued. An individual who holds a Class A installer license as of December 1, 2007, may retain and renew the license and exercise the privileges it grants. 

Subd. 5.Coursework or experience. 
An applicant for a Class A or B installer license shall have completed a post high school course in electricity approved by the commissioner or shall have had at least one year of experience, approved by the commissioner, in electrical wiring. 

Subd. 6.Bond. 
Every Class A and Class B installer, as a condition of licensure, shall give bond to the state in the penal sum of $1,000. The bond must comply with section 326B.0921.