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Legislative Session number- 86

Bill Name: HF2781

HF 2781

THIRD ENGROSSMENT

Sec. 1: Economic development and environmental
policy coordination definitions modified.

Sec. 2: Minnesota Investment Fund
purpose provisions modified.

Sec. 3: Minnesota Investment Fund eligible
expenditures provisions modified.

Sec. 4: Minnesota Investment Fund eligible
projects provisions modified.

Sec. 5: Military reservist economic injury and
veteran-owned small business loans provisions modified.
Subd. 1: Definitions
modified.
Subd. 2: Loan program provisions modified.
Subd. 3: Revolving loan
account language.
Subd. 4: Rules provisions modified.

Sec. 6: Workforce
Development Council purpose and duties provisions modified.

Sec. 7: Workforce
Development Council staffing provisions modified.

Sec. 8: Workforce
Development Council funding language provided.

Sec. 9: Workforce program
outcomes assessment procedure language provided.

Sec. 10: Minnesota Science
and Technology Authority Act provided as title for Chapter 116W.

Sec. 11:
Minnesota Science and Technology Authority definitions provided.

Sec. 12:
Minnesota Science and Technology Authority language provided.
Subd. 1:
Membership language provided.
Subd. 2: Chair and other officers language
provided.
Subd. 3: Delegation powers language provided.
Subd. 4: Actions
language provided.
Subd. 5: Executive director; staffing language
provided.
Subd. 6: Administrative services agreements language provided.
Subd.
7: Expiration language provided.

Sec. 13: Minnesota Science and Technology
Authority powers and duties language provided.
Subd. 1: Duties language
provided.
Subd. 2: Technology matchmaking language provided.
Subd. 3:
Commercialization assistance language provided.
Subd. 4: Power to sue and enter
contracts language provided.
Subd. 5: Gifts and grants language
provided.
Subd. 6: Contract for services language provided.
Subd. 7: Fees
language provided.
Subd. 8: Report requirements language provided.
Subd. 9:
Consultative and technical services language provided.
Subd. 10: Financial
information data classification language provided.
Subd. 11: General authority
language provided.

Sec. 14: Minnesota Science and Technology Authority
project financial assistance language provided.
Subd. 1: Recipients financial
assistance determination language provided.
Subd. 2: Financial feasibility
review language provided.

Sec. 15: Minnesota Science and Technology Authority
advisory commission language provided.
Subd. 1: Advisory commission membership
language provided.
Subd. 2: Advisory commission duties language
provided.
Subd. 3: Membership terms, vacancies, and compensation language
provided.
Subd. 4: Advisory commission expires June 30, 2013.
Subd. 5:
Convening of meetings and staffing language provided.

Sec. 16: Minnesota
Science and Technology Authority money language provided.
Subd. 1: Commissioner
of management and budget functions language provided.
Subd. 2: System of
accounts prescription language provided.

Sec. 17: Minnesota Science and
Technology Authority nonliability language provided.
Subd. 1: Nonliability of
individuals language provided.
Subd. 2: Nonliability of the state language
provided.

Sec. 18: Minnesota Science and Technology Authority state pledge
against impairment of contracts language provided.

Sec. 19: Reserves, funds,
and accounts language provided.

Sec. 20: MNSCU workforce focus language
provided.

Sec. 21: Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law staffing service
definition provided.

Sec. 22: Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law suitable
employment definition modified.

Sec. 23: Unemployment benefits eligibility
requirements; actively seeking suitable employment definition modified.

Sec.
24: Unemployment benefits ineligibility; quit definition modified.

Sec. 25:
Unemployment benefits ineligibility; discharge definition modified.

Sec. 26:
Unemployment benefits ineligibility; employment misconduct definition
modified.

Sec. 27: Unemployment benefits determination on issues of
ineligibility; telephone number requirement language provided.

Sec. 28:
Evidentiary hearing by unemployment law judge provisions modified.

