1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; changing copy numbers for legislative manual; 
1.3 	changing provisions for business filings, energy and water use in state facilities, 
1.4 	enterprise sustainability, grant management, pharmacy benefit manager selection, 
1.5 	historic site management, lien notice, public television block grant eligibility, 
1.6 	attorney general civil actions, barbers, and cosmetologists; modifying provisions 
1.7 	for local government elections, organization, investments, personnel structure, and 
1.8 	financing of public projects; dedicating Snow Professionals Appreciation Month 
1.9 	and Hmong American Heritage Week; designating the state sled; extending the 
1.10 	Legislative Commission on Cybersecurity; requiring payment transparency; 
1.11 	defining terms;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 3.888, subdivision 
1.12 	7; 5.02; 5.08; 5.23, subdivision 1; 15.72, by adding a subdivision; 16B.32, 
1.13 	subdivisions 1, 2, by adding subdivisions; 16B.372, subdivision 1; 16B.97, 
1.14 	subdivisions 4, 5; 16B.98, subdivision 11; 16B.991, subdivision 1; 43A.231, 
1.15 	subdivision 5; 118A.09, subdivisions 2, 4, by adding a subdivision; 129D.13, 
1.16 	subdivision 1; 138.669; 154.001, subdivision 2; 154.003; 154.01; 154.02, 
1.17 	subdivisions 1, 4, by adding subdivisions; 154.05; 154.07, subdivision 1, by adding 
1.18 	a subdivision; 154.08; 154.09; 154.11, subdivision 1; 155A.20; 155A.23, 
1.19 	subdivisions 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 18, by adding a subdivision; 155A.25, subdivisions 1a, 
1.20 	5, 7; 155A.27, subdivisions 5a, 10; 155A.271, subdivision 2; 155A.29, subdivision 
1.21 	2; 155A.30, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12; 155A.31; 155A.32; 155A.33, 
1.22 	subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, by adding a subdivision; 268.058, subdivision 1; 
1.23 	365.05; 365.50, subdivisions 1, 2; 367.03, subdivision 2; 367.12; 367.161; 379.01, 
1.24 	subdivision 3; 383A.281, subdivision 13; 383A.283, subdivisions 2, 3; 383A.284, 
1.25 	subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 383A.285, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 10; 383A.286, 
1.26 	subdivisions 2, 3; 383A.288, subdivisions 5, 6; 383A.289, subdivisions 1, 3; 
1.27 	383A.291, subdivision 1a; 383A.292, subdivisions 1, 2; 383A.294, subdivision 6; 
1.28 	383A.295, subdivisions 1, 2; 429.011, subdivision 2a; 429.021, subdivision 1; 
1.29 	444.075, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 15A.082, 
1.30 	subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 1; 
1.31 	10; 43A; 358; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 383A.298; 383A.301; 
1.32 	462.357, subdivision 5; Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 4, article 1, 
1.33 	section 29; Minnesota Rules, parts 2100.2500; 2100.2900; 2100.3000; 2100.3200; 
1.34 	2100.3300; 2100.4500; 2100.5200, subparts 1, 2, 5; 2100.5300; 2100.6000.
2.1 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.2 	ARTICLE 1
2.3 	STATE GOVERNMENT

2.4 	Section 1. [1.1494] STATE SLED.
2.5 	The toboggan is the official sled of the state of Minnesota.

2.6 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.888, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
2.7 		Subd. 7.Expiration. The commission expires December 31, 2028 2035.

2.8 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 5.02, is amended to read:
2.9 	5.02 ASSISTANTS.
2.10 	The secretary of state shall appoint an assistant a deputy secretary of state, who shall 
2.11 	perform all the duties of the office when the secretary is absent or disabled. The secretary 
2.12 	may also employ a chief clerk, a recording clerk, and a stenographer, and at pleasure dismiss 
2.13 	two additional deputies and an executive assistant who, besides the duties indicated by their 
2.14 	titles, shall perform such services in connection with the office as the secretary or the assistant 
2.15 	may require. This section does not increase the complement of the secretary of state.

2.16 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 5.08, is amended to read:
2.17 	5.08 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL.
2.18 		Subdivision 1.Preparation. The secretary of state shall prepare, compile, edit, and 
2.19 	distribute for use at each regular legislative session, a convenient manual, properly indexed, 
2.20 	and containing: The federal and state constitutions; the acts of Congress relating to the 
2.21 	organization of the territory and state; the rules of order and joint rules of the two houses, 
2.22 	and lists of their members, committees and employees; the names of all state officials, 
2.23 	whether elected or appointed, and of all persons holding office from this state under the 
2.24 	national government; the places municipalities where the said several officials reside, and 
2.25 	the annual compensation of each; and statistical and other information of the kind heretofore 
2.26 	published in the legislative manuals.
2.27 		Subd. 2.Distribution. 10,000 5,000 copies of the legislative manual shall be printed 
2.28 	and distributed as follows:
2.29 	(1) up to 20 5 copies shall be available to each member of the legislature on request;
3.1 	(2) 50 12 copies to the State Historical Society;
3.2 	(3) 25 2 copies to the state university;
3.3 	(4) 60 30 copies to the state library;
3.4 	(5) two copies one copy each to the Library of Congress, the Minnesota veterans homes, 
3.5 	the universities, the high schools, academies, seminaries, and colleges of the state, and the 
3.6 	public libraries of the state;
3.7 	(6) one copy each to other state institutions, the elective state officials, the appointed 
3.8 	heads of departments, the officers and employees of the legislature, the justices of the 
3.9 	supreme court, the judges of the court of appeals and the district court, the senators and 
3.10 	representatives in Congress from this state, and the county auditors, recorders, and attorneys;
3.11 	and
3.12 	(7) one copy to each school, to be distributed through the superintendent of each school 
3.13 	district; and
3.14 	(8) the remainder may be disposed of as the secretary of state deems best.

3.15 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 5.23, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.16 		Subdivision 1.Failure to pay filing fee. (a) If a person files an instrument authorized 
3.17 	to be filed with the secretary of state with a payment order or item that is rejected or 
3.18 	dishonored, the secretary of state is may take the actions authorized under this subdivision.
3.19 	(b) The secretary of state is authorized to refuse the filing of further instruments submitted 
3.20 	by that person or on behalf of the business entity or notary on whose behalf the prior 
3.21 	instrument was filed or relating to the same assumed name or trademark filing.
3.22 	(c) If a person makes a filing related to a business entity with a payment order or item 
3.23 	that is rejected or dishonored, the secretary of state is authorized to terminate the business 
3.24 	entity and change the business entity's filing status to inactive.
3.25 	(d) The secretary may also pursue collection of the rejected or dishonored payment order 
3.26 	or item and recover the face amount of the payment order or item, any service fee, and any 
3.27 	additional collection costs incurred to collect the amount. If the payment order or item is 
3.28 	honored, or the delinquent amount is paid, the secretary of state must resume filing 
3.29 	instruments submitted by that person or on behalf of that business entity or notary or relating 
3.30 	to the same assumed name or trademark filing as of the date the payment order or item is 
3.31 	honored and an instrument is presented for filing.
4.1 	(e) The secretary may impose restrictions on the manner of payment that will be accepted 
4.2 	for any future filings.
4.3 	(f) This subdivision does not apply to financing statements filed under chapter 336 or 
4.4 	to an effective financing statement or lien notice filed under chapter 336A.

4.5 	Sec. 6. [10.52] SNOW PROFESSIONALS APPRECIATION MONTH.
4.6 	The month of January of each year is designated as Snow Professionals Appreciation 
4.7 	Month in recognition of the state's desire to honor, recognize, and celebrate the contributions 
4.8 	of snow professionals. Minnesota has thousands of snow professionals who work tirelessly 
4.9 	in winter months to clear snow; keep streets, sidewalks, and recreational paths safe; plow 
4.10 	thousands of miles of roads; and manage ice with salt and sand application. Snow 
4.11 	professionals monitor winter weather and track storms to dispatch appropriate snow removal 
4.12 	crews and equipment. Professional snow services range from small residential shoveling 
4.13 	services to large commercial plowing and deicing for businesses. Snow removal services 
4.14 	represent a significant part of Minnesota's winter economy. The state declares that in order 
4.15 	to educate the public, the governor may promote and encourage the observance of Snow 
4.16 	Professionals Appreciation Month.

4.17 	Sec. 7. [10.5801] HMONG AMERICAN HERITAGE WEEK.
4.18 	(a) May 14 to May 23 each year is an official week of observance to commemorate the 
4.19 	state's valued Hmong American heritage. During the week of observance, all residents of 
4.20 	the state are urged to:
4.21 	(1) recognize and honor the history, culture, traditions, and heritage of the Hmong people; 
4.22 	and
4.23 	(2) acknowledge the contributions of Hmong people to Minnesota.
4.24 	(b) Hmong American Heritage Week honors:
4.25 	(1) the history, heritage, and resilience of the Hmong people, including their longstanding 
4.26 	cultural traditions, their service and sacrifice alongside the United States during the Secret 
4.27 	War in Laos, and their journey as refugees to the United States and Minnesota; and
4.28 	(2) the significant contributions of Hmong Minnesotans in public service, 
4.29 	entrepreneurship, agriculture, education, the arts, and community life and in enriching the 
4.30 	cultural, civic, and economic fabric of the state.
5.1 	(c) The governor is encouraged to issue a proclamation recognizing Hmong American 
5.2 	Heritage Week and encouraging Minnesotans to observe Hmong American Heritage Week 
5.3 	through programs, ceremonies, educational activities, and community events honoring the 
5.4 	history, culture, traditions, and heritage of the Hmong people.
5.5 	(d) Schools, libraries, historical societies, cultural institutions, nonprofit organizations, 
5.6 	community groups, local governments, and residents are encouraged to organize and lead 
5.7 	programs, ceremonies, educational initiatives, and community events that highlight the 
5.8 	history, culture, traditions, resilience, and contributions of the Hmong people.

5.9 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 15.72, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
5.10 	read:
5.11 		Subd. 1a.Payment information requests. (a) Upon written request from a contractor 
5.12 	or subcontractor of any tier that can provide documentation of participating in the public 
5.13 	improvement project, a public contracting agency must provide information regarding any 
5.14 	progress payment, retainage payment, final payment, or other payment made by the 
5.15 	contracting agency.
5.16 	(b) The information provided under paragraph (a) must include:
5.17 	(1) the amount of the payment;
5.18 	(2) the date the payment was made or approved; and
5.19 	(3) a copy of the payment application submitted by the contractor.
5.20 	For highway construction contracts, a copy of the estimate or voucher generated by the 
5.21 	public contracting agency meets this requirement.
5.22 	(c) The public contracting agency must provide the requested information within seven 
5.23 	calendar days of receipt of the request.
5.24 	(d) The public contracting agency must make available to subcontractors the contact 
5.25 	information for the public contracting agency for payment information under this section. 
5.26 	If the public contracting agency has a website, the agency must post the contact information 
5.27 	on the agency's public website for solicitations or bids or on another apparent location on 
5.28 	the agency's website. If a public contracting agency has an automated Internet-based system 
5.29 	to provide this information, the agency may request a requestor to use that system.
5.30 	(e) No cost or fees may be charged to the contractor or subcontractor providing 
5.31 	information required under this section.

6.1 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 15A.082, subdivision 3, is amended 
6.2 	to read:
6.3 		Subd. 3.Submission of recommendations and determination. (a) By September 1 in 
6.4 	each even-numbered year, the Compensation Council shall submit to the speaker of the 
6.5 	house and the president of the senate salary recommendations for justices of the supreme 
6.6 	court, and judges of the court of appeals and district court. The recommended salaries take 
6.7 	effect on July 1 of the next year and July 1 of the subsequent even-numbered year, unless 
6.8 	the legislature by law provides otherwise. The salary recommendations take effect if an 
6.9 	appropriation of money to pay the recommended salaries is enacted after the 
6.10 	recommendations are submitted and before their effective date. Recommendations may be 
6.11 	expressly modified or rejected.
6.12 	(b) By April May 1 in each odd-numbered year, the Compensation Council must prescribe 
6.13 	salaries for constitutional officers, and for the agency and metropolitan agency heads 
6.14 	identified in section 15A.0815. The prescribed salary for each office must take effect July 
6.15 	1 of that year and July 1 of the subsequent even-numbered year and at whatever interval 
6.16 	the council determines thereafter, unless the legislature by law provides otherwise. An 
6.17 	appropriation by the legislature to fund the relevant office, branch, or agency of an amount 
6.18 	sufficient to pay the salaries prescribed by the council constitutes a prescription by law as 
6.19 	provided in the Minnesota Constitution, article V, sections 4 and 5.
6.20 	(c) By April 1 in each odd-numbered year, the Compensation Council must prescribe 
6.21 	daily compensation for voting members of the Direct Care and Treatment executive board. 
6.22 	The recommended daily compensation takes effect on July 1 of that year and July 1 of the 
6.23 	subsequent even-numbered year and at whatever interval the council recommends thereafter, 
6.24 	unless the legislature by law provides otherwise.

6.25 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.26 		Subdivision 1.Alternative energy sources. (a) If the incorporation of cost-effective 
6.27 	energy efficiency measures into the design, materials, and operations of a building or major 
6.28 	building renovation subject to section 16B.325 is not sufficient to meet Sustainable Building 
6.29 	2030 energy performance standards required under section 216B.241, subdivision 9, 
6.30 	cost-effective renewable energy sources or solar thermal energy systems, or both, must be 
6.31 	deployed to achieve those standards.
6.32 	(b) The commissioners of administration and commerce shall review compliance of 
6.33 	building designs and plans subject to this section with Sustainable Building 2030 performance 
7.1 	standards developed under section 216B.241, subdivision 9, and shall make recommendations 
7.2 	to the legislature as necessary to ensure that those performance standards are met.
7.3 	(c) For the purposes of this section:
7.4 	(1) "benchmark" has the meaning given in section 216C.331, subdivision 1, paragraph 
7.5 	(c);
7.6 	(2) "energy" has the meaning given in section 216C.331, subdivision 1, paragraph (h);
7.7 	(3) "energy conservation" has the meaning given in section 216B.2402, subdivision 5, 
7.8 	and for energy sources identified in section 216C.331, subdivision 1, paragraph (h);
7.9 	(4) "energy conservation improvement" has the meaning given in section 216B.2402, 
7.10 	subdivision 6;
7.11 	(1) (5) "energy efficiency" has the meaning given for energy in section 216B.2402, 
7.12 	subdivision 7;
7.13 	(2) (6) "renewable energy" has the meaning given in section 216B.2422, subdivision 1, 
7.14 	paragraph (c), and includes hydrogen generated from wind, solar, or hydroelectric; and
7.15 	(3) (7) "solar thermal energy systems" has the meaning given to "qualifying solar thermal 
7.16 	project" in section 216B.2411, subdivision 2, paragraph (e).;
7.17 	(8) "water conservation" means an action that results in the net reduction of water 
7.18 	consumption;
7.19 	(9) "water conservation improvement" means a project or program that results in the 
7.20 	efficient use and conservation of water; and
7.21 	(10) "water efficiency" means measures or programs designed to use less water to 
7.22 	accomplish the same outcome, including reducing input or wastewater.

