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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to construction professions; modifying provisions relating to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>electrical, plumbing, water conditioning, boiler, and high-pressure piping <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>professions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 299F.011, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>3; 326.244, subdivision 1; 327.32, subdivision 1; 327.33, by adding subdivisions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>327A.04, subdivision 2; 327A.07; 327B.06, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>2007 Supplement, sections 16B.64, subdivision 8; 181.723, subdivision 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>183.60, subdivision 2; 326.01, subdivisions 4b, 5; 326.2415, subdivisions 2, 6; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>326.242, subdivisions 2, 3d, 5, 12, by adding subdivisions; 326.244, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>5; 326.37, subdivisions 1a, 4; 326.3705, subdivision 1; 326.40, subdivisions 2, 3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>by adding a subdivision; 326.47, subdivision 2; 326.48, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 2b, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>5; 326.50; 326.505, subdivisions 1, 2, 8; 326.62; 326.84, subdivision 1; 326.86, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>subdivision 1; 326.87, subdivision 5; 326.93, subdivision 4; 326.94, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>2; 326.97, subdivision 1a; 326B.082, subdivisions 8, 10, 11, 12, 13; 326B.083, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>subdivision 3; 326B.42, by adding a subdivision; 326B.89, subdivisions 5, 6, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>12, 14; 327B.04, subdivision 4; Laws 2007, chapter 140, article 4, section 12; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.69; Minnesota Statutes 2007 <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>Supplement, sections 326.2411; 326.372; 326.471; Laws 2007, chapter 9, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>1; Laws 2007, chapter 135, article 4, sections 2; 8; article 6, section 3; Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>2007, chapter 140, article 12, section 9; Minnesota Rules, part 3800.3510.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 16B.64, subdivision 8, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Effective date of rules.</b> A rule to adopt or amend the state's building code <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>is effective 180 days after the filing of the rule with the secretary of state under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>14.16
         </statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>14.26</statute_ref>. The rule may provide for a different later effective date. The rule may <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>provide for an earlier effective date if the commissioner or board proposing the rule finds <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>that a different an earlier effective date is necessary to protect public health and safety <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>after considering, among other things, the need for time for training of individuals to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>comply with and enforce the rule.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 181.723, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Limited application.</b> This section only applies to individuals performing <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>public or private sector commercial or residential building construction or improvement <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>services, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>326.83</statute_ref>. Building construction and improvement services do <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>not include: (1) the manufacture, supply, or sale of products, materials, or merchandise; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>(2) landscaping services for the maintenance or removal of existing plants, shrubs, trees, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>and other vegetation, whether or not the services are provided as part of a contract for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>the building construction or improvement services; and (3) all other landscaping services, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>unless the other landscaping services are provided as part of a contract for the building <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>construction or improvement services.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 183.60, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Repair violation.</b>  No A person who repairs a boiler or pressure vessel by <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>welding or riveting so as not to must meet the minimum requirements established by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>current edition of the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors inspection <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>code and the rules of the department.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 299F.011, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Rules for code administration and enforcement.</b> The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>of public safety shall adopt rules as may be necessary to administer and enforce the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>code, specifically including but not limited to rules for inspection of buildings and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>structures covered by the code and conforming the code to the governmental organization <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>of Minnesota state agencies, political subdivisions and local governments.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.01, subdivision 4b, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4b. <b>Elevator contractor.</b> "Elevator contractor" means a licensed contractor <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>whose responsible licensed individual is a licensed master elevator constructor. An <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>elevator contractor license does not itself qualify its holder to perform or supervise the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>electrical or elevator work authorized by holding any other a personal license issued by <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>the commissioner.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.6.0"></a><a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.01, subdivision 5, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Contractor.</b>  "Contractor" means a person who performs or offers to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>perform any electrical work, with or without compensation, who is licensed as a contractor <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>by the commissioner. A contractor's license does not of itself qualify its holder to perform <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>or supervise the electrical work authorized by holding any class of electrician's or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>personal electrical license. Contractor includes electrical contractors and technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>system contractors.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.7.0"></a><a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.2415, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Powers; duties; administrative support.</b> (a) The board shall have the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>power to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) elect its chair, vice-chair, and secretary;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) adopt bylaws that specify the duties of its officers, the meeting dates of the board, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>and containing such other provisions as may be useful and necessary for the efficient <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>conduct of the business of the board;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) adopt the Minnesota Electrical Code shall, which must be the most current <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>edition of the National Electrical Code upon its adoption by the board and any amendments <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>thereto as adopted by the board. The board shall adopt the most current edition of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>National Electrical Code and any amendments thereto pursuant to chapter 14 and as <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>provided in subdivision 6, paragraphs (b) and (c);<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) review requests for final interpretations and issue final interpretations as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>16B.63, subdivision 5</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) adopt rules that regulate the licensure or registration of electrical businesses, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>electrical contractors, master electricians, journeyman electricians, Class A installer, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>Class B installer, power limited technicians, and other persons who perform electrical <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>work except for those individuals licensed under section 