Sec. 29:
Employer misconduct administrative penalties provisions modified.

Sec. 30:
Construction codes and licensing; definitions provided.
Subd. 1: Applicability
defined.
Subd. 2: Applicant defined.
Subd. 3: License defined.
Subd. 4:
Licensee defined.
Subd. 5: Notification date defined.
Subd. 6: Renewal
deadline defined.

Sec. 31: Construction codes and licensing; fees language
provided.
Subd. 1: Licenses requiring examination administered by commissioner
language provided.
Subd. 2: Licenses not requiring examination administered by
commissioner language provided.
Subd. 3: Late fee language provided.
Subd. 4:
Lapsed license fee language provided.
Subd. 5: Insufficient fees language
provided.
Subd. 6: Nonrefundable fees language provided.
Subd. 7: License fees
and license renewal fees language provided.

Sec. 32: Construction codes and
licensing; license requiring examination by commissioner language
provided.
Subd. 1: Examination qualifications language provided.
Subd. 2:
Examination applicant non qualification language provided.
Subd. 3: Examination
taking language provided.
Subd. 4: Examination results language
provided.

Sec. 33: Construction codes and licensing; renewal of licenses
language provided.
Subd. 1: License expiration language provided.
Subd. 2:
Renewal availability language provided.
Subd. 3: Deadline for avoiding license
expiration language provided.

Sec. 34: Construction codes and licensing;
incomplete license applications language provided.

Sec. 35: Construction
codes and licensing; reinstatement of licenses language provided.
Subd. 1:
Reinstatement after revocation language provided.
Subd. 2: Reinstatement after
suspension language provided.
Subd. 3: Reinstatement after voluntary
termination language provided.

Sec. 36: Construction codes and licensing;
license transfer prohibition language provided.

Sec. 37: Construction codes
and licensing; continuing education language provided.
Subd. 1: Applicability
language provided.
Subd. 2: Rescheduling language provided.
Subd. 3:
Nonrefundable fees language provided.

Sec. 38: Building officials designation
provisions modified.

Sec. 39: Building official certification application,
renewal, fees, and expiration language provided.

Sec. 40: Building official
certification criteria provisions modified.

Sec. 41: Building official
certification categories language provided.

Sec. 42: Building official
certification continuing education requirements and time extension language
provided.

Sec. 43: Building official certification renewal failure provisions
modified.

Sec. 44: Bond requirement for certain contractors language
provided.

Sec. 45: Personal licenses; examination requirement provisions
modified.

Sec. 46: Personal licenses; license, registration, and renewal
fees; expiration provisions modified.

Sec. 47: Personal licenses; reciprocity
provisions modified.

Sec. 48: Personal licenses; licensing exemptions
provisions modified.

Sec. 49: Direct supervision of a plumber���s
apprentice; contractor definition provided.

Sec. 50: Direct supervision of a
plumber���s apprentice; plumbing contractor definition provided.

Sec.
51: Direct supervision of a plumber���s apprentice; responsible licensed
plumber definition provided.

Sec. 52: Direct supervision of a
plumber���s apprentice; restricted plumbing contractor definition
provided.

Sec. 53: Plumbing; local regulations provisions modified.

Sec.
54: Plumbing; licensing, bond, and insurance provisions modified.
Subd. 1:
License requirement provisions modified.
Subd. 1a: License exemption language
provided.
Subd. 1b: Master plumber or restricted master plumber employment
language provided.
Subd. 2: Bond and insurance provisions modified.
Subd. 3:
Language stricken.
Subd. 4: Language stricken.
Subd. 5: Exterior connections
language.

Sec. 55: Plumber���s apprentices provisions modified.
Subd.
1: Registration, supervision, and records provisions modified.
Subd. 2:
Journeyman exam language.
Subd. 3: Registration, rules, applications, renewals,
and fees provisions modified.