7.23 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.32, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7.24 		Subd. 2.Energy conservation goals shared savings program. The commissioner of 
7.25 	administration in consultation with the commissioner of commerce, in cooperation with 
7.26 	one or more public utilities or comprehensive energy services providers, may conduct a 
7.27 	shared-savings program involving energy conservation expenditures on state-owned and 
7.28 	wholly state-leased buildings. The public utility or energy services provider shall contract 
7.29 	with appropriate state agencies to implement energy efficiency improvements in the selected 
7.30 	buildings. A contract must require the public utility or energy services provider to include 
7.31 	all energy efficiency improvements in selected buildings that are calculated to achieve a 
8.1 	cost payback within ten years. The contract must require that the public utility or energy 
8.2 	services provider be repaid solely from energy cost savings and only to the extent of energy 
8.3 	cost savings. Repayments must be interest-free. The goal of the program in this paragraph 
8.4 	is to demonstrate that through effective energy conservation the total energy consumption 
8.5 	per square foot of state-owned and wholly state-leased buildings could exceed existing 
8.6 	energy code by at least 30 percent. All agencies must report to the commissioner of 
8.7 	administration their monthly energy usage, building schedules, inventory of 
8.8 	energy-consuming equipment, and other information as needed by the commissioner to 
8.9 	manage and evaluate the program.

8.10 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.32, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
8.11 	read:
8.12 		Subd. 4.Energy and water data collection. An agency with the custodial control for 
8.13 	a facility must report the material energy and water consumption and cost data for the facility 
8.14 	to the commissioner on a basis determined by the commissioner.

8.15 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.32, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
8.16 	read:
8.17 		Subd. 5.Energy and water goals; conservation improvement plans. An agency must 
8.18 	maintain energy and water benchmarks and goals, developed in partnership with the 
8.19 	commissioner, for buildings under the agency's custodial control. Each state agency must 
8.20 	maintain a plan to implement energy and water conservation improvements, the cost of 
8.21 	which can be recuperated within 15 years from the energy savings achieved by the 
8.22 	improvements, for each facility for which the agency has custodial control.

8.23 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.372, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
8.24 		Subdivision 1.Enterprise sustainability. The Office of Enterprise Sustainability is 
8.25 	established to assist all state agencies in making measurable progress toward improving the 
8.26 	sustainability of government operations by reducing the impact on the environment, 
8.27 	controlling unnecessary waste of natural resources and public funds, and spurring innovation. 
8.28 	The office shall create new tools and share best practices, assist state agencies to plan for 
8.29 	and implement improvements, and monitor progress toward achieving intended outcomes. 
8.30 	Specific duties include but are not limited to:
9.1 	(1) managing a sustainability metrics and reporting system, including setting 
9.2 	enterprise-wide goals, and publishing a public dashboard that allows Minnesotans to track 
9.3 	progress and that is updated annually;
9.4 	(2) assisting agencies in developing and executing sustainability plans; and
9.5 	(3) implementing the state building energy conservation improvement revolving loan 
9.6 	in Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.86 and 16B.87.

9.7 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.97, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
9.8 		Subd. 4.Duties. (a) The commissioner shall:
9.9 	(1) create general grants management policies and procedures that are applicable to all 
9.10 	executive agencies. The commissioner may approve exceptions to these policies and 
9.11 	procedures for particular grant programs. Exceptions shall expire or be renewed after five 
9.12 	years. Executive agencies shall retain management of individual grants programs;
9.13 	(2) provide a central point of contact concerning statewide grants management policies 
9.14 	and procedures;
9.15 	(3) serve as a resource to executive agencies in such areas as training, evaluation, 
9.16 	collaboration, and best practices in grants management;
9.17 	(4) ensure grants management needs are considered in the development, upgrade, and 
9.18 	use of statewide administrative systems and leverage existing technology wherever possible;
9.19 	(5) oversee and approve future professional and technical service contracts and other 
9.20 	information technology spending related to executive agency grants management systems 
9.21 	and activities;
9.22 	(6) provide a central point of contact for comments about executive agencies violating 
9.23 	statewide grants governance policies and about fraud and waste in grants processes;
9.24 	(7) forward received comments to the appropriate agency for further action, and may 
9.25 	follow up as necessary;
9.26 	(8) provide a single listing of all available executive agency competitive grant 
9.27 	opportunities and resulting grant recipients;
9.28 	(9) selectively review development and implementation of executive agency grants, 
9.29 	policies, and practices; and
9.30 	(10) selectively review executive agency compliance with best practices.
10.1 	(b) The commissioner may determine that it is cost-effective for agencies to develop 
10.2 	and use shared grants management technology systems. This system would be governed 
10.3 	under section 16E.01, subdivision 3, paragraph (b).

10.4 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.97, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
10.5 		Subd. 5.Data classification. Data maintained by the commissioner that identify a person 
10.6 	providing comments to the commissioner under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clauses (6) 
10.7 	and (7), are private and nonpublic data but may be shared with the executive agency that is 
10.8 	the subject of the comments.

10.9 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.98, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
10.10 		Subd. 11.Encumbrance exception. Notwithstanding subdivision 5, paragraph (a), 
10.11 	clause (2) (3), or section 16C.05, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (3), agencies may 
10.12 	permit a specifically named, legislatively appropriated, noncompetitive grant recipient to 
10.13 	incur eligible expenses based on an agreed upon work plan and budget for up to 60 days 
10.14 	prior to an encumbrance being established in the accounting system.

10.15 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.991, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
10.16 		Subdivision 1.Criminal conviction. Each grant agreement subject to sections 16B.97 
10.17 	and 16B.98 must provide that the agreement will immediately be terminated if the recipient 
10.18 	is convicted of a criminal offense relating to a state grant agreement. "Recipient" includes 
10.19 	individuals, entities, and key personnel of entities, including board members, officers, 
10.20 	executives, employees, or agents with authority over or access to grant funds, and any 
10.21 	individual in a position of fiduciary responsibility related to the grant.

10.22 	Sec. 19. [43A.205] TRAINING EMPLOYEES ON PREVENTING, RECOGNIZING, 
10.23 	AND REACTING TO FRAUD.
10.24 	The commissioner of management and budget must provide annual training to state 
10.25 	employees on preventing, recognizing, and reacting to suspected fraud or misuse of state 
10.26 	funds. The training must highlight the legal requirements of the employee to report fraud 
10.27 	and must require each employee to sign an acknowledgment that the employee has completed 
10.28 	the annual training, and that the employee is aware of the consequences for failing to report 
10.29 	fraud and to make a payment on a claim or demand in violation of section 609.455.

11.1 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 43A.231, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
11.2 		Subd. 5.Report; savings determination; process for selecting successor pharmacy 
11.3 	benefit manager. (a) The commissioner of management and budget, with the assistance of 
11.4 	an actuarial consultant, shall compare the following: (1) actual, electronically adjudicated 
11.5 	prescription drug costs under the first two years of the contract that begins on January 1, 
11.6 	2023, with a pharmacy benefit manager that was selected by the reverse auction; and (2) a 
11.7 	projection of what prescription drug costs would have been for those same two years under 
11.8 	the pharmacy benefit manager contract in effect from 2018 to 2022, with appropriate 
11.9 	adjustment for any adopted formulary or beneficiary utilization changes. The projection 
11.10 	must use industry-recognized data sources. The commissioner of management and budget 
11.11 	shall report the results of the comparison to the legislative auditor and to the chairs and 
11.12 	ranking minority members of the committees in the senate and house of representatives 
11.13 	with jurisdiction over state government finance and policy by March 1, 2025.
11.14 	(b) The commissioner of management and budget must require the actuarial consultant 
11.15 	to take appropriate measures to ensure that the consultant's work is not compromised by a 
11.16 	conflict of interest.
11.17 	(c) By April 1, 2025, the legislative auditor shall provide a report to the commissioner 
11.18 	of management and budget and to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees 
11.19 	in the senate and house of representatives with jurisdiction over state government finance 
11.20 	and policy. The legislative auditor's report must make a determination as to whether the 
11.21 	commissioner's report accurately performs the comparison required under paragraph (a).
11.22 	(d) The technology platform vendor shall provide to the commissioner of management 
11.23 	and budget and to the legislative auditor the electronically adjudicated prescription drug 
11.24 	data and any other support or assistance required by the commissioner of management and 
11.25 	budget to prepare a report and for the legislative auditor to validate the accuracy of the 
11.26 	commissioner's results of the comparison, by deadlines established by the commissioner of 
11.27 	management and budget and the legislative auditor. Individual-identifying data received 
11.28 	from the technology platform vendor is private data on individuals, as defined by section 
11.29 	13.02, subdivision 12.
11.30 	(e) If the commissioner of management and budget determines that savings on 
11.31 	prescription drug costs were not achieved, based on the comparison required under paragraph 
11.32 	(a), with appropriate adjustment for any adopted formulary or beneficiary utilization changes, 
11.33 	the commissioner may forego the use of a reverse auction for procurement of a successor 
11.34 	pharmacy benefit manager contract. If the commissioner of management and budget 
12.1 	determines that savings have been achieved, the commissioner must select the successor 
12.2 	pharmacy benefit manager contract using the reverse auction process described in this 
12.3 	section. If the commissioner's comparison in paragraph (a) finds that savings are not achieved, 
12.4 	the commissioner's report under paragraph (a) must include the commissioner's findings 
12.5 	that support a determination that savings were not achieved, analysis of the factors that 
12.6 	caused a failure to achieve savings, and recommendations for how savings could be achieved 
12.7 	in the next contract with a pharmacy benefit manager. If the commissioner's comparison in 
12.8 	paragraph (a) is inconclusive, the commissioner may forego the use of a reverse auction for 
12.9 	procurement of a successor pharmacy benefit manager contract.

12.10 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 129D.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
12.11 		Subdivision 1.Distribution. The commissioner shall distribute the money provided by 
12.12 	sections 129D.11 to 129D.13. Annually the commissioner shall make block grants which 
12.13 	shall be distributed in equal amounts to public stations for operational costs. The 
12.14 	commissioner shall allocate money appropriated for the purposes of sections 129D.11 to 
12.15 	129D.13 in such a manner that each eligible public station receives a block grant. In addition, 
12.16 	the commissioner shall make matching grants to public stations. Matching grants shall be 
12.17 	used for operational costs and shall be allocated using the procedure developed for 
12.18 	distribution of state money under this section for grants made in fiscal year 1979. No station's 
12.19 	matching grant in any fiscal year shall exceed the amount of Minnesota-based contributions 
12.20 	received by that station in the previous fiscal year. Grants made pursuant to this subdivision 
12.21 	may only be given to those federally licensed stations that are were certified as eligible for 
12.22 	community service grants through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 2024. Grant 
12.23 	funds not expended by a station during the first year of the biennium do not cancel and may 
12.24 	be carried over into the second fiscal year.

12.25 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 138.669, is amended to read:
12.26 	138.669 CONTRACTS FOR HISTORIC SITE MANAGEMENT.
12.27 	The Minnesota Historical Society may contract with a county, municipality, or a county 
12.28 	or local historical society for the management and operation of sites in the state historic site 
12.29 	network. Notwithstanding section 138.668, the contract may provide for the retention of 
12.30 	admission fees received by the management unit and for grants-in-aid to the management 
12.31 	unit for use in the site's operation and maintenance.

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

13.1 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268.058, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
13.2 		Subdivision 1.Lien. (a) Any amount due under this chapter or section 116L.20, from 
13.3 	an applicant or an employer, becomes a lien upon all the property, within this state, both 
13.4 	real and personal, of the person liable, from the date of assessment. The term "date of 
13.5 	assessment" means the date the obligation was due.
13.6 	(b) The lien is not enforceable against any purchaser, mortgagee, pledgee, holder of a 
13.7 	Uniform Commercial Code security interest, mechanic's lien, or judgment lien creditor, 
13.8 	until a notice of lien has been filed with the county recorder of the county where the property 
13.9 	is situated, or in the case of personal property belonging to a nonresident person in the Office 
13.10 	of the Secretary of State. When the notice of lien is filed with the county recorder, the fee 
13.11 	for filing and indexing is as provided in sections 272.483 and 272.484.
13.12 	(c) Notices of liens, lien renewals, and lien releases, in a form prescribed by the 
13.13 	commissioner, may be filed with the county recorder or the secretary of state by mail, or
13.14 	personal delivery, or by electronic transmission into the computerized filing system of the 
13.15 	secretary of state. The secretary of state must, on any notice filed with that office, transmit 
13.16 	the notice electronically to the appropriate county recorder. The filing officer, whether the 
13.17 	county recorder or the secretary of state, must endorse and index a printout of the notice as 
13.18 	if the notice had been mailed or delivered.
13.19 	(d) County recorders and the secretary of state must enter information on lien notices, 
13.20 	renewals, and releases into the central database of the secretary of state respective databases 
13.21 	established for lien notices, renewals, and releases. For notices filed electronically with the 
13.22 	county recorders, the date and time of receipt of the notice and county recorder's file number, 
13.23 	and for notices filed electronically with the secretary of state, the secretary of state's recording 
13.24 	information, must be entered into the central database before the close of the working day 
13.25 	following the day of the original data entry by the commissioner.
13.26 	(e) The lien imposed on personal property, even though properly filed, is not enforceable 
13.27 	against a purchaser of tangible personal property purchased at retail or personal property 
13.28 	listed as exempt in sections 550.37, 550.38, and 550.39.
13.29 	(f) A notice of lien filed has priority over any security interest arising under chapter 336, 
13.30 	article 9, that is perfected prior in time to the lien imposed by this subdivision, but only if:
13.31 	(1) the perfected security interest secures property not in existence at the time the notice 
13.32 	of lien is filed; and
14.1 	(2) the property comes into existence after the 45th calendar day following the day the 
14.2 	notice of lien is filed, or after the secured party has actual notice or knowledge of the lien 
14.3 	filing, whichever is earlier.
14.4 	(g) The lien is enforceable from the time the lien arises and for ten years from the date 
14.5 	of filing the notice of lien. A notice of lien may be renewed before expiration for an additional 
14.6 	ten years.
14.7 	(h) The lien is enforceable by levy under subdivision 2 or by judgment lien foreclosure 
14.8 	under chapter 550.
14.9 	(i) The lien may be imposed upon property defined as homestead property in chapter 
14.10 	510 but may be enforced only upon the sale, transfer, or conveyance of the homestead 
14.11 	property.
14.12 	(j) The commissioner may sell and assign to a third party the commissioner's right of 
14.13 	redemption in specific real property for liens filed under this subdivision. The assignee is 
14.14 	limited to the same rights of redemption as the commissioner, except that in a bankruptcy 
14.15 	proceeding, the assignee does not obtain the commissioner's priority. Any proceeds from 
14.16 	the sale of the right of redemption are credited to the contingent account.