         <statute_ref>326.02, subdivisions 2</statute_ref> and 3. <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>The board shall adopt these rules pursuant to chapter 14 and as provided in subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>6, paragraphs (d) and (e);<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) adopt rules that regulate continuing education for individuals licensed or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>registered as electrical businesses, electrical contractors, master electricians, journeyman <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>electricians, Class A installer, Class B installer, power limited technicians, and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>persons who perform electrical work. The board shall adopt these rules pursuant to chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>14 and as provided in subdivision 6, paragraph paragraphs (d) and (e);<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) advise the commissioner regarding educational requirements for electrical <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>inspectors;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) refer complaints or other communications to the commissioner, whether oral or <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>in writing, as provided in subdivision 8, that alleges allege or implies imply a violation <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>of a statute, rule, or order that the commissioner has the authority to enforce pertaining <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>to code compliance, licensure, registration, or an offering to perform or performance <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>of unlicensed electrical services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) approve per diem and expenses deemed necessary for its members as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>subdivision 3;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) approve license reciprocity agreements;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) select from its members individuals to serve on any other state advisory council, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>board, or committee; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(12) recommend the fees for licenses and certifications.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except for the powers granted to the Plumbing Board, Board of Electricity, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>the Board of High Pressure Piping Systems, the commissioner of labor and industry <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and any rules promulgated <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>pursuant thereto.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The board shall comply with section 
         <statute_ref>15.0597, subdivisions 2</statute_ref> and 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner shall coordinate the board's rulemaking and recommendations <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>with the recommendations and rulemaking conducted by all of the other boards created <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>pursuant to chapter 326B. The commissioner shall provide staff support to the board. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>support includes professional, legal, technical, and clerical staff necessary to perform <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>rulemaking and other duties assigned to the board. The commissioner of labor and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>industry shall supply necessary office space and supplies to assist the board in its duties.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.8.0"></a><a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.2415, subdivision 6, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Officers, quorum, voting.</b> (a) The board shall elect annually from its <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>members a chair, vice-chair, and secretary. A quorum of the board shall consist of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>majority of members of the board qualified to vote on the matter in question. All questions <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>concerning the manner in which a meeting is conducted or called that is not covered <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>by statute shall be determined by Robert's Rules of Order (revised) unless otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>specified by the bylaws.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Each electrical code amendment considered by the board that receives an <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>affirmative two-thirds or more majority vote of all of the voting members of the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>shall be included in the next electrical code rulemaking proceeding initiated by the board. <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>If an electrical code amendment considered, or reconsidered, by the board receives less <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>than a two-thirds majority vote of all of the voting members of the board, the electrical <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>code amendment shall not be included in the next electrical code rulemaking proceeding <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>initiated by the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The board may reconsider electrical code amendments during an active electrical <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>code rulemaking proceeding in which the amendment previously failed to receive a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>two-thirds majority vote or more of all of the voting members of the board only if new <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>or updated information that affects the electrical code amendment is presented to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>board. The board may also reconsider failed electrical code amendments in subsequent <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>electrical code rulemaking proceedings.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Each proposed rule and rule amendment considered by the board pursuant to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>rulemaking authority specified in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clauses (5) and (6), that <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>receives an affirmative majority vote of all of the voting members of the board shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>included in the next rulemaking proceeding initiated by the board. If a proposed rule or <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>rule amendment considered, or reconsidered, by the board receives less than an affirmative <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>majority vote of all of the voting members of the board, the proposed rule or rule <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>amendment shall not be included in the next rulemaking proceeding initiated by the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The board may reconsider proposed rule rules or rule amendment amendments <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>during an active rulemaking proceeding in which the amendment previously failed to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>receive an affirmative majority vote of all of the voting members of the board only if new <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>or updated information that affects the proposed rule or rule amendment is presented to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>the board. The board may also reconsider failed proposed rule rules or rule amendment <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>amendments in subsequent rulemaking proceedings.