Sec. 56: Restricted master plumber and
restricted journeyman plumber license use provisions modified.

Sec. 57:
Restricted master plumber and restricted journeyman plumber license use period
provisions modified.

Sec. 58: Master and journeyman plumber application,
examination, and license fees provisions modified.

Sec. 59: Responsible
licensed master definition provided.

Sec. 60: Water conditioning contractor
definition provided.

Sec. 61: Water conditioning journeyman definition
provided.

Sec. 62: Water conditioning master definition provided.

Sec. 63:
Water conditioning installation violations report to commissioner requirement
provisions modified.

Sec. 64: Water conditioning installation licensing in
certain cities, qualifications, and rules provisions modified.
Subd. 1:
Licensing provisions modified.
Subd. 2: Licensing qualification provisions
modified.
Subd. 3: Commissioner provisions modified.

Sec. 65: Water
contractor bonding and insurance provisions modified.

Sec. 66: Water
conditioning master and water conditioning journeyman license fees and renewal
provisions modified.

Sec. 67: Contractor licensing requirement exceptions
provisions modified.

Sec. 68: Fee provisions modified.

Sec. 69: Form
provisions modified.

Sec. 70: License examination provisions
modified.

Sec. 71: Minnesota nonresident license provisions modified.

Sec.
72: Licensed manufacture home installer and licensed residential roofers bond
provisions modified.

Sec. 73: Sign contractor bond provisions
modified.

Sec. 74: High pressure pipefitting business license provisions
modified.

Sec. 75: High pressure pipefitter; registration with commissioner
provisions modified.

Sec. 76: High pressure pipefitter license, registration,
and renewal fees provisions modified.

Sec. 77: High pressure pipefitter
competency or journeyman high pressure pipefitter competency license application
and renewal provisions modified.

Sec. 78: Masters of boats examination and
licensing provisions modified.

Sec. 79: Engineer���s license
application provisions modified.

Sec. 80: Applicability language
provided.

Sec. 81: Boiler engineer license fee provisions modified.

Sec.
82: Manufactured home; installation definition modified.

Sec. 83: Used
manufactured home definition provided.

Sec. 84: Manufactured homes; seller
definition provided.

Sec. 85: New manufactured homes requirement provisions
modified.

Sec. 86: Used manufactured homes requirement language
provided.

Sec. 87: Alternative design plan language provided.

Sec. 88: New
homes; manufacturer���s installation instructions language
provided.

Sec. 89: Used multisection homes; manufacturer���s
installation instructions language provided.

Sec. 90: Single-section used
manufactured homes reinstallation requirements language provided.

Sec. 91:
Single-section used manufactured home notice requirement language
provided.

Sec. 92: Penalty provisions modified.

Sec. 93: Manufactured home
sales manufacturers and dealers; subagency license provisions modified.

Sec.
94: Manufactured home sales manufacturers and dealers; license renewal
provisions modified.

Sec. 95: Manufactured home sales manufacturers and
dealers; license fee provisions modified.

Sec. 96: Manufactured home sales
manufacturers and dealers; limited dealers license provisions modified.

Sec.
97: Manufactured home installers provisions modified.

Sec. 98: Joint exercise
of powers; services performed by governmental units; commonality of powers
provisions modified.

Sec. 99: Business and community development fund
appropriation modified.

Sec. 100: 2010 distributions only provisions
modified.

Sec. 101: Customer service language provided.

Sec. 102:
Workforce services report and recommendations language provided.

Sec. 103:
Department of Employment and Economic Development bloc grant report language
provided.

Sec. 104: Study of divisions of state depository accounts and
general fund revenue account language provided.

Sec. 105: Minnesota Science
and Technology Authority appropriation language provided.

Sec. 106: Minnesota
Science and Technology Authority fund transfer language provided.

Sec. 107:
Revisor���s instructions provided.

Sec. 108: Repealer provided.

Sec.
109: Effective dates provided.