14.17 	Sec. 24. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 14.18 	The revisor of statutes shall change the section headnote of Minnesota Statutes 2024, 
14.19 	section 16B.32, to "ENERGY AND WATER USE."

14.20 	ARTICLE 2
14.21 	BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS

14.22 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 154.001, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
14.23 		Subd. 2.Board of Barber Examiners. (a) A Board of Barber Examiners is established 
14.24 	to consist of four barber members and one public member, as defined in section 214.02, 
14.25 	appointed by the governor.
14.26 	(b) The barber members shall be persons who have practiced as registered barbers in 
14.27 	this state for at least five years immediately prior to their appointment; shall be graduates 
14.28 	from the 12th grade of a high school or have equivalent education, and shall have knowledge 
14.29 	of the matters to be taught in registered barber schools, as set forth in section 154.07. One 
14.30 	of the barber members shall be a member of, or recommended by, a union of journeymen 
14.31 	barbers that has existed at least two years, and one barber member shall be a member of, 
14.32 	or recommended by, a professional organization of barbers.

15.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 154.003, is amended to read:
15.2 	154.003 FEES.
15.3 	(a) The fees collected, as required in this chapter, chapter 214, and the rules of the board, 
15.4 	shall be paid to the board. The board shall deposit the fees in the general fund in the state 
15.5 	treasury.
15.6 	(b) The board shall charge the following fees:
15.7 	(1) examination and certificate, registered barber, $85;
15.8 	(2) retake of written examination, $10;
15.9 	(3) examination and certificate, instructor, $180;
15.10 	(4) certificate, instructor, $65;
15.11 	(5) temporary teacher permit, $80;
15.12 	(6) temporary registered barber, military, $85;
15.13 	(7) temporary barber instructor, military, $180;
15.14 	(8) renewal of registration, registered barber, $80;
15.15 	(9) renewal of registration, instructor, $80;
15.16 	(10) renewal of temporary teacher permit, $65;
15.17 	(11) student permit, $45;
15.18 	(12) renewal of student permit, $25;
15.19 	(13) initial shop registration, $85;
15.20 	(14) initial school registration, $1,030;
15.21 	(15) renewal shop registration, $85;
15.22 	(16) renewal school registration, $280;
15.23 	(17) restoration of registered barber registration, $95;
15.24 	(18) restoration of shop registration, $105;
15.25 	(19) change of ownership or location, $55;
15.26 	(20) duplicate registration, $40;
15.27 	(21) home study course, $75;
15.28 	(22) letter of registration verification, $25; and
16.1 	(23) reinspection, $100.
16.2 	(c) If the board uses a board-approved examination provider for any portion of the 
16.3 	comprehensive registered barber examination and the provider charges a fee, an examinee 
16.4 	must pay the fee directly to the provider. A fee charged by a provider under this paragraph 
16.5 	is separate from and not included in the fees that an examinee pays to the board.

16.6 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 154.01, is amended to read:
16.7 	154.01 REGISTRATION MANDATORY.
16.8 	(a) The registration of the practice of barbering serves the public health and safety of 
16.9 	the people of the state of Minnesota by ensuring that individuals seeking to practice the 
16.10 	profession of barbering are appropriately trained in the use of the chemicals, tools, and 
16.11 	implements of barbering and demonstrate the skills necessary to conduct barber services in 
16.12 	a safe, sanitary, and appropriate environment required for infection control.
16.13 	(b) No person shall practice, offer to practice, or attempt to practice barbering without 
16.14 	a current certificate of registration as a registered barber, issued pursuant to provisions of 
16.15 	sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 
16.16 	154.28 by the Board of Barber Examiners.
16.17 	(c) A registered barber must only provide barbering services in a registered barber shop 
16.18 	or barber school, unless prior authorization is given by the board.
16.19 	(d) No person shall operate a barber shop unless it is at all times under the direct 
16.20 	supervision and management of a registered barber and the owner or operator of the barber 
16.21 	shop possesses a current shop registration card, issued to the barber shop establishment 
16.22 	address, under sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, 
16.23 	and 154.24 to 154.28 by the Board of Barber Examiners.
16.24 	(e) No person shall serve, offer to serve, or attempt to serve as an instructor of barbering 
16.25 	without a current certificate of registration as a registered instructor of barbering or a 
16.26 	temporary permit as an instructor of barbering, as provided for the board by rule, issued 
16.27 	under sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24
16.28 	to 154.28 by the Board of Barber Examiners. Barber instruction must be provided in 
16.29 	registered barber schools only.
16.30 	(f) No person shall operate a barber school unless the owner or operator possesses a 
16.31 	current certificate of registration as a barber school, issued under sections 154.001, 154.002, 
16.32 	154.003, 154.01 to 154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.28 by the Board of Barber 
16.33 	Examiners.

17.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 154.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
17.2 		Subdivision 1.What constitutes barbering. Any one or any combination of the 
17.3 	following practices when done upon the head, face, and neck for cosmetic purposes and not 
17.4 	for the treatment of disease or physical or mental ailments and when done for payment 
17.5 	directly or indirectly or without payment for the public generally constitutes the practice of 
17.6 	barbering within the meaning of sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 154.162, 
17.7 	154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.28 this chapter: to shave the face or neck using a straight 
17.8 	razor or other tool, trim the beard, clean, condition, cut, color, shape, or straighten the hair 
17.9 	of any person of either sex for compensation or other reward received by the person 
17.10 	performing such service or any other person; to give facial and scalp massage with oils, 
17.11 	creams, lotions, or other preparations either by hand or mechanical appliances; to singe, 
17.12 	shampoo the hair, or apply hair tonics; or to apply cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, 
17.13 	powders, oils, clays, or lotions to hair, scalp, face, or neck. The removal of hair through the 
17.14 	process of waxing is not barbering.

17.15 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 154.02, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
17.16 		Subd. 4.Certificate of registration. A "certificate of registration" means the certificate 
17.17 	issued to an individual, a barber shop, or a barber school that is in compliance with the 
17.18 	requirements of sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, 
17.19 	and 154.24 to 154.28 this chapter.

17.20 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 154.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
17.21 	read:
17.22 		Subd. 7.Straight razor. A straight razor is a razor with a rigid steel cutting blade or a 
17.23 	replaceable blade that is hinged to a case that forms a handle when the razor is open for use.

17.24 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 154.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
17.25 	read:
17.26 		Subd. 8.Waxing. Waxing is the process of removing hair from a part of the body by 
17.27 	applying wax and peeling off the wax.

18.1 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 154.05, is amended to read:
18.2 	154.05 WHO MAY RECEIVE CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION AS A 
18.3 	REGISTERED BARBER.
18.4 	(a) A person is qualified to receive a certificate of registration as a registered barber if 
18.5 	the person:
18.6 	(1) has successfully completed ten grades of education is at least 17 years of age;
18.7 	(2) has successfully completed 1,500 hours of study of which 281 hours are classroom 
18.8 	hours and 1,219 hours are practical hours in a board-approved barber school; and
18.9 	(3) has passed an a comprehensive examination conducted by the board in accordance 
18.10 	with section 154.09 to determine the person's fitness to practice barbering.
18.11 	(b) A first-time applicant for a certificate of registration to practice as a registered barber 
18.12 	who fails to pass the comprehensive examination conducted by the board and who fails to 
18.13 	pass a onetime retake of the written examination, shall complete an additional 500 hours 
18.14 	of barber education before being eligible to retake the comprehensive examination as many 
18.15 	times as necessary to pass.

18.16 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 154.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
18.17 		Subdivision 1.Admission requirements; course of instruction. No barber school shall 
18.18 	be approved by the board unless it the barber school requires, as a prerequisite to admission, 
18.19 	ten grades of an approved school or its equivalent, as determined by educational transcript, 
18.20 	high school diploma, high school equivalency certificate, or an examination conducted by 
18.21 	the commissioner of education, which shall issue a certificate that the student has passed 
18.22 	the required examination, and unless it requires, as a prerequisite to graduation, a course of 
18.23 	instruction of at least 1,500 hours of not more than ten hours of schooling in any one working 
18.24 	day. The course of instruction must include the following subjects: scientific fundamentals 
18.25 	for barbering; hygiene; practical study of the hair, skin, muscles, and nerves; structure of 
18.26 	the head, face, and neck; elementary chemistry relating to sanitation; disinfection; sterilization 
18.27 	and antiseptics; diseases of the skin, hair, and glands; massaging and manipulating the 
18.28 	muscles of the face and neck; haircutting; shaving; trimming the beard; bleaching, tinting 
18.29 	and dyeing the hair; and the chemical waving and straightening of hair.

19.1 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 154.07, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
19.2 	read:
19.3 		Subd. 7.Application review process. (a) Upon receipt of an application to establish a 
19.4 	barber school, the board must consider the application during a meeting that is open to the 
19.5 	public. At the meeting, the applicant must demonstrate that:
19.6 	(1) the contents of the application are true, as required by chapter 154 and the rules of 
19.7 	the board; and
19.8 	(2) the applicant has sufficient financial resources to fund the barber school.
19.9 	(b) The board may deny an application if the board determines that the applicant's 
19.10 	financial resources would be insufficient to:
19.11 	(1) maintain and operate a barber school; and
19.12 	(2) ensure that the barber school would be open long enough for all registered students 
19.13 	to graduate from the barber school.

19.14 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 154.08, is amended to read:
19.15 	154.08 APPLICATION; FEE.
19.16 	Each applicant for an examination shall:
19.17 	(1) make an application to the Board of Barber Examiners or a board-approved 
19.18 	examination provider on blank forms prepared and furnished by it, the application to the 
19.19 	board or the board-approved provider. The application must contain proof under the 
19.20 	applicant's oath of the particular qualifications and identity of the applicant;
19.21 	(2) provide all documentation required in support of the application;
19.22 	(3) pay to the board the required fee; and
19.23 	(4) upon acceptance of the notarized application, present a corresponding 
19.24 	government-issued photo identification when the applicant appears for the examination.; 
19.25 	and
19.26 	(5) file an application with the board no later than the twentieth day of the month 
19.27 	preceding the month when the practical portion of the exam is administered.

20.1 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 154.09, is amended to read:
20.2 	154.09 EXAMINATIONS, CONDUCT AND SCOPE.
20.3 		Subdivision 1.Examination dates. The board or a board-approved examination provider 
20.4 	shall conduct practical examinations of applicants for certificates of registration to practice 
20.5 	as registered barbers not more than six eight times each year, at such time and place as the 
20.6 	board may determine. Additional Written examinations may be scheduled by the board and 
20.7 	conducted by board staff or a board-approved provider as designated by the board.
20.8 		Subd. 2.Documentation required. The proprietor owner or operator of a barber school 
20.9 	must file an affidavit with the board of hours completed by students applying to take the 
20.10 	registered barber comprehensive examination. Students must complete the full 1,500-hour 
20.11 	curriculum in a barber school approved by the board within the past four years to be eligible 
20.12 	for the examination. Barber students who have completed barber school more than four 
20.13 	years prior to application, that have not obtained a barber registration, license, or certificate 
20.14 	in any jurisdiction must complete an additional 500 hours of barber school education to be 
20.15 	eligible for the registered barber examination.
20.16 		Subd. 3.Examinations for registration restoration. Registered barbers that fail An 
20.17 	individual who fails to renew their the individual's barber registration for four or more years 
20.18 	are is required to purchase and complete the "Home Study Course for Barbers" program 
20.19 	that was prepared and approved by the board before the individual is eligible to apply to 
20.20 	take the registered barber comprehensive examination to reinstate the individual's registration.
20.21 		Subd. 4.Examinations for individuals seeking reciprocity. An individual who must 
20.22 	pass the comprehensive examination under section 154.11 must purchase and complete the 
20.23 	"Home Study Course for Barbers" program that was prepared and approved by the board 
20.24 	before the individual is eligible to take the comprehensive examination.
20.25 		Subd. 5.Contents of examination. The comprehensive examination of applicants for 
20.26 	certificates of registration as barbers shall must include:
20.27 	(1) a practical demonstration portion that consists of a haircut and three of the following 
20.28 	practical services that the board shall determine: a shave, a beard trim, a shampoo, a perm 
20.29 	wrap, a facial, or a color application; and
20.30 	(2) a written test. The examination must cover portion that covers the subjects taught in 
20.31 	barber schools registered with the board, including as required by this chapter, applicable 
20.32 	state statute statutes, and rule rules.
21.1 		Subd. 6.Examination grading. The comprehensive examination must be graded as 
21.2 	follows:
21.3 	(1) the grading for the practical portion of the examination must be on a scale of one to 
21.4 	100, with 100 representing a perfect score. A score of 75 must be the minimum passing 
21.5 	score for the haircut portion and 75 must be the minimum passing score for the average of 
21.6 	the remaining parts of the practical examination; and
21.7 	(2) the minimum passing score for the written portion of the examination is 75 percent.
21.8 		Subd. 7.Failure of examination. (a) An individual who does not pass one portion of 
21.9 	the comprehensive examination within a year of passing the other portion of the 
21.10 	comprehensive examination must retake the entire comprehensive examination.
21.11 	(b) An individual who has failed a portion of the comprehensive examination may retake 
21.12 	that portion of the examination within a year of passing the other portion after meeting the 
21.13 	requirements of this chapter, paying any required fees, and making an application to the 
21.14 	board as required by section 154.08.