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.9.0"></a><a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.242, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Journeyman electrician.</b> (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, no <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>individual shall perform and supervise any electrical work except for planning or laying <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>out of electrical work unless:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the individual is licensed by the commissioner as a journeyman electrician; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the electrical work is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) for a contractor and the individual is an employee, partner, or officer of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>licensed contractor; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) performed under the supervision of a master electrician also employed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>the individual's employer on electrical wiring, apparatus, equipment, or facilities that <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>are owned or leased by the employer and that are located within the limits of property <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>operated, maintained, and either owned or leased by the employer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An applicant for a Class A journeyman electrician license shall have had at <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>least four years of experience, acceptable to the commissioner, in wiring for, installing, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>and repairing electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment, provided however, that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>commissioner may by rule allow one year of experience credit for the successful <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>completion of a two-year post high school electrical course approved by the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>may be allowed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) As of August 1, 1985, no new Class B journeyman electrician licenses shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>issued. An individual who holds a Class B journeyman electrician license as of August 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>1985, may retain and renew the license and exercise the privileges it grants, which include <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>electrical work limited to single phase systems, not over 200 amperes in capacity, on <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>farmsteads or on single-family dwellings located in towns or municipalities with fewer <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>than 2,500 inhabitants.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.10.0"></a><a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.242, subdivision 3d, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3d. <b>Power limited technician.</b> (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, no <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>individual shall install, alter, repair, plan, lay out, or supervise the installing, altering, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>repairing, planning, or laying out of electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>technology circuits or systems unless:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the individual is licensed by the commissioner as a power limited technician; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the electrical work is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) for a licensed contractor and the individual is an employee, partner, or officer of, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>or is the licensed contractor; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) performed under the direct supervision of a master electrician or power limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>technician also employed by the individual's employer on technology circuits, systems, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>apparatus, equipment, or facilities that are owned or leased by the employer and that are <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>located within the limits of property operated, maintained, and either owned or leased by <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>the employer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An applicant for a power limited technician's license shall (1) be a graduate of <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>a four-year electrical course offered by an accredited college or university; or (2) have <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>had at least 36 months' experience, acceptable to the board commissioner, in planning for, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>laying out, supervising, installing, altering, and repairing wiring, apparatus, or equipment <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>for power limited systems, provided however, that the board may by rule provide for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>allowance of up to 12 months (2,000 hours) of experience credit for successful completion <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>of a two-year post high school electrical course or other technical training approved by <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>the board commissioner may be allowed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Licensees must attain 16 hours of continuing education acceptable to the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>every renewal period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) A company holding an alarm and communication license as of June 30, 2003, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>may designate one individual who may obtain a power limited technician license without <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>passing an examination administered by the commissioner by submitting an application <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>and license fee of $30.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) A person who has submitted an application by December 30, 2007, to take the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>power limited technician examination administered by the department is not required to <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>meet the qualifications set forth in paragraph (b).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.11.0"></a><a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.242, is amended by adding <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>a subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3e. <b>Elevator constructor.</b> (a) An individual licensed as an elevator <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>constructor may install, maintain, and repair electrical wiring, apparatus, and equipment <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>for elevators and escalators while in the employ of an elevator contractor or Class A <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>electrical contractor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An applicant for an elevator constructor's license shall have at least 36 months' <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>experience, acceptable to the commissioner, in wiring for, installing, and repairing <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for elevators and escalators, provided, however, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>that one year of experience credit for the completion of a two-year post-high school <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>electrical course approved by the commissioner may be allowed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.12.0"></a><a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.242, is amended by adding <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>a subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3f. <b>Lineman.