1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; eliminating the fee for radon mitigation system tags; reducing 
1.3 	a base appropriation;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 144.4961, 
1.4 	subdivision 8.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 144.4961, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 8.Licensing fees. (a) All radon license applications submitted to the commissioner 
1.8 	of health must be accompanied by the required fees. If the commissioner determines that 
1.9 	insufficient fees were paid, the necessary additional fees must be paid before the 
1.10 	commissioner approves the application. The commissioner shall charge the following fees 
1.11 	for each radon license:
1.12 	(1) Each measurement professional license, $150 per year. "Measurement professional" 
1.13 	means any person who performs a test to determine the presence and concentration of radon 
1.14 	in a building the person does not own or lease.
1.15 	(2) Each mitigation professional license, $250 per year. "Mitigation professional" means 
1.16 	an individual who installs or designs a radon mitigation system in a building the individual 
1.17 	does not own or lease, or provides on-site supervision of radon mitigation and mitigation 
1.18 	technicians. "On-site supervision" means a review at the property of mitigation work upon 
1.19 	completion of the work and attachment of a system tag. Employees or subcontractors who 
1.20 	are supervised by a licensed mitigation professional are not required to be licensed under 
1.21 	this clause. This license also permits the licensee to perform the activities of a measurement 
1.22 	professional described in clause (1).
2.1 	(3) Each mitigation company license, $100 per year. "Mitigation company" means any 
2.2 	business or government entity that performs or authorizes employees to perform radon 
2.3 	mitigation. This fee is waived if the mitigation company employs only one licensed mitigation 
2.4 	professional.
2.5 	(4) Each radon analysis laboratory license, $500 per year. "Radon analysis laboratory" 
2.6 	means a business entity or government entity that analyzes passive radon detection devices 
2.7 	to determine the presence and concentration of radon in the devices. This fee is waived if 
2.8 	the laboratory is a government entity and is only distributing test kits for the general public 
2.9 	to use in Minnesota.
2.10 	(5) Each Minnesota Department of Health radon mitigation system tag, $75 per tag. 
2.11 	"Minnesota Department of Health radon mitigation system tag" or "system tag" means a 
2.12 	unique identifiable radon system label provided by the commissioner of health.
2.13 	(b) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited 
2.14 	to the state government special revenue fund.

2.15 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.16 	The base appropriation for the commissioner of health for implementation of section 1 
2.17 	is reduced by $....... beginning in fiscal year 2021.