21.15 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 154.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
21.16 		Subdivision 1.Examination of nonresidents. (a) A person who meets all of the 
21.17 	requirements for barber registration in sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 
21.18 	154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.28 this chapter and either has a currently 
21.19 	active license, certificate of registration, or equivalent as a practicing barber or instructor 
21.20 	of barbering as verified from another state or, if presenting foreign country credentials as 
21.21 	verified by a board-approved professional credential evaluation provider, which in the 
21.22 	discretion of the board has substantially the same requirements for registering barbers and 
21.23 	instructors of barbering as required by sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 154.01 to 
21.24 	154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.28 in this chapter shall, upon payment of the 
21.25 	required fee, be issued a certificate of registration without examination.
21.26 	(b) Individuals without a current documented license, certificate of registration, or 
21.27 	equivalent, as verified in paragraph (a), must have a minimum of 1,500 hours of barber 
21.28 	education as verified by the barber school attended in the other state or if presenting foreign 
21.29 	country education as verified by a board-approved professional credential evaluation provider, 
21.30 	completed within the previous four years, which, in the discretion of the board, has 
21.31 	substantially the same requirements as required in sections 154.001, 154.002, 154.003, 
21.32 	154.01 to 154.162, 154.19 to 154.21, and 154.24 to 154.28 this chapter will be eligible for 
21.33 	examination.
22.1 	(c) Individuals unable to meet the requirements in paragraph (a) or (b) shall be subject 
22.2 	to all the requirements of section 154.05.

22.3 	Sec. 14. REPEALER.
 22.4 	Minnesota Rules, parts 2100.2500; 2100.2900; 2100.3000; 2100.3200; 2100.3300; 
22.5 	2100.4500; 2100.5200, subparts 1, 2, and 5; 2100.5300; and 2100.6000, are repealed.

22.6 	ARTICLE 3
22.7 	BOARD OF COSMETOLOGIST EXAMINERS

22.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.20, is amended to read:
22.9 	155A.20 BOARD OF COSMETOLOGIST EXAMINERS CREATED; TERMS.
22.10 	(a) A Board of Cosmetologist Examiners is established to consist of seven members, 
22.11 	appointed by the governor as follows:
22.12 	(1) two cosmetologists, one of whom is recommended by a professional association of 
22.13 	cosmetologists, nail technicians, and estheticians;
22.14 	(2) two school instructors, one of whom is teaching at a public cosmetology school in 
22.15 	the state and one of whom is teaching at a private cosmetology school in the state;
22.16 	(3) one advanced practice esthetician;
22.17 	(4) one nail technician; and
22.18 	(5) one public member, as defined in section 214.02.
22.19 	(b) All cosmetologist, advanced practice esthetician, and nail technician members must 
22.20 	be currently licensed in the field of cosmetology, nail technology, or esthetology, advanced 
22.21 	practice esthiology in Minnesota,; have practiced in the licensed occupation for at least five 
22.22 	years immediately prior to their appointment, be graduates from grade 12 of high school or 
22.23 	have equivalent education,; and have knowledge of sections 155A.21 to 155A.36 and 
22.24 	Minnesota Rules, chapters 2105 and 2110.
22.25 	(c) Membership terms, compensation of members, removal of members, the filling of 
22.26 	membership vacancies, and fiscal year and reporting requirements shall must be as provided 
22.27 	in sections 214.07 to 214.09. The provision of staff, administrative services, and office 
22.28 	space; the review and processing of complaints; the setting of board fees; and other provisions 
22.29 	relating to board operations shall must be as provided in chapter 214.
23.1 	(d) Members appointed to fill vacancies caused by death, resignation, or removal shall
23.2 	must serve during the unexpired term of their predecessors.

23.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.23, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
23.4 		Subd. 4.Cosmetologist. A "cosmetologist" is any person who, for compensation, 
23.5 	performs the personal services, as defined in subdivision 3 for the cosmetic care of the hair, 
23.6 	nails, and stratum corneum of the epidermal layer of the skin surface.

23.7 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.23, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
23.8 		Subd. 5.Esthetician. An "esthetician" is any person who, for compensation, performs 
23.9 	personal services for the cosmetic care of the stratum corneum of the epidermal layer of the
23.10 	skin surface only.

23.11 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.23, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
23.12 		Subd. 8.Manager. A "manager" is any person who is a cosmetologist, esthetician, 
23.13 	advanced practice esthetician, hair technician, nail technician practitioner, or eyelash 
23.14 	technician, and who has a manager license and provides any services under that license, as 
23.15 	defined in subdivision 3.

23.16 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.23, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
23.17 		Subd. 9.Salon. A "salon" is an indoor area, room, or rooms employed to offer personal 
23.18 	services, as defined in subdivision 3. "Salon" Salon does not include the home of a customer 
23.19 	but the board may adopt health and infection control rules governing practice in the homes 
23.20 	of customers.

23.21 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.23, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
23.22 		Subd. 10.School. A "school" is a place where any person operates and maintains a class 
23.23 	to teach cosmetology instruction or training is offered to the public for compensation. 
23.24 	"School" School does not include a place where the only teaching of cosmetology is done 
23.25 	by a licensed cosmetologist as part of a community education program of less than ten hours 
23.26 	duration, provided that the program does not permit practice on persons other than students 
23.27 	in the program, and provided that the program is intended solely for the self-improvement 
23.28 	of the students that only offers continuing education according to this chapter, additional 
23.29 	instruction or training to licensees on services within the licensee's scope of practice, or 
24.1 	community education programs for personal enrichment and not as preparation for 
24.2 	professional practice.

24.3 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.23, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
24.4 	read:
24.5 		Subd. 10a.School administrator. "School administrator" means the proprietor, if the 
24.6 	applicant is a proprietorship; the managing partner, if the applicant is a partnership; the 
24.7 	authorized officers, if the applicant is a corporation, association, company, firm, society, 
24.8 	or trust; or the dean, principal, or other authorized signatory, if the applicant is a school in 
24.9 	the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system or a secondary school.

24.10 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.23, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
24.11 		Subd. 18.Practitioner. A "practitioner" is any person licensed as an operator or manager 
24.12 	in the practice of cosmetology, esthiology, advanced practice esthiology, hair technology 
24.13 	services, nail technology services, or eyelash technology services.

24.14 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.25, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
24.15 		Subd. 1a.Schedule. (a) The schedule for fees and penalties is as provided in this 
24.16 	subdivision.
24.17 	(b) Three-year license fees are as follows:
24.18 	(1) $195 initial practitioner, manager, or instructor license, divided as follows:
24.19 	(i) $155 for each initial license; and
24.20 	(ii) $40 for each initial license application fee;
24.21 	(2) $115 renewal of practitioner license, divided as follows:
24.22 	(i) $100 for each renewal license; and
24.23 	(ii) $15 for each renewal application fee;
24.24 	(3) $145 renewal of manager or instructor license, divided as follows:
24.25 	(i) $130 for each renewal license; and
24.26 	(ii) $15 for each renewal application fee;
24.27 	(4) $350 initial salon license, divided as follows:
24.28 	(i) $250 for each initial license; and
25.1 	(ii) $100 for each initial license application fee;
25.2 	(5) $225 renewal of salon license, divided as follows:
25.3 	(i) $175 for each renewal; and
25.4 	(ii) $50 for each renewal application fee;
25.5 	(6) $4,000 initial school license, divided as follows:
25.6 	(i) $3,000 for each initial license; and
25.7 	(ii) $1,000 for each initial license application fee; and
25.8 	(7) $2,500 renewal of school license, divided as follows:
25.9 	(i) $2,000 for each renewal; and
25.10 	(ii) $500 for each renewal application fee.
25.11 	(c) Penalties may be assessed in amounts up to the following:
25.12 	(1) reinspection fee, $150;
25.13 	(2) manager and owner with expired practitioner found on inspection, $150 each;
25.14 	(3) expired practitioner or instructor found on inspection, $200;
25.15 	(4) expired salon found on inspection, $500;
25.16 	(5) expired school found on inspection, $1,000;
25.17 	(6) failure to display current license, $100;
25.18 	(7) failure to dispose of single-use equipment, implements, or materials as provided 
25.19 	under section 155A.355, subdivision 1, $500;
25.20 	(8) use of prohibited razor-type callus shavers, rasps, or graters under section 155A.355, 
25.21 	subdivision 2, $500;
25.22 	(9) performing nail or cosmetology services in esthetician salon, or performing esthetician 
25.23 	or cosmetology services in a nail salon, $500;
25.24 	(10) owner and manager allowing an operator to work as an independent contractor, 
25.25 	$200;
25.26 	(11) operator working as an independent contractor, $100;
25.27 	(12) (9) refusal or failure to cooperate with an inspection, $500;
25.28 	(13) (10) practitioner late renewal fee, $45; and
26.1 	(14) (11) salon or school late renewal fee, $50.
26.2 	(d) Administrative fees are as follows:
26.3 	(1) homebound service permit, $50 three-year fee;
26.4 	(2) name change, $20;
26.5 	(3) certification of licensure, $30 each;
26.6 	(4) duplicate license, $20;
26.7 	(5) special event permit, $75 per year;
26.8 	(6) $100 for each temporary military license for a cosmetologist, nail technician, 
26.9 	esthetician, or advanced practice esthetician one-year fee, or eyelash technician;
26.10 	(7) expedited initial individual license, $150;
26.11 	(8) expedited initial salon license, $300;
26.12 	(9) instructor continuing education provider approval, $150 each year; and
26.13 	(10) practitioner continuing education provider approval, $150 each year.

26.14 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.25, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
26.15 		Subd. 5.Board must approve or deny application; timeline. Within 15 working days 
26.16 	of receiving a complete application and the required fees, if any, to apply for or renew an 
26.17 	individual or salon license that is not an expedited license or a military license, the board 
26.18 	must (1) issue the license, (2) deny the license and notify the applicant of the denial, or (3) 
26.19 	if the conditions in subdivision 6 are met, notify the applicant that the board must conduct 
26.20 	additional review.

26.21 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.25, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
26.22 		Subd. 7.Temporary military license or expedited license. Within five business days 
26.23 	of receiving a completed application and the required fees, if any, for an individual or salon 
26.24 	license that meets requirements for an expedited license or a temporary military license, 
26.25 	the board must: (1) issue the license; (2) deny the license and notify the applicant of the 
26.26 	denial; or (3) notify the applicant that the board must conduct additional review if the 
26.27 	application meets the conditions in subdivision 8.

27.1 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.27, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
27.2 		Subd. 5a.Temporary military license. The board shall must establish temporary licenses 
27.3 	for a cosmetologist, a hair technician, a nail technician, an eyelash technician, an esthetician,
27.4 	and an advanced practice esthetician in accordance with section 197.4552, subdivision 2.

27.5 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.27, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
27.6 		Subd. 10.Nonresident licenses. (a) A nonresident cosmetologist, a hair technician, an 
27.7 	advanced practice esthetician, a nail technician, an esthetician, or an eyelash technician may 
27.8 	be licensed in Minnesota if the individual has completed cosmetology school in a state or 
27.9 	country with the same or greater school hour requirements, has an active license in that state 
27.10 	or country, and has passed a board-approved theory and practice-based examination, and 
27.11 	has passed the Minnesota-specific written operator examination for cosmetologist, hair 
27.12 	technician, nail technician, esthetician. If a test is used to verify the qualifications of trained 
27.13 	cosmetologists, the test should must be translated into the nonresident's native language 
27.14 	within the limits of available resources. Licenses shall must not be issued under this 
27.15 	subdivision for managers or instructors.
27.16 	(b) If an individual has less than the required number of school hours, the individual 
27.17 	must have had a current active license in another state or country for at least three years and 
27.18 	have passed a board-approved theory and practice-based examination, and the 
27.19 	Minnesota-specific written operator examination for cosmetologist, hair technician, nail 
27.20 	technician, esthetician. If a test is used to verify the qualifications of trained cosmetologists, 
27.21 	the test should must be translated into the nonresident's native language within the limits 
27.22 	of available resources. Licenses must not be issued under this subdivision for managers or 
27.23 	instructors.
27.24 	(c) Applicants claiming training and experience in a foreign country shall must supply 
27.25 	official English-language translations of all required documents from a board-approved 
27.26 	source.

27.27 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.271, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
27.28 		Subd. 2.Continuing education providers. (a) Only a board-licensed school of 
27.29 	cosmetology, a postsecondary institution as defined described in section 136A.103,
27.30 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), or a board-recognized professional association organized under 
27.31 	chapter 317A may be approved by the board to offer continuing education for credit under 
27.32 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a). Continuing education under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), may 
27.33 	be offered by a:
28.1 	(1) board-licensed school of cosmetology;
28.2 	(2) board-recognized professional association organized under chapter 317A; or
28.3 	(3) board-licensed salon.
28.4 	An approved school or professional association may offer web-based continuing education 
28.5 	instruction to achieve maximum involvement of licensees. Continuing education providers 
28.6 	are encouraged to offer classes available in foreign language formats.
28.7 	(b) Board approval of any continuing education provider is valid for one calendar year 
28.8 	and is contingent upon submission and preapproval of the lesson plan or plans with learning 
28.9 	objectives for the class to be offered and the payment of the application fee in section 
28.10 	155A.25, subdivision 1a, paragraph (d), clause (10). The board shall must maintain a list 
28.11 	of approved providers and courses on the board's website. The board may revoke 
28.12 	authorization of a continuing education provider at any time for just cause and the board 
28.13 	may demand return of documents required under subdivision 3.

28.14 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.29, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
28.15 		Subd. 2.Requirements.  The conditions and process by which a salon is licensed shall
28.16 	must be established by the board by rule. In addition to those requirements, no a license 
28.17 	shall must not be issued unless the board first determines that the conditions in clauses (1) 
28.18 	to (4) have been satisfied:
28.19 	(1) compliance with all local and state laws, particularly relating to matters of infection 
28.20 	control, health, and safety;
28.21 	(2) the employment appointment of a manager, as defined in section 155A.23, subdivision 
28.22 	8;
28.23 	(3) if applicable, evidence of compliance with workers' compensation section 176.182; 
28.24 	and
28.25 	(4) evidence of continued professional liability insurance coverage of at least $25,000 
28.26 	for each claim and $50,000 total coverage for each policy year for each operator practitioner.