</b> (a) An individual licensed as a lineman may install, maintain, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>and repair transmission and distribution systems that are or will be owned or leased by an <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>electric utility.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An applicant for a lineman's license shall have at least 48 months' experience, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>acceptable to the commissioner, in wiring for, installing, and repairing electrical wiring, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>apparatus, or equipment for an electrical utility.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.13.0"></a><a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.242, is amended by adding <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>a subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3g. <b>Maintenance electrician.</b> (a) An individual licensed as a maintenance <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>electrician may maintain and repair electrical wiring, apparatus, and equipment while in <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>the employ of a contractor, or as a full-time employee of a single employer while engaged <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>in the maintenance and repair of electrical wiring, apparatus, and equipment owned or <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>leased by the employer and located within the limits of property owned or leased by <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>the employer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An applicant for a maintenance electrician's license shall have at least 48 months' <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>experience, acceptable to the commissioner, in wiring for, installing, and repairing <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment, provided, however, that one year of experience <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>credit for the completion of a two-year post-high school electrical course approved by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>commissioner may be allowed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.14.0"></a><a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.242, is amended by adding <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>a subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3h. <b>Master elevator constructor.</b> (a) An individual licensed as a master <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>elevator constructor may, while licensed as an elevator electrical contractor or while <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>in the employ of an elevator contractor or Class A electrical contractor, plan, lay out, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>supervise and install, maintain, and repair wiring, apparatus, and equipment for elevators <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>and escalators.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An applicant for a master elevator constructor's license shall have at least 60 <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>months' experience, acceptable to the commissioner, in wiring for, installing, and repairing <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for elevators and escalators, provided, however, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>that one year of experience credit for the completion of a two-year post-high school <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>electrical course approved by the commissioner may be allowed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.15.0"></a><a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.242, subdivision 5, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Unlicensed individuals.</b> (a) An unlicensed individual means an individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>who has not been licensed by the department to perform specific electrical work. An <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>unlicensed individual shall not perform electrical work required to be performed by a <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>licensed individual unless the individual has first registered with the department as an <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>unlicensed individual. Thereafter, an unlicensed individual shall not perform electrical <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>work required to be performed by a licensed individual unless the work is performed <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>under the direct supervision of an individual actually licensed to perform such work. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>licensed individual and unlicensed individual must be employed by the same employer. <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>Licensed individuals shall not permit unlicensed individuals to perform electrical work <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>except under the direct supervision of an individual actually licensed to perform such <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>work. Unlicensed individuals shall not supervise the performance of electrical work or <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>make assignments of electrical work to unlicensed individuals. Except for technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>circuit circuits or system systems work, licensed individuals shall supervise no more <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>than two unlicensed individuals. For technology circuit circuits or system systems work, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>licensed individuals shall supervise no more than three unlicensed individuals.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no individual other than a <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>master electrician or power limited technician shall plan or lay out electrical wiring, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>apparatus, or equipment for light, heat, power, or other purposes, except circuits or <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>systems exempted from personal licensing by subdivision 12, paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Contractors employing unlicensed individuals to perform electrical work shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>maintain records establishing compliance with this subdivision that shall identify all <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>unlicensed individuals performing electrical work, except for individuals working on <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>circuits or systems exempted from personal licensing by subdivision 12, paragraph (b), <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>and shall permit the department to examine and copy all such records.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) When a licensed individual supervises the electrical work of an unlicensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>individual, the licensed individual is responsible for ensuring that the electrical work <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>complies with the Minnesota Electrical Act and all rules adopted under the act.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.16.0"></a><a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.242, subdivision 12, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 12. <b>Exemptions from licensing.</b> (a) An individual who is a maintenance <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>electrician is not required to hold or obtain a license under sections 
