SF 3414

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/16/2018 08:32am

A bill for an act
relating to health; modifying requirements for licensure or registration for certain
activities related to wells and borings; directing the commissioner of health to
amend certain rules; amending Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section
103I.205, subdivision 4.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 103I.205, subdivision 4, is
amended to read:

Subd. 4.

License required.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), (c), (d), or (e),
section 103I.401, subdivision 2, or 103I.601, subdivision 2, a person may not drill, construct,
repair, or seal a well or boring unless the person has a well contractor's license in possession.

(b) A person may construct, repair, and seal an environmental well if the person:

(1) is a professional engineer licensed under sections 326.02 to 326.15 in the branches
of civil or geological engineering;

(2) is a hydrologist or hydrogeologist certified by the American Institute of Hydrology;

(3) is a professional geoscientist licensed under sections 326.02 to 326.15;

(4) is a geologist certified by the American Institute of Professional Geologists; or

(5) meets the qualifications established by the commissioner in rule.

A person must be licensed by the commissioner as an environmental well contractor on
forms provided by the commissioner.

(c) A person may do the following work with a limited well/boring contractor's license
in possession. A separate license is required for each of the four activities:

(1) installing, repairing, and modifying well screens, pitless units and pitless adaptors,
well pumps and pumping equipment, and well casings from the pitless adaptor or pitless
unit to the upper termination of the well casing;

(2) sealing wells and borings;

(3) constructing, repairing, and sealing dewatering wells; or

(4) constructing, repairing, and sealing bored geothermal heat exchangers.

(d) A person may construct, repair, and seal an elevator boring with an elevator boring
contractor's license.

(e) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter requiring a license, a license is not
required for a person who complies with the other provisions of this chapter if the person
is:

(1) an individual who constructs a water-supply well on land that is owned or leased by
the individual and is used by the individual for farming or agricultural purposes or as the
individual's place of abode; new text begin or
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(2) an individual who performs labor or services for a contractor licensed under the
provisions of this chapter in connection with the construction, sealing, or repair of a well
or boring at the direction and under the personal supervision of a contractor licensed under
the provisions of this chapter deleted text begin ; or deleted text end new text begin .
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deleted text begin (3) a licensed plumber who is repairing submersible pumps or water pipes associated
with well water systems if: (i) the repair location is within an area where there is no licensed
well contractor within 50 miles, and (ii) the licensed plumber complies with all relevant
sections of the plumbing code.
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Sec. 2. new text begin RULEMAKING; WELL AND BORING RECORDS.
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new text begin (a) The commissioner of health shall amend Minnesota Rules, part 4725.1851, subpart
1, to require the licensee, registrant, or property owner or lessee to submit the record of well
or boring construction or sealing within 90 days after completion of the work, rather than
within 30 days after completion of the work.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes,
section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under this section, and Minnesota
Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply, except as provided under Minnesota Statutes,
section 14.388.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end