28.27 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.30, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
28.28 		Subd. 3.Applications. Application for a license shall must be prepared on forms 
28.29 	furnished by the board and shall must contain the following and such other information as 
28.30 	may be required:
29.1 	(1) the name of the school, together with ownership and controlling officers, members, 
29.2 	and managing employees;
29.3 	(2) the specific fields of instruction which will be offered and reconciliation of the course 
29.4 	content and length to meet the minimum standards, as prescribed in subdivision 2;
29.5 	(3) the place or places where instruction will be given;
29.6 	(4) a listing of the equipment available for instruction in each course offered;
29.7 	(5) the maximum enrollment to be accommodated;
29.8 	(6) a listing of instructors, all of whom shall must be licensed as provided in section 
29.9 	155A.27, subdivision 2, except that any school may use occasional instructors or lecturers 
29.10 	who would add to the general or specialized knowledge of the students but who need not 
29.11 	be licensed;
29.12 	(7) a current balance sheet, income statement or documentation to show sufficient 
29.13 	financial worth and responsibility to properly conduct a school and to assure financial 
29.14 	resources ample to meet the school's financial obligations;
29.15 	(8) other financial guarantees which that would assure protection of the public as 
29.16 	determined by rule; and
29.17 	(9) a copy of all written material which materials that the school uses to solicit prospective 
29.18 	students, including but not limited to a tuition and fee schedule, and all catalogues, brochures 
29.19 	and other recruitment advertisements. Each school shall annually, on a date determined by 
29.20 	the board, file with the board any new or amended materials which it has distributed during 
29.21 	the past year for prospective student enrollment, including the enrollment contract, the 
29.22 	student handbook, and tuition and fee information.

29.23 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.30, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
29.24 		Subd. 4.Verification of application. Each application shall must be signed and certified 
29.25 	to under oath by the proprietor if the applicant is a proprietorship, by the managing partner 
29.26 	if the applicant is a partnership, or by the authorized officers of the applicant if the applicant 
29.27 	is a corporation, association, company, firm, society or trust a school administrator as defined 
29.28 	in section 155A.23, subdivision 10a.

29.29 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.30, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
29.30 		Subd. 5.Conditions precedent to issuance. A license must not be issued unless the 
29.31 	board first determines that the applicant has met the requirements in clauses (1) to (9):
30.1 	(1) the applicant must have a sound financial condition with sufficient resources available 
30.2 	to meet the school's financial obligations; to refund all tuition and other charges, within a 
30.3 	reasonable period of time, in the event of dissolution of the school or in the event of any 
30.4 	justifiable claims for refund against the school; to provide adequate service to its students 
30.5 	and prospective students; and to maintain proper use and support of the school;
30.6 	(2) the applicant must have satisfactory training facilities with sufficient tools and 
30.7 	equipment and the necessary number of work stations to adequately train the students 
30.8 	currently enrolled, and those proposed to be enrolled;
30.9 	(3) the applicant must employ a sufficient number of qualified instructors trained by 
30.10 	experience and education to give the training contemplated;
30.11 	(4) the premises and conditions under which the students work and study must be sanitary, 
30.12 	healthful, and safe according to modern standards;
30.13 	(5) each occupational course or program of instruction or study must be of such quality 
30.14 	and content as to provide education and training that will adequately prepare enrolled 
30.15 	students for testing, licensing, and entry level positions;
30.16 	(6) the school must have coverage by professional liability insurance of at least $25,000 
30.17 	per incident and an accumulation of $150,000 for each premium year;
30.18 	(7) the applicant shall must provide evidence of the school's compliance with section 
30.19 	176.182;
30.20 	(8) the applicant, except the state and its political subdivisions as described in section 
30.21 	13.02, subdivision 11, must file with the board a continuous corporate surety bond in the 
30.22 	amount of no less than ten percent of the preceding year's gross income from student tuition, 
30.23 	fees, and other required institutional charges, but in no event less than $10,000, conditioned 
30.24 	upon the faithful performance of all contracts and agreements with students made by the 
30.25 	applicant. New schools must base the bond amount on the anticipated gross income from 
30.26 	student tuition, fees, and other required institutional charges for the third year of operation, 
30.27 	but in no event less than $10,000. The applicant must compute the amount of the surety 
30.28 	bond and verify that the amount of the surety bond complies with this subdivision. The 
30.29 	bond shall must run to the board and to any person who may have a cause of action against 
30.30 	the applicant arising at any time after the bond is filed and before it is canceled for breach 
30.31 	of any contract or agreement made by the applicant with any student. The surety of the bond 
30.32 	may cancel it upon giving 60 days' notice in writing to the board and shall must be relieved 
30.33 	of liability for any breach of condition occurring after the effective date of cancellation; 
30.34 	and
31.1 	(9) the applicant must appoint a designated school manager.

31.2 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.30, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
31.3 		Subd. 6.Fees; renewals. (a) Applications for initial license under sections 155A.21 to 
31.4 	155A.36shall must be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee set forth in section 
31.5 	155A.25.
31.6 	(b) License duration shall must be three years. Each renewal application shall must be 
31.7 	accompanied by a nonrefundable renewal fee set forth in section 155A.25.
31.8 	(c) Application for renewal of license shall must be made as provided in rules adopted 
31.9 	by the board and on forms supplied by the board.

31.10 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.30, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
31.11 		Subd. 7.Inspections. All schools may be inspected as often as the board considers 
31.12 	necessary to affirm compliance. The board shall have has the authority to assess the cost of 
31.13 	the inspection to the school.

31.14 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.30, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
31.15 		Subd. 8.List of licensed schools; availability. The board shall must maintain and make 
31.16 	available to the public a list of licensed schools.

31.17 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.30, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
31.18 		Subd. 9.Separation of School and professional departments salon separation. A 
31.19 	school shall must display in the entrance reception room of its the school's student section 
31.20 	a sign prominently and conspicuously indicating that all work therein is done performed
31.21 	exclusively by students. Professional departments of a school shall be run Any salon or 
31.22 	business on the same premises as a school must be operated as an entirely separate and 
31.23 	distinct businesses business and shall must have a separate entrances. entrance from the 
31.24 	school. If a salon or business is located on the same premises as a school: (1) staff of the 
31.25 	salon or business must not provide services or training in the space used by the school; and 
31.26 	(2) staff and students of the school must not provide services or training in the space used 
31.27 	by the salon or business.
31.28 	Nothing contained in sections 155A.21 to 155A.36shall prevent prevents a school from 
31.29 	charging for student work done in the school to cover the cost of materials used and expenses 
31.30 	incurred in and for the operation of the school. All of the student work shall must be 
32.1 	prominently and conspicuously advertised and held forth as being student work and not 
32.2 	otherwise.

32.3 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.30, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
32.4 		Subd. 11.Instruction requirements. (a) Instruction may be offered for no more than 
32.5 	ten hours per day per student.
32.6 	(b) Instruction must be given within a licensed school building except as provided in 
32.7 	paragraphs (c) and (d). Online instruction is permitted for board-approved theory-based 
32.8 	classes.
32.9 	(c) A school may offer online instruction for theory-based portions of training. A school 
32.10 	must not give practice-based classes must not be given training online.
32.11 	(d) A school may offer activities related to the training for industry educational purposes 
32.12 	outside of a school building when accompanied by an instructor for a maximum of one 
32.13 	percent of the total training hours for a course.

32.14 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.30, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
32.15 		Subd. 12.Minnesota state authorization. A cosmetology school licensed or applying 
32.16 	for licensure under this section shall must maintain recognition as an institution of 
32.17 	postsecondary study by meeting the following conditions, in addition to Minnesota Rules, 
32.18 	part 2110.0310:
32.19 	(1) the school must admit as regular students only those individuals who have a high 
32.20 	school diploma or a diploma based on passing commissioner of education-selected high 
32.21 	school equivalency tests or their equivalent, or who are beyond the age of compulsory 
32.22 	education as prescribed by section 120A.22; and
32.23 	(2) the school must be licensed by name and authorized by the Office of Higher Education 
32.24 	and the board to offer one or more training programs beyond the secondary level.

32.25 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.31, is amended to read:
32.26 	155A.31 INSPECTIONS.
32.27 	The board is responsible for inspecting salons and schools licensed pursuant to sections 
32.28 	155A.21 to 155A.36 to assure compliance with the requirements of sections 155A.21 to 
32.29 	155A.36. The board shall must direct board resources first to the inspection of those licensees 
32.30 	who fail to meet the requirements of law, have indicated that they present a greater risk to 
33.1 	the public, or have otherwise, in the opinion of the board, demonstrated that they require a 
33.2 	greater degree of regulatory attention.

33.3 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.32, is amended to read:
33.4 	155A.32 DISPLAY OF LICENSE.
33.5 	Every holder of a license granted by the board shall must display it the license in a 
33.6 	conspicuous place in the place of business.

33.7 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.33, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
33.8 		Subdivision 1.Proceedings. If the board, or a complaint committee if authorized by the 
33.9 	board, has a reasonable basis for believing that a person has engaged in or is about to engage 
33.10 	in a violation of a statute, rule, or order that the board has adopted or issued or is empowered 
33.11 	to enforce, the board or complaint committee may proceed as provided in subdivision 2 or 
33.12 	3. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all hearings must be conducted in accordance 
33.13 	with the Administrative Procedure Act chapter 14.

33.14 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.33, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
33.15 		Subd. 2.Legal actions. (a) When necessary to prevent an imminent violation of a statute, 
33.16 	rule, or order that the board has adopted or issued or is empowered to enforce, the board, 
33.17 	or a complaint committee if authorized by the board, may bring an action in the name of 
33.18 	the state in the District Court of Ramsey County in which jurisdiction is proper to enjoin 
33.19 	the act or practice and to enforce compliance with the statute, rule, or order. On a showing 
33.20 	that a person has engaged in or is about to engage in an act or practice that constitutes a 
33.21 	violation of a statute, rule, or order that the board has adopted or issued or is empowered 
33.22 	to enforce, the court shall must grant a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, 
33.23 	or other appropriate relief.
33.24 	(b) For purposes of injunctive relief under this subdivision, irreparable harm exists when 
33.25 	the board shows that a person has engaged in or is about to engage in an act or practice that 
33.26 	constitutes violation of a statute, rule, or order that the board has adopted or issued or is 
33.27 	empowered to enforce.
33.28 	(c) Injunctive relief granted under paragraph (a) does not relieve an enjoined person 
33.29 	from criminal prosecution by a competent authority, or from action by the board under 
33.30 	subdivision 3, 4, 5, or 6 with respect to the person's license or registration, or application 
33.31 	for examination, license, registration, or renewal.

34.1 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.33, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
34.2 		Subd. 3.Cease and desist orders. (a) The board, or complaint committee if authorized 
34.3 	by the board, may issue and have served upon an unlicensed or unregistered person, or a 
34.4 	holder of a license or registration, an order requiring the person to cease and desist from an 
34.5 	act or practice that constitutes a violation of a statute, rule, or order that the board has adopted 
34.6 	or issued or is empowered to enforce. The order must (1) give reasonable notice of the rights 
34.7 	of the person named in the order to request a hearing, and (2) state the reasons for the entry 
34.8 	of the order. No order may be issued under this subdivision until an investigation of the 
34.9 	facts has been conducted under section 214.10.
34.10 	(b) Service of the order under this subdivision is effective when the order is personally 
34.11 	served on the person or counsel of record, or served by certified mail to the most recent 
34.12 	address provided to the board for the person or counsel of record.
34.13 	(c) The board must hold a hearing under this subdivision not later than 30 days after the 
34.14 	board receives the request for the hearing, unless otherwise agreed between the board, or 
34.15 	complaint committee if authorized by the board, and the person requesting the hearing.
34.16 	(d) Notwithstanding any rule to the contrary, the administrative law judge must issue a 
34.17 	report within 30 days of the close of the contested case hearing. Within 30 days after 
34.18 	receiving the report and subsequent exceptions and argument, the board shall must issue a 
34.19 	further order vacating, modifying, or making permanent the cease and desist order. If no 
34.20 	hearing is requested within 30 days of service of the order, the order becomes final and 
34.21 	remains in effect until modified or vacated by the board.