         <statute_ref>326B.31</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>326B.399</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the individual is engaged in the maintenance and repair of electrical equipment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>apparatus, and facilities that are owned or leased by the individual's employer and that are <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>located within the limits of property operated, maintained, and either owned or leased by <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>the individual's employer;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the individual is supervised by:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the responsible master electrician for a contractor who has contracted with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>individual's employer to provide services for which a contractor's license is required; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) a licensed master electrician, a licensed maintenance electrician, an electrical <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>engineer, or, if the maintenance and repair work is limited to technology circuit and system <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>circuits or systems work, a licensed power limited technician; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the individual's employer has filed with the commissioner a certificate of <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>responsible person, signed by the responsible master electrician of the contractor, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>licensed master electrician, the licensed maintenance electrician, the electrical engineer, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>the licensed power limited technician, and stating that the person signing the certificate is <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>responsible for ensuring that the maintenance and repair work performed by the employer's <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>employees complies with the Minnesota Electrical Act and the rules adopted under that act.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Employees of a licensed electrical or technology systems contractor or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>employer where provided with supervision by a master electrician in accordance with <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>subdivision 1, or power limited technician in accordance with subdivision 3d, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>(a), clause (1), are not required to hold a license under sections 
         <statute_ref>326B.31</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>326B.399</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>for the planning, laying out, installing, altering, and repairing of technology circuits or <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>systems except planning, laying out, or installing: <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) in other than residential dwellings, class 2 or class 3 remote control circuits that <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>control circuits or systems other than class 2 or class 3, except circuits that interconnect <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>these systems through communication, alarm, and security systems are exempted from <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>this paragraph;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) class 2 or class 3 circuits in electrical cabinets, enclosures, or devices containing <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>physically unprotected circuits other than class 2 or class 3; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) technology circuits and or systems in hazardous classified locations as covered <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>by chapter 5 of the National Electrical Code.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Companies and their employees that plan, lay out, install, alter, or repair class <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>2 and class 3 remote control wiring associated with plug or cord and plug connected <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>appliances other than security or fire alarm systems installed in a residential dwelling are <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>not required to hold a license under sections 
         <statute_ref>326B.31</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>326B.399</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration contractors and their <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>employees are not required to hold or obtain a license under sections 
         <statute_ref>326B.31</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>326B.399</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>when performing heating, ventilating, air conditioning, or refrigeration work as described <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>326.245</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Employees of any electrical, communications, or railway utility, cable <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>communications company as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>238.02</statute_ref>, or a telephone company as defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>237.01</statute_ref> or its employees, or of any independent contractor performing work <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>on behalf of any such utility, cable communications company, or telephone company, shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>not be required to hold a license under sections 
         <statute_ref>326B.31</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>326B.399</statute_ref>: <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) while performing work on installations, materials, or equipment which are owned <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>or leased, and operated and maintained by such utility, cable communications company, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>telephone company in the exercise of its utility, antenna, or telephone function, and which<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) are used exclusively for the generation, transformation, distribution, transmission, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>or metering of electric current, or the operation of railway signals, or the transmission <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>of intelligence and do not have as a principal function the consumption or use of electric <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>current or provided service by or for the benefit of any person other than such utility, cable <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>communications company, or telephone company, and<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) are generally accessible only to employees of such utility, cable communications <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>company, or telephone company or persons acting under its control or direction, and<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) are not on the load side of the service point or point of entrance for <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>communication systems;<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) while performing work on installations, materials, or equipment which are a part <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>of the street lighting operations of such utility; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) while installing or performing work on outdoor area lights which are directly <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>connected to a utility's distribution system and located upon the utility's distribution poles, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>and which are generally accessible only to employees of such utility or persons acting <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>under its control or direction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) An owner shall not be required to hold or obtain a license under sections 
         <statute_ref>326B.31</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>to 
         <statute_ref>326B.399</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.17.0"></a><a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 326.244, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Required inspection.</b> Except where any political subdivision has by <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>ordinance provided for electrical inspection similar to that herein provided, every new <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>electrical installation in any construction, remodeling, replacement, or repair, except <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>minor repair work as the same is defined by the board by rule, shall be inspected by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>board commissioner for compliance with accepted standards of construction for safety <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>to life and property.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.18.0"></a><a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.244, subdivision 5, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Exemptions from inspections.</b> Installations, materials, or equipment shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>not be subject to inspection under sections 
         <statute_ref>326B.31</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>326B.399</statute_ref>: <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) when owned or leased, operated and maintained by any employer whose <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>maintenance electricians are exempt from licensing under sections 
         <statute_ref>326B.31</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>326B.399</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>while performing electrical maintenance work only as defined by board rule; <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) when owned or leased, and operated and maintained by any electrical, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>communications, or railway utility, cable communications company as defined in section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>238.02
         </statute_ref>, or telephone company as defined under section 
         <statute_ref>237.01</statute_ref>, in the exercise of its <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>utility, antenna, or telephone function; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) are used exclusively for the generations, transformation, distribution, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>transmission, or metering of electric current, or the operation of railway signals, or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>transmission of intelligence, and do not have as a principal function the consumption or <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>use of electric current by or for the benefit of any person other than such utility, cable <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>communications company, or telephone company; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) are generally accessible only to employees of such utility, cable communications <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>company, or telephone company or persons acting under its control or direction; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) are not on the load side of the service point or point of entrance for <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>communication systems;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) when used in the street lighting operations of an electrical utility;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) when used as outdoor area lights which are owned and operated by an electrical <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>utility and which are connected directly to its distribution system and located upon the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>utility's distribution poles, and which are generally accessible only to employees of such <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>utility or persons acting under its control or direction;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) when the installation, material, and equipment are in facilities subject to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>jurisdiction of the federal Mine Safety and Health Act; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) when the installation, material, and equipment is part of an elevator installation <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>for which the elevator contractor, licensed under section 
         <statute_ref>326.242</statute_ref>, is required to obtain <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>a permit from the authority having jurisdiction as provided by section 
         <statute_ref>16B.747</statute_ref>, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>inspection has been or will be performed by an elevator inspector certified and licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>by the department. This exemption shall apply only to installations, material, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>equipment permitted or required to be connected on the load side of the disconnecting <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>means required for elevator equipment under National Electrical Code Article 620, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>elevator communications and alarm systems within the machine room, car, hoistway, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>elevator lobby. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.19.0"></a><a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.37, subdivision 1a, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Agreements with municipalities.</b> The commissioner may enter into an <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>agreement with a municipality, in which the municipality agrees to perform plan and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>specification reviews required to be performed by the commissioner under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>Rules, part 4715.3130, if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the municipality has adopted:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the plumbing code;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) an ordinance that requires plumbing plans and specifications to be submitted to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>reviewed, and approved by the municipality, except as provided in paragraph (h) (n); <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) an ordinance that authorizes the municipality to perform inspections required by <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>the plumbing code; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) an ordinance that authorizes the municipality to enforce the plumbing code in its <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>entirety, except as provided in paragraph (p);<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) the municipality agrees to review plumbing plans and specifications for all <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>construction for which the plumbing code requires the review of plumbing plans and <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>specifications, except as provided in paragraph (n);<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) the municipality agrees that, when it reviews plumbing plans and specifications <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>under paragraph (b), the review will:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) reflect the degree to which the plans and specifications affect the public health <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>and conform to the provisions of the plumbing code;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) ensure that there is no physical connection between water supply systems that <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>are safe for domestic use and those that are unsafe for domestic use; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) ensure that there is no apparatus through which unsafe water may be discharged <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>or drawn into a safe water supply system;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) the municipality agrees to perform all inspections required by the plumbing <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>code in connection with projects for which the municipality reviews plumbing plans and <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>specifications under paragraph (b);<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) the commissioner determines that the individuals who will conduct the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>inspections and the plumbing plan and specification reviews for the municipality do not <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>have any conflict of interest in conducting the inspections and the plan and specification <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>reviews;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) individuals who will conduct the plumbing plan and specification reviews for <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>the municipality are: <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) licensed master plumbers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) licensed professional engineers; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) individuals who are working under the supervision of a licensed professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>engineer or licensed master plumber and who are licensed master or journeyman plumbers <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>or hold a postsecondary degree in engineering;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) individuals who will conduct the plumbing plan and specification reviews for <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>the municipality have passed a competency assessment required by the commissioner to <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>assess the individual's competency at reviewing plumbing plans and specifications;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) individuals who will conduct the plumbing inspections for the municipality <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>are licensed master or journeyman plumbers, or inspectors meeting the competency <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>requirements established in rules adopted under section 
         <statute_ref>16B.655</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the municipality agrees to enforce in its entirety the plumbing code on all <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.35"></a><var>13.35</var>projects, except as provided in paragraph (p); <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) the municipality agrees to keep official records of all documents received, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>including plans, specifications, surveys, and plot plans, and of all plan reviews, permits <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>and certificates issued, reports of inspections, and notices issued in connection with <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>plumbing inspections and the review of plumbing plans and specifications;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k) the municipality agrees to maintain the records described in paragraph (j) in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>official records of the municipality for the period required for the retention of public <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>records under section 
         <statute_ref>138.17</statute_ref>, and shall make these records readily available for review at <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>the request of the commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(l) the municipality and the commissioner agree that if at any time during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>agreement the municipality does not have in effect the plumbing code or any of ordinances <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>described in item paragraph (a), or if the commissioner determines that the municipality <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>is not properly administering and enforcing the plumbing code or is otherwise not <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>complying with the agreement:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the commissioner may, effective 14 days after the municipality's receipt of <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>written notice, terminate the agreement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the municipality may challenge the termination in a contested case before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>commissioner pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) while any challenge is pending under item clause (2), the commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>perform plan and specification reviews within the municipality under Minnesota Rules, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>part 4715.3130;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(m) the municipality and the commissioner agree that the municipality may terminate <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>the agreement with or without cause on 90 days' written notice to the commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(n) the municipality and the commissioner agree that the municipality shall forward <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>to the state for review all plumbing plans and specifications for the following types of <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>projects within the municipality:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) hospitals, nursing homes, supervised living facilities, and similar <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>health-care-related facilities regulated by the Minnesota Department of Health;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) buildings owned by the federal or state government; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) projects of a special nature for which department review is requested by either <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>the municipality or the state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(o) where the municipality forwards to the state for review plumbing plans and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>specifications, as provided in paragraph (n), the municipality shall not collect any fee for <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>plan review, and the commissioner shall collect all applicable fees for plan review; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(p) no municipality shall revoke, suspend, or place restrictions on any plumbing <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var>license issued by the state.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.20.0"></a><a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.37, subdivision 4, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Air admittance valves </b><b>and water-free urinals</b><b> prohibited.</b> (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>Mechanical devices and fittings with internal moving parts are prohibited from installation <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>in plumbing venting systems.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) All urinals covered under the jurisdiction of the State Plumbing Code must have <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>a water flush device with a volume of not more than one gallon per use.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.21.0"></a><a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.3705, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Composition.</b> (a) The Plumbing Board shall consist of 14 members. <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>Twelve members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>senate and shall be voting members. Appointments of members by the governor shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>made in accordance with section 
         <statute_ref>15.066</statute_ref>. If the senate votes to refuse to consent to an <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>appointment of a member made by the governor, the governor shall appoint a new member <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>with the advice and consent of the senate. One member shall be the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>labor and industry or the commissioner of labor and industry's designee, who shall be a <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>voting member. One member shall be the commissioner of health or the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>health's designee, who shall not be a voting member. Of the 12 appointed members, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>composition shall be as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) two members shall be municipal plumbing inspectors, one from the metropolitan <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>area and one from greater Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) one member shall be a licensed professional engineer specializing in plumbing <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>designs or systems;<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) two members shall be commercial/industrial plumbing contractors, one from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>metropolitan area and one from greater Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) one member shall be a residential plumbing contractor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) two members shall be commercial/industrial journeymen, one from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>metropolitan area and one from greater Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) one member shall be a residential plumbing journeyman;<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) one member shall be a water conditioning contractor; <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) one member shall be a municipal public water supply system operator or <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>superintendent; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) one member shall be a public member as defined by section 
         <statute_ref>214.02</