34.22 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.33, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
34.23 		Subd. 4.Licensing and registration actions. (a) With respect to a person who is a 
34.24 	holder of or applicant for a license or registration under this chapter, the board may by order 
34.25 	deny, refuse to renew, suspend, temporarily suspend, or revoke the application, license, or 
34.26 	registration, censure or reprimand the person, refuse to permit the person to sit for 
34.27 	examination, or refuse to release the person's examination grades, if the board finds that 
34.28 	such an order is in the public interest and that, based on a preponderance of the evidence 
34.29 	presented, the person has:
34.30 	(1) violated a statute, rule, or order that the board has adopted or issued or is empowered 
34.31 	to enforce;
34.32 	(2) engaged in conduct or acts that are fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest, related to the 
34.33 	practice of a profession regulated by this chapter, if the fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest 
35.1 	conduct or acts reflect adversely on the person's ability or fitness to engage in the practice 
35.2 	of the profession;
35.3 	(3) engaged in conduct or acts that constitute malpractice, are negligent, demonstrate 
35.4 	incompetence, or are otherwise in violation of the standards in the rules of the board, where 
35.5 	the conduct or acts relate to the practice of a profession regulated by this chapter;
35.6 	(4) employed fraud or deception in obtaining a license, registration, renewal, or 
35.7 	reinstatement, or in passing all or a portion of the examination;
35.8 	(5) had a license, registration, right to examine, or other similar authority revoked in 
35.9 	another jurisdiction;
35.10 	(6) failed to meet any requirement for issuance or renewal of the person's license or 
35.11 	registration;
35.12 	(7) advertised by means of false or deceptive statements;
35.13 	(8) performed licensed services while consuming or under the influence of an intoxicant 
35.14 	or controlled substance;
35.15 	(9) demonstrated unprofessional conduct or practice;
35.16 	(10) permitted an unlicensed person under the person's supervision or control to offer 
35.17 	or practice services regulated by this chapter for compensation;
35.18 	(11) practices, offered to practice, or attempted to practice by misrepresentation;
35.19 	(12) failed to display a license or permit as required by rules adopted by the board;
35.20 	(13) violated the board's rules governing infection control;
35.21 	(14) refused to permit the board to make an inspection permitted or required by this 
35.22 	chapter, or failed to provide the board or the attorney general on behalf of the board with 
35.23 	any documents or records they request; or
35.24 	(15) with respect to temporary suspension orders, has committed an act, engaged in 
35.25 	conduct, or committed practices that the board, or complaint committee if authorized by 
35.26 	the board, has determined may result or may have resulted in an immediate threat to the 
35.27 	public.
35.28 	(b) In lieu of or in addition to any remedy under paragraph (a), the board may, as a 
35.29 	condition of continued licensure or registration, termination of suspension, reinstatement 
35.30 	of licensure or registration, examination, or release of examination results, require that the 
35.31 	person:
36.1 	(1) submit to a quality review of the person's ability, skills, or quality of work, conducted 
36.2 	in a manner and by a person or entity that the board determines; or
36.3 	(2) completes to the board's satisfaction continuing education as the board requires.
36.4 	(c) Service of an order under this subdivision is effective if the order is served in person, 
36.5 	or is served by certified mail to the most recent address provided to the board by the licensee, 
36.6 	registrant, applicant, or counsel of record. The order must state the reason for the entry of 
36.7 	the order.
36.8 	(c) The board or complaint committee, if authorized by the board, may issue an order 
36.9 	under this subdivision. The order may include conditions under paragraph (b) and civil 
36.10 	penalties and fees permitted under subdivision 6. The order may require a person to cease 
36.11 	and desist from acting in violation of paragraph (a). The order must include:
36.12 	(1) a summary of the facts that constitute each violation;
36.13 	(2) the applicable law that has been violated;
36.14 	(3) the licensing or registration action taken under paragraph (a); and
36.15 	(4) a notice to the individual that unless the individual requests a hearing within 30 days 
36.16 	of service of the order, the order becomes a final order of the board.
36.17 	(d) If an order under this subdivision assesses civil penalties, the order must include a 
36.18 	statement that, when the order becomes final, the board may file and enforce any unpaid 
36.19 	amount of a penalty as a judgment in district court without further notice or additional 
36.20 	proceedings.
36.21 	(e) A person issued an order under this subdivision may request a hearing within 30 
36.22 	days of the date the order is served. If a person's written request for a hearing is not received 
36.23 	within 30 days of the date of service of the order, the order becomes a final order and is not 
36.24 	subject to review by any court or agency. If a person submits to the board a timely request 
36.25 	for hearing, the order is stayed pending a final order. The request for a hearing under this 
36.26 	paragraph must:
36.27 	(1) be in writing;
36.28 	(2) provide the reason for the person's request for a hearing; and
36.29 	(3) be mailed or delivered to the board within 30 days of service of the order.
36.30 	(f) An order under this subdivision must be personally served or sent by first-class or 
36.31 	certified mail to the most recent address provided to the board by the licensee or applicant 
36.32 	according to Minnesota Rules, part 1400.5550, subparts 2 and 3.
37.1 	(d) (g) Except as provided in subdivision 5, paragraph (c), all hearings under this 
37.2 	subdivision must be conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act chapter 
37.3 	14.
37.4 	(h) Nothing in this chapter prevents the board from resolving any violation through 
37.5 	informal disposition under section 14.59.

37.6 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.33, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
37.7 		Subd. 5.Temporary suspension. (a) When the board, or complaint committee if 
37.8 	authorized by the board, issues a temporary suspension order, the suspension provided for 
37.9 	in the order is effective on service of a written copy of the order on the licensee, registrant, 
37.10 	or counsel of record. The order must specify the statute, rule, or order violated by the licensee 
37.11 	or registrant. The order remains in effect until the board issues a final order in the matter 
37.12 	after a hearing, or on agreement between the board and the licensee or registrant.
37.13 	(b) An order under this subdivision may (1) prohibit the licensee or registrant from 
37.14 	engaging in the practice of a profession regulated by the board in whole or in part, as the 
37.15 	facts require, and (2) condition the termination of the suspension on compliance with a 
37.16 	statute, rule, or order that the board has adopted or issued or is empowered to enforce. The 
37.17 	order must state the reasons for entering the order and must set forth the right to a hearing 
37.18 	as provided in this subdivision.
37.19 	(c) Within ten days after service of an order under this subdivision, the licensee or 
37.20 	registrant may request a hearing in writing. The board must hold a hearing before its own 
37.21 	members within five working days of the request for a hearing. The sole issue at the hearing 
37.22 	must be whether there is a reasonable basis to continue, modify, or terminate the temporary 
37.23 	suspension. The hearing is not subject to the Administrative Procedure Act chapter 14. 
37.24 	Evidence presented to the board or the licensee or registrant may be in affidavit form only. 
37.25 	The licensee, registrant, or counsel of record may appear for oral argument.
37.26 	(d) Within five working days after the hearing, the board shall must issue its order and, 
37.27 	if the order continues the suspension, shall must schedule a contested case hearing within 
37.28 	30 days of the issuance of the order. Notwithstanding any rule to the contrary, the 
37.29 	administrative law judge shall must issue a report within 30 days after the closing of the 
37.30 	contested case hearing record. The board shall must issue a final order within 30 days of 
37.31 	receiving the report.

38.1 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.33, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
38.2 		Subd. 6.Violations; penalties; costs. (a) The board may impose a civil penalty of up 
38.3 	to $2,000 per violation on a person who violates a statute, rule, or order that the board has 
38.4 	adopted or issued or is empowered to enforce.
38.5 	(b) In addition to any penalty under paragraph (a), the board may impose a fee to 
38.6 	reimburse the board for all or part of the cost of (1) the proceedings resulting in disciplinary 
38.7 	action authorized under this section, (2) the imposition of a civil penalty under paragraph 
38.8 	(a), or (3) the issuance of a cease and desist order. The board may impose a fee under this 
38.9 	paragraph when the board shows that the position of the person who has violated a statute, 
38.10 	rule, or order that the board has adopted or issued or is empowered to enforce is not 
38.11 	substantially justified unless special circumstances make such a fee unjust, notwithstanding 
38.12 	any rule to the contrary. Costs under this paragraph include, but are not limited to, the 
38.13 	amount paid by the board for services from the Office Court of Administrative Hearings, 
38.14 	attorney fees, court reporter costs, witness costs, reproduction of records, board members' 
38.15 	compensation, board staff time, and expenses incurred by board members and staff.
38.16 	(c) All hearings under this subdivision must be conducted in accordance with the 
38.17 	Administrative Procedure Act chapter 14.

38.18 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 155A.33, is amended by adding a subdivision 
38.19 	to read:
38.20 		Subd. 8.Corrective action. (a) When the board or complaint committee, if authorized 
38.21 	by the board, determines that a complaint alleging that an applicant or a licensee violated 
38.22 	this chapter, rules adopted under this chapter, or an order issued by the board may be 
38.23 	appropriately resolved through corrective action, the board or complaint committee may 
38.24 	enter into an agreement for corrective action with an applicant or a licensee.
38.25 	(b) An agreement for corrective action must:
38.26 	(1) be in writing;
38.27 	(2) describe the facts upon which the agreement is based;
38.28 	(3) describe the corrective action agreed upon by the board or complaint committee and 
38.29 	the applicant or licensee; and
38.30 	(4) state that the complaint upon which the agreement was based must be dismissed by 
38.31 	the board or complaint committee when the board or committee finds that the applicant or 
38.32 	licensee has successfully performed the corrective action.
39.1 	(c) The board or complaint committee may determine that the applicant or licensee has 
39.2 	successfully performed the corrective action if the applicant or licensee submits a request 
39.3 	for dismissal that documents the applicant's or licensee's successful performance of the 
39.4 	corrective action.
39.5 	(d) An agreement under this subdivision is not disciplinary action. An agreement under 
39.6 	this section is public data under chapter 13.
39.7 	(e) The board may assess a fee on an applicant or a licensee to reimburse the board for 
39.8 	costs related to the corrective action. The board must include a fee under this paragraph in 
39.9 	the corrective action agreement.
39.10 	(f) If an applicant or a licensee fails to successfully perform the corrective action within 
39.11 	the time specified in the agreement, the matter may be resolved through any enforcement 
39.12 	action authorized under this section.

39.13 	Sec. 34. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 39.14 	The revisor of statutes must change the term "Board of Cosmetologist Examiners" to 
39.15 	"Board of Cosmetology" wherever the term appears in Minnesota Statutes.

39.16 	Sec. 35. REPEALER.
 39.17 	Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 4, article 1, section 29, is repealed.

39.18 	ARTICLE 4
39.19 	LOCAL GOVERNMENT

39.20 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 118A.09, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
39.21 		Subd. 2.Additional investment authority. Qualifying governments may invest the 
39.22 	amount described in subdivision 3:
39.23 	(1) in index mutual funds based in the United States and indexed to a broad market 
39.24 	United States equity index, on the condition that index mutual fund investments must be 
39.25 	made directly with the main sales office of the fund; or
39.26 	(2) in shares of a company that:
39.27 	(i) is registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;
39.28 	(ii) concentrates in investment grade fixed income securities;
40.1 	(iii) holds, at the time of purchase, at least 80 percent of its investments in federally 
40.2 	insured or guaranteed securities, including by government sponsored entities; and
40.3 	(iv) has a mission, in part, to provide direct investment in local multifamily housing 
40.4 	development; or
40.5 	(3) with the Minnesota State Board of Investment subject to such terms and minimum 
40.6 	amounts as may be adopted by the board.

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

40.8 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 118A.09, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
40.9 	read:
40.10 		Subd. 3a.Housing and redevelopment authorities; investment authority. A housing 
40.11 	and redevelopment authority created in a county or statutory or home rule charter city that 
40.12 	meets the criteria of subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2), may invest its funds in 
40.13 	investments that meet the criteria of subdivision 2, clause (2), subject to the limitations and 
40.14 	requirements for qualifying governments under subdivisions 3 and 4.

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

40.16 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 118A.09, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
40.17 		Subd. 4.Approval. Before investing pursuant to this section, the governing body of the 
40.18 	qualifying government must adopt a resolution or investment policy that includes the 
40.19 	following statements:
40.20 	(1) the governing body understands that investments under subdivision 2 have a risk of 
40.21 	loss;
40.22 	(2) the governing body understands the type of funds that are being invested and the 
40.23 	specific investment itself; and
40.24 	(3) the governing body certifies that all funds designated for investment through the 
40.25 	State Board of Investment meet the requirements of this section and the policies and 
40.26 	procedures established by the State Board of Investment.

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

40.28 	Sec. 4. [358.155] TOWN CLERK NOTARIZATION.
40.29 	It is not a violation of chapters 357, 358, and 359 for a town clerk to notarize, attest, or 
40.30 	authenticate a document pursuant to official duties.

41.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 365.05, is amended to read:
41.2 	365.05 DEED OF TOWN LAND; FORMALITIES; INTEREST GIVEN.
41.3 	A deed conveying real estate owned by a town must be signed by the chair of the town 
41.4 	board in an official capacity and attested by the clerk. The deed, witnessed and acknowledged, 
41.5 	must give the grantee all of the town's interest in the real estate.

41.6 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 365.50, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
41.7 		Subdivision 1.When, where. The first town meeting in a new town must be held within 
41.8 	20 30 days after the town is organized certification of the election results of a ballot question 
41.9 	approving organization of the town. The county board shall name the time and place of the 
41.10 	meeting. The county auditor shall see that ten days' posted notice of the meeting is given 
41.11 	in the town.

41.12 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 365.50, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
41.13 		Subd. 2.Meeting officers. The voters present at the meeting shall choose one of their 
41.14 	number as moderator, two others as judges of election, and one as clerk for the purpose of 
41.15 	the meeting. Each of these meeting officers shall take and sign the oath required of a judge 
41.16 	of a general election. The oath may be administered to the judges by the moderator and to 
41.17 	the moderator by one of the judges. The meeting officers shall then run the meeting.

41.18 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 367.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
41.19 		Subd. 2.New towns. When a new town is organized and supervisors township officers
41.20 	are elected at a the first town meeting prior to the annual town election, they shall serve 
41.21 	only until the next annual town election. At that election three supervisors shall be elected, 
41.22 	one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, so that the term of one shall 
41.23 	expire each year. At that election, a clerk and a treasurer shall also be elected. The clerk 
41.24 	shall serve until the next annual town election held in an even-numbered year, and the 
41.25 	treasurer shall serve until the next annual town election held in an odd-numbered year. The 
41.26 	number of years for which each is elected shall be indicated on the ballot.

41.27 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 367.12, is amended to read:
41.28 	367.12 DEPUTY CLERK.
41.29 	Each town clerk may appoint a deputy, for whose acts the clerk shall be responsible, 
41.30 	and who, in the clerk's absence or disability, shall perform the clerk's duties. If a town clerk 
41.31 	has not appointed a deputy, the town treasurer shall perform the duties of the clerk relating 
42.1 	to receiving candidate filings when the clerk is absent. When the office of the clerk becomes 
42.2 	vacant, a deputy appointed under this section may continue in office as acting clerk until 
42.3 	the vacancy in the office of the clerk is filled.

42.4 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 367.161, is amended to read:
42.5 	367.161 DEPUTY TREASURER.
42.6 	Each town treasurer may appoint a deputy not currently serving as an elected official of 
42.7 	the town for whose acts the treasurer is responsible, and who, in case of the treasurer's 
42.8 	absence or disability, shall perform the treasurer's duties. When the office of the treasurer 
42.9 	becomes vacant, a deputy appointed under this section may continue in office as acting 
42.10 	treasurer until the vacancy in the office of the treasurer is filled.

42.11 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 379.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
42.12 		Subd. 3.Organizational First town meeting. If the result of an election held under this 
42.13 	section is in the affirmative, the county shall arrange for the holding of the first organizational
42.14 	town meeting not more than 30 days after the election in the township to be organized.

42.15 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.281, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
42.16 		Subd. 13.County personnel system. "County personnel system" means all employees 
42.17 	in the departments or agencies of county government or joint city and county agencies which 
42.18 	receive their funding in whole or in part from the county board, including employees of the 
42.19 	following, but excluding other employees not subject to a county personnel system because 
42.20 	of state law:
42.21 	(a) (1) elected officials;
42.22 	(b) (2) the Saint Paul-Ramsey Medical Center Commission; and
42.23 	(c) (3) the court administrator of district court; Examiner of Titles.
42.24 	but not including:
42.25 	(1) district court judges;
42.26 	(2) court reporters, law clerks, referees employed by the district court, and the Second 
42.27 	Judicial District administrator's office;
42.28 	(3) court commissioners;
42.29 	(4) the public defender;
43.1 	(5) employees of the Examiner of Titles, Agricultural Extension Service, Humane Society, 
43.2 	Historical Society, and Soil and Water Conservation District; and
43.3 	(6) other employees not subject to a county personnel system because of state law.

43.4 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.283, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
43.5 		Subd. 2.Director Chief human resources officer. The director chief human resources 
43.6 	officer shall be appointed by the Ramsey County executive director county manager, on 
43.7 	the basis of merit and fitness as a result of a competitive examination, subject to the approval 
43.8 	of the county board. The director chief human resources officer shall be in the classified
43.9 	unclassified service and shall report directly to and be supervised by the Ramsey County 
43.10 	executive director.

43.11 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.283, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
43.12 		Subd. 3.Responsibilities. The chief human resources director officer shall provide 
43.13 	personnel management services and assistance to all county departments, enforce any 
43.14 	personnel rules and regulations adopted by the county board, and carry out the responsibilities 
43.15 	set forth in sections 383A.281 to 383A.301.

43.16 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.284, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
43.17 		Subdivision 1.Rulemaking. The chief human resources director officer shall prepare 
43.18 	rules to implement the provisions of sections 383A.281 to 383A.301. The rules shall be 
43.19 	effective upon approval by the county board. Prior to approval, the county board shall hold 
43.20 	a public hearing on the proposed rules after giving notice to county departments, employees, 
43.21 	affected labor organizations, and the public. The rules approved by the county board shall 
43.22 	have the force and effect of law. The rules may be amended or repealed in the same manner 
43.23 	as originally adopted.

43.24 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.284, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
43.25 		Subd. 2.Collective bargaining. The executive director county manager or the director's
43.26 	county manager's designee shall be the chief labor negotiator for the county. The executive 
43.27 	director county manager may, as necessary and at discretion, include department heads of 
43.28 	affected departments in the labor negotiation process. The executive director county manager
43.29 	shall recommend to the county board for its final approval all collective bargaining 
43.30 	agreements. To the extent they are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the 
43.31 	compensation, term, and conditions of employment for all employees represented by an 
44.1 	exclusive representative certified pursuant to chapter 179A shall be governed by the collective 
44.2 	bargaining agreement executed by the county board and the parties and it shall supersede 
44.3 	any rule or administrative procedure adopted pursuant to sections 383A.281 to 383A.301, 
44.4 	unless a provision of the agreement is found to violate other state or federal law.

44.5 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.284, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
44.6 		Subd. 3.Payroll voucher certification Payrolls approved. The director of chief human 
44.7 	resources officer or the director's officer's authorized agent shall be responsible for 
44.8 	certification of the payroll vouchers that the payment of salary or compensation of persons 
44.9 	named in them have been appointed and employed in accordance with the provisions of 
44.10 	sections 383A.281 to 383A.301 and the rules under sections 383A.281 to 383A.301. No 
44.11 	Ramsey County disbursing or auditing The chief human resources officer or the officer's 
44.12 	authorized agent shall make or approve or take part in making or approving payment for 
44.13 	personal service to not certify a payroll item for a person holding a position in county service 
44.14 	unless the payroll voucher or account for the amount bears the certification of the director 
44.15 	or the authorized agent person has been appointed and employed in accordance with the 
44.16 	provisions of sections 383A.281 to 383A.301 and the rules authorized under sections 
44.17 	383A.281 to 383A.301.

44.18 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.284, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
44.19 		Subd. 4.Evaluation; report. The county board shall establish performance indicators 
44.20 	and annually monitor the performance of the personnel management system in the county. 
44.21 	The chief human resources director officer shall periodically review and evaluate current 
44.22 	and future staff needs of all county departments, job classes and descriptions, training and 
44.23 	development, and internal and market comparability of all classification and salary schedules 
44.24 	and report to the county board on these and other personnel management areas, as requested.

44.25 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.284, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
44.26 		Subd. 5.Review appointments. Prior to each new appointment to the county personnel 
44.27 	system, the chief human resources director officer shall certify that the person has been 
44.28 	appointed in accordance with sections 383A.281 to 383A.301 and applicable rules and 
44.29 	regulations.

45.1 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.285, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
45.2 		Subd. 2.Classification plan. The chief human resources director officer shall maintain, 
45.3 	revise, and administer a classification and salary plan.

45.4 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.285, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
45.5 		Subd. 3.Classification of positions. The chief human resources director officer shall 
45.6 	place each position in the classified service in an appropriate class in the classification plan 
45.7 	or in a new class to be created, if appropriate. If a class is unique to a department, the chief 
45.8 	human resources director officer shall consult the head of that department before classifying 
45.9 	the unique positions.

45.10 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.285, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
45.11 		Subd. 4.Appeal from classification or reclassification. An appointing authority or an 
45.12 	employee affected by a classification or reclassification of a position may protest the action 
45.13 	in writing to the human resources director. The chief human resources director officer shall 
45.14 	review the classification or reclassification and may change the decision. Neither the 
45.15 	appointing authority nor the employee shall have any further right to appeal a decision 
45.16 	regarding a classification or reclassification to the Personnel Review Board.

45.17 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.285, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
45.18 		Subd. 5.Study; implementation. The chief human resources director officer shall 
45.19 	complete a reclassification study within 60 days after receiving a reclassification request. 
45.20 	The appointing authority shall implement the personnel changes required by the 
45.21 	reclassification decision in a timely manner and qualifications for reclassified positions 
45.22 	shall be reasonably commensurate with the requirements of the position.

45.23 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.285, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
45.24 		Subd. 10.Unclassifying positions. An employee in the classified service with permanent 
45.25 	tenure, who is an incumbent of a position which becomes unclassified and is not appointed 
45.26 	to or is removed from the unclassified position, shall be transferred by the chief human 
45.27 	resources director officer to a classified position within the same department comparable 
45.28 	to the unclassified position. If a comparable position is unavailable, the person shall be 
45.29 	transferred by the director chief human resources officer to a classified position comparable 
45.30 	to that held immediately prior to being appointed to the position which was unclassified. If 
45.31 	the employee held an unclassified position with the same agency before being appointed to 
46.1 	the classified position that is unclassified, the person shall be transferred by the director
46.2 	chief human resources officer to a classified position comparable to the classified position 
46.3 	next in rank below the position that is unclassified. The employee's salary shall not be less 
46.4 	than it was in the position which was unclassified, but it may be frozen until it is 
46.5 	commensurate with the class and grade of the position to which the employee was transferred.

46.6 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.286, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
46.7 		Subd. 2.Unclassified positions. The following positions shall be in the unclassified 
46.8 	service:
46.9 	(a) (1) positions held by elected officials or persons appointed to fill an elected office;
46.10 	(b) one assistant (2) assistants for each elected official;
46.11 	(c) (3) the director or principal administrative officer of a department of county 
46.12 	government or agency created by law, except that the affirmative action officer, human 
46.13 	resources director, internal auditor, and director of budgeting and accounting shall be 
46.14 	positions in the classified service;
46.15 	(d) doctors, residents, and student nurses employed by the county or county agency;
46.16 	(e) (4) members of a board or commission appointed by the county, or the county and 
46.17 	the city, and acting in an advisory capacity;
46.18 	(f) (5) weed inspectors, election judges, or election clerks;
46.19 	(g) special police officers or special deputy sheriffs serving without pay;
46.20 	(h) judges, court administrators, court reporters, receivers, referees, the examiner or 
46.21 	assistant examiners of titles, public defenders, arbiters, jurors, court administrator of district 
46.22 	court, or persons appointed by the district court to make or conduct a special inquiry of a 
46.23 	judicial or temporary character;
46.24 	(i) (6) all positions in the Second Judicial District administrator's office;
46.25 	(j) (7) the executive director county manager and eight principal assistants;
46.26 	(k) the chief executive officer of the medical center and seven principal assistants;
46.27 	(l) interns, student workers, law clerks, or (8) other employees employed for a limited 
46.28 	duration as determined by the county board;
46.29 	(m) (9) positions designated by the county board as unclassified pursuant to subdivision 
46.30 	3;
47.1 	(n) (10) the sheriff, the sheriff's chief deputy, three principal assistants, and a personal 
47.2 	secretary secretaries; and
47.3 	(o) (11) the county attorney, the county attorney's first assistant, one principal assistant
47.4 	assistants, and a personal secretary secretaries.

47.5 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.286, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
47.6 		Subd. 3.Unclassified positions authorized by county board. (a) The county board 
47.7 	may designate additional positions in the unclassified service if the following criteria are 
47.8 	met:
47.9 	(a) (1) designation of the position is not contrary to the provisions of other law relating 
47.10 	specifically to that department;
47.11 	(b) (2) the person occupying the position of supervisor or a department assistant would 
47.12 	report directly to the department head and would be designated as part of the department 
47.13 	head's management team; and
47.14 	(c) (3) the duties of the position involve significant discretion and substantial involvement 
47.15 	in the development, interpretation, and implementation of department policy.
47.16 	(b) The chief human resources director officer shall certify whether the designation is 
47.17 	consistent or inconsistent with the standards and criteria in this section. The county board 
47.18 	may appeal certification decisions to the Personnel Review Board.

47.19 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.288, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
47.20 		Subd. 5.Waiver of competitive examinations. The chief human resources director
47.21 	officer shall establish a procedure and a definition of the criteria for the selection and referral 
47.22 	of qualified applicants to fill positions in routine service classifications involving unskilled 
47.23 	tasks. Applicants to fill vacancies in the classifications shall be exempt from ranking and 
47.24 	certification. The director chief human resources officer shall refer all qualified applicants 
47.25 	to the appointing authority having vacancies in the appropriate classifications.

47.26 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.288, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
47.27 		Subd. 6.Classified managerial positions. The chief human resources director officer
47.28 	shall establish criteria for the designation of positions in the classified service as managerial 
47.29 	positions where the duties involve significant discretion and substantial involvement in the 
47.30 	development, interpretation, and implementation of departmental and county policy. The 
47.31 	chief human resources director officer shall designate those classified positions that meet 
48.1 	these criteria in consultation with interested parties, including bargaining units certified 
48.2 	pursuant to chapter 179A representing Ramsey County employees. Classified positions, so 
48.3 	designated, shall be exempt from the examination and certification requirements of this 
48.4 	section, and the provisions of section 383A.289, and shall be filled by means of an open 
48.5 	application and screening process.

48.6 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.289, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
48.7 		Subdivision 1.General. The chief human resources director officer shall prepare eligible 
48.8 	lists as provided in this section.

48.9 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.289, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
48.10 		Subd. 3.Term of eligibility. The term of eligibility of eligibles on lists shall be 
48.11 	determined by the chief human resources director officer.

48.12 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.291, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
48.13 		Subd. 1a.Under county rules. Upon request of the appointing authority, the chief human 
48.14 	resources director officer shall certify eligibles in accordance with rules adopted under 
48.15 	section 383A.284, subdivision 1.

48.16 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.292, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
48.17 		Subdivision 1.Temporary appointments. The chief human resources director officer
48.18 	may authorize the appointing authority to make a temporary appointment of not more than 
48.19 	six months in any 12-month period. When practicable, the human resources director may 
48.20 	certify any qualified eligible from an eligible list for the temporary appointment, but may 
48.21 	authorize the appointment of any person deemed qualified by the appointing authority.

48.22 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.292, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
48.23 		Subd. 2.Provisional appointments. The chief human resources director officer may 
48.24 	authorize the appointing authority to make a provisional appointment for a position for 
48.25 	which there is no eligible list for a period of time determined by the human resources director 
48.26 	not to exceed six months.

48.27 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.294, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
48.28 		Subd. 6.Production of documents. The chief human resources director officer may 
48.29 	make a written request to an employee to produce relevant documents or to a person to 
49.1 	appear for the purpose of giving relevant oral statements or testimony relating to a 
49.2 	disciplinary action of an employee. An employee who is the subject of a disciplinary action 
49.3 	may make a written request to the chief human resources director officer for the production 
49.4 	of relevant documents or for the appearance of a person to give relevant oral statements or 
49.5 	testimony relating to the disciplinary action. The request for the appearance of a person 
49.6 	may be to appear and testify at a hearing of the Personnel Review Board or to appear at a 
49.7 	specified place to give an oral statement prior to a hearing of the Personnel Review Board. 
49.8 	The chief human resources director officer, or the employee upon receipt of a request for 
49.9 	production of relevant documents, shall furnish the requesting party the documents within 
49.10 	ten days of receipt of the written request. A person to whom a request for an appearance 
49.11 	has been made shall appear at the time and place designated in the request. If a party to 
49.12 	whom a request for relevant documents has been made fails to furnish the documents to the 
49.13 	requesting party within ten days of receipt of the request, the requesting party may make 
49.14 	an application to the district court for a determination that the refusal to produce the 
49.15 	documents was unreasonable. If a person to whom a request for appearance has been made 
49.16 	fails to appear at the time and place designated in the request, the party making the request 
49.17 	for appearance may make an application to the district court for a determination that the 
49.18 	failure to appear was unreasonable. If the district court determines that a failure to produce 
49.19 	requested documents or to appear was unreasonable, it may assess costs not exceeding $100 
49.20 	to the requesting party against the refusing party or person.

49.21 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.295, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
49.22 		Subdivision 1.Benefits. The chief human resources director officer shall have the 
49.23 	authority to set hours of employment, sick leave, vacation leave, leave of absence without 
49.24 	pay, health insurance, life insurance, and other fringe benefits for employees in the classified 
49.25 	and unclassified service subject to the approval of the county board and in accordance with 
49.26 	the law.

49.27 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383A.295, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
49.28 		Subd. 2.Layoffs. The chief human resources director officer shall adopt rules and 
49.29 	regulations providing for the layoff and reemployment of employees on the basis of the 
49.30 	employee's seniority.

49.31 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 429.011, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
49.32 		Subd. 2a.Municipality; certain counties. "Municipality" also includes the following:
50.1 	(1) a county in the case of construction, reconstruction, or improvement of a county 
50.2 	state-aid highway;
50.3 	(2) a county in the case of construction, reconstruction, or improvement of a county 
50.4 	highway as defined in section 160.02 including curbs and gutters and storm sewers;
50.5 	(3) a county exercising its powers and duties under section 444.075, subdivision 1;
50.6 	(4) a county for expenses not paid for under section 403.113, subdivision 3, paragraph 
50.7 	(b), clause (3);
50.8 	(5) a county in the case of the abatement of nuisances; and
50.9 	(6) a county operating an energy improvements financing program under section 
50.10 	216C.436 or 216C.437; and
50.11 	(7) a county in the case of construction, reconstruction, extension, or maintenance of 
50.12 	thermal energy networks as defined in section 216B.2427, subdivision 1, paragraph (s).

50.13 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 429.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
50.14 		Subdivision 1.Improvements authorized. The council of a municipality shall have 
50.15 	power to make the following improvements:
50.16 	(1) To acquire, open, and widen any street, and to improve the same by constructing, 
50.17 	reconstructing, and maintaining sidewalks, pavement, gutters, curbs, and vehicle parking 
50.18 	strips of any material, or by grading, graveling, oiling, or otherwise improving the same, 
50.19 	including the beautification thereof and including storm sewers or other street drainage and 
50.20 	connections from sewer, water, or similar mains to curb lines.
50.21 	(2) To acquire, develop, construct, reconstruct, extend, and maintain storm and sanitary 
50.22 	sewers and systems, including outlets, holding areas and ponds, treatment plants, pumps, 
50.23 	lift stations, service connections, and other appurtenances of a sewer system, within and 
50.24 	without the corporate limits.
50.25 	(3) To construct, reconstruct, extend, and maintain steam heating mains.
50.26 	(4) To install, replace, extend, and maintain street lights and street lighting systems and 
50.27 	special lighting systems.
50.28 	(5) To acquire, improve, construct, reconstruct, extend, and maintain water works systems, 
50.29 	including mains, valves, hydrants, service connections, wells, pumps, reservoirs, tanks, 
50.30 	treatment plants, and other appurtenances of a water works system, within and without the 
50.31 	corporate limits.
51.1 	(6) To acquire, improve and equip parks, open space areas, playgrounds, and recreational 
51.2 	facilities within or without the corporate limits.
51.3 	(7) To plant trees on streets and provide for their trimming, care, and removal.
51.4 	(8) To abate nuisances and to drain swamps, marshes, and ponds on public or private 
51.5 	property and to fill the same.
51.6 	(9) To construct, reconstruct, extend, and maintain dikes and other flood control works.
51.7 	(10) To construct, reconstruct, extend, and maintain retaining walls and area walls.
51.8 	(11) To acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, alter, extend, operate, maintain, and 
51.9 	promote a pedestrian skyway system. Such improvement may be made upon a petition 
51.10 	pursuant to section 429.031, subdivision 3.
51.11 	(12) To acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, operate, maintain, and promote 
51.12 	underground pedestrian concourses.
51.13 	(13) To acquire, construct, improve, alter, extend, operate, maintain, and promote public 
51.14 	malls, plazas or courtyards.
51.15 	(14) To construct, reconstruct, extend, and maintain district heating systems.
51.16 	(15) To construct, reconstruct, alter, extend, operate, maintain, and promote fire protection 
51.17 	systems in existing buildings, but only upon a petition pursuant to section 429.031, 
51.18 	subdivision 3.
51.19 	(16) To acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, alter, extend, and maintain highway 
51.20 	sound barriers.
51.21 	(17) To improve, construct, reconstruct, extend, and maintain gas and electric distribution 
51.22 	facilities owned by a municipal gas or electric utility.
51.23 	(18) To purchase, install, and maintain signs, posts, and other markers for addressing 
51.24 	related to the operation of enhanced 911 telephone service.
51.25 	(19) To improve, construct, extend, and maintain facilities for Internet access and other 
51.26 	communications purposes, provided that the municipality must:
51.27 	(i) not discriminate in favor of the municipality's own communications facilities by 
51.28 	granting the municipality more favorable or less burdensome terms and conditions than a 
51.29 	nonmunicipal service provider with respect to: (A) access and use of public rights-of-way; 
51.30 	(B) access and use of municipally owned or controlled conduit, towers, and utility poles; 
51.31 	and (C) permitting fees charged to access municipally owned and managed facilities;
52.1 	(ii) maintain separation between the municipality's role as a regulator over firms that 
52.2 	offer services in competition with the services offered by the municipality over the 
52.3 	municipality's communications service facilities, and the municipality's role as a competitive 
52.4 	provider of services over the municipality's communications service facilities; and
52.5 	(iii) not share inside information between employees or contractors responsible for 
52.6 	executing the municipality's role as a regulator over firms that offer communications services 
52.7 	in competition with the communication services offered by the municipality, and employees 
52.8 	or contractors responsible for executing the municipality's role as a competitive 
52.9 	communications services provider.
52.10 	(20) To assess affected property owners for all or a portion of the costs agreed to with 
52.11 	an electric utility, telecommunications carrier, or cable system operator to bury or alter a 
52.12 	new or existing distribution system within the public right-of-way that exceeds the utility's 
52.13 	design and construction standards, or those set by law, tariff, or franchise, but only upon 
52.14 	petition under section 429.031, subdivision 3.
52.15 	(21) To assess affected property owners for repayment of voluntary energy improvement 
52.16 	financings under section 216C.436, subdivision 7, or 216C.437, subdivision 28.
52.17 	(22) To construct, reconstruct, alter, extend, operate, maintain, and promote energy 
52.18 	improvement projects in existing buildings, provided that:
52.19 	(i) a petition for the improvement is made by a property owner under section 429.031, 
52.20 	subdivision 3;
52.21 	(ii) the municipality funds and administers the energy improvement project;
52.22 	(iii) project funds are only used for the installation of improvements to heating, 
52.23 	ventilation, and air conditioning equipment and building envelope and for the installation 
52.24 	of renewable energy systems;
52.25 	(iv) each property owner petitioning for the improvement receives notice that free or 
52.26 	low-cost energy improvements may be available under federal, state, or utility programs;
52.27 	(v) for energy improvement projects on residential property, only residential property 
52.28 	having five or more units may obtain financing for projects under this clause; and
52.29 	(vi) prior to financing an energy improvement project or imposing an assessment for a 
52.30 	project, written notice is provided to the mortgage lender of any mortgage encumbering or 
52.31 	otherwise secured by the property proposed to be improved.
53.1 	(23) To construct, reconstruct, extend, and maintain thermal energy networks as defined 
53.2 	in section 216B.2427, subdivision 1, paragraph (s).

53.3 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 444.075, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
53.4 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply in to this section.
53.5 	(a)(b) "Municipality" means a home rule charter or statutory city or a town.
53.6 	(b)(c) "Governing body" means the town board with respect to towns.
53.7 	(c)(d) "Waterworks" means waterworks systems, including mains, valves, hydrants, 
53.8 	service connections, wells, pumps, reservoirs, tanks, treatment plants, thermal energy 
53.9 	networks as defined in section 216B.2427, subdivision 1, paragraph (s), and other 
53.10 	appurtenances of a waterworks system.
53.11 	(d)(e) "Sanitary sewer" means sanitary sewer systems, including sewage treatment 
53.12 	works, disposal systems, and other facilities for disposing of sewage, industrial waste, or 
53.13 	other wastes.
53.14 	(e)(f) "Storm sewer" means storm sewer systems, including mains, holding areas and 
53.15 	ponds, and other appurtenances and related facilities for the collection and disposal of 
53.16 	stormwater.
53.17 	(f)(g) "Facilities" means and includes waterworks, sanitary sewer and storm sewer 
53.18 	systems, or any portion or portions thereof.

53.19 	Sec. 40. REPEALER.
 53.20 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 383A.298; and 383A.301, are repealed effective 
53.21 	the day after the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners and the county's chief clerical 
53.22 	officer comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 654.021, subdivisions 2 and 4.
53.23 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462.357, subdivision 5, is repealed effective the 
53.24 	day following final enactment.

53.25 	Sec. 41. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 53.26 	Sections 12 to 39 are effective the day after the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners 
53.27 	and the county's chief clerical officer comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, 
53.28 	subdivisions 2 and 3.

	ARTICLE 1	STATE GOVERNMENT........	Page.Ln 2.2	
	ARTICLE 2	BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS........	Page.Ln 14.20	
	ARTICLE 3	BOARD OF COSMETOLOGIST EXAMINERS........	Page.Ln 22.6	
	ARTICLE 4	LOCAL GOVERNMENT........	Page.Ln 39.18	

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: S4555-1 

383A.298 TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.
All employees of the Civil Service Department shall be transferred to the Human Resources Department. All members of the Civil Service Commission shall be members of the Personnel Review Board and serve until their current term expires and a successor is appointed. 

383A.301 STATUS OF PRESENT EMPLOYEES.
Each person holding a position with the county of Ramsey who has acquired permanent tenure or who was serving a probationary period on the effective date of sections 383A.281 to 383A.301 retains the position, seniority date, and accrued benefits. 

462.357 OFFICIAL CONTROLS: ZONING ORDINANCE.Subd. 5.Amendment; certain cities of the first class. 
The provisions of this subdivision apply to the adoption or amendment of any portion of a zoning ordinance which changes all or part of the existing classification of a zoning district from residential to either commercial or industrial of a property located in a city of the first class, except a city of the first class in which a different process is provided through the operation of the city's home rule charter. In a city to which this subdivision applies, amendments to a zoning ordinance shall be made in conformance with this section but only after there shall have been filed in the office of the city clerk a written consent of the owners of two-thirds of the several descriptions of real estate situate within 100 feet of the total contiguous descriptions of real estate held by the same owner or any party purchasing any such contiguous property within one year preceding the request, and after the affirmative vote in favor thereof by a majority of the members of the governing body of any such city. The governing body of such city may, by a two-thirds vote of its members, after hearing, adopt a new zoning ordinance without such written consent whenever the planning commission or planning board of such city shall have made a survey of the whole area of the city or of an area of not less than 40 acres, within which the new ordinance or the amendments or alterations of the existing ordinance would take effect when adopted, and shall have considered whether the number of descriptions of real estate affected by such changes and alterations renders the obtaining of such written consent impractical, and such planning commission or planning board shall report in writing as to whether in its opinion the proposals of the governing body in any case are reasonably related to the overall needs of the community, to existing land use, or to a plan for future land use, and shall have conducted a public hearing on such proposed ordinance, changes or alterations, of which hearing published notice shall have been given in a daily newspaper of general circulation at least once each week for three successive weeks prior to such hearing, which notice shall state the time, place and purpose of such hearing, and shall have reported to the governing body of the city its findings and recommendations in writing. 

Repealed Minnesota Session Laws: S4555-1 

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 4, article 1, section 29

	Sec. 29. BOARD OF COSMETOLOGIST EXAMINERS 	$	2,775,000	$	2,785,000	

The executive director must report quarterly to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees in the house of representatives and senate with jurisdiction over state government finance on the number of inspections conducted by license type in the past quarter, number and percent of total salons and schools inspected within the last year, total number of licensees by type, and the number of inspectors employed by the board. The first report must be submitted by July 15, 2017. 

2100.2500EXAMINATION DATES. 
Examinations for a certificate as a registered barber shall be held in the second week of February, May, August, and November of each year. Notice of the examination shall be given during the first week of the month preceding the month in which the examination is to be held. Two additional examinations may be held when the board determines it is cost efficient. 

2100.2900CONTENTS OF EXAMINATION. 
An examination consists of five parts: a written examination and four practical services. The type of haircut, shave or beard trim, and two of the following practical services: shampoo, perm wrap, facial, or color application, will be determined at the discretion of the board. 

2100.3000GRADING OF EXAMINATION. 
The registered barber examinations given pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 154.09, shall be graded as follows: The grading criteria for the written part of the examination and the passing grade will be established for each written examination at the time of its preparation; however, the lowest passing grade established shall never be less than 55. The grading for the practical performances part of the examination will be on a scale of 1 to 100 with 100 representing a perfect score. A score of 75 will be the minimum passing grade for the haircut portion, and 75 will also be the minimum passing score for the average of the remaining parts of the practical performances. If an applicant does not receive at least the established minimum passing grade on the written portion of the examination, or at least a grade of 75 on the haircut portion of the examination, or score an average of at least 75 on the remaining parts of the practical examination, the applicant will have failed the examination, and may only retake the examination after paying the necessary fee and meeting the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 154.05. 

2100.3200FAILURE OF EXAMINATION. 
An individual who has not held a Minnesota barber registration prior to examination and who fails the examination and onetime written retake, if applicable, shall complete an additional 500 hours of barber school to be eligible to retake the examination as many times as necessary to pass. 

An individual who has previously held a Minnesota barber registration as an apprentice or registered barber may take the examination as many times as necessary to reinstate the registration without additional barber school hours. 

2100.3300FAILURE TO RENEW CERTIFICATE WITHIN FOUR YEARS. 
A registered barber who has failed to renew the certificate of registration for four years or more from the date of expiration must complete the current program entitled "Home Study Course for Barbers" prepared or approved by the Board of Barber Examiners and take and pass the registered barber examination before a certificate of registration may be issued. Home Study Course for Barbers is required prior to examination for all examinees. 

2100.4500INSTRUCTOR REGISTRATION QUALIFICATION. 
To qualify for an instructor's examination, an applicant must be a registered barber with three years' experience. 

2100.5200CONSIDERATIONS IN REGISTRATION ISSUANCE. Subpart 1.Factors.  
Upon receipt of an application for establishment of a barber school, the board shall give consideration to the factors in subparts 2 and 5. 

Subp. 2.Public welfare.  
The board shall give consideration to any detriment to the public welfare and the need for barber school facilities in the community and neighborhood where the proposed barber school is to be located, giving particular consideration to: 

A.
 the economic character of the community and neighborhood; 

B.
 the effect on existing barber shops and barber schools in the community; 

C.
 the availability of adequate support for the proposed barber school in the community and neighborhood with particular regard to adequate practice for students; 

D.
 the extent to which the proposed barber school would draw patrons from adjacent communities or neighborhoods and the character thereof; and 

E.
 the effect of the establishment of a barber school on the social and economic aspects of the community and neighborhood and adjacent communities and neighborhoods in regard to the proposed site. 

Subp. 5.Student-registered instructor ratio.  
There must be at least one instructor for every 17 students enrolled. 

2100.5300PUBLIC HEARING ON REGISTRATION APPLICATION. 
Upon receipt of an application for the establishment of a barber school, the board shall conduct a public hearing in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14, and rules promulgated thereunder. The applicant shall show at such hearing, by competent evidence, the factual basis of the assertions of the application and the applicant's qualifications as required by Minnesota Statutes, chapter 154, and the rules of the board. The applicant shall further show financial qualifications and it shall be a sufficient reason for denial of the application that the board considers the financial resources of the applicant to be insufficient to maintain and operate a barber school and assure the graduation of students who are registered in such school and have paid their tuition. 

2100.6000HOURS OF INSTRUCTION. 
Each student, including each part-time student, must complete at least 281 classroom hours and 1,219 practical hours in the required 1,500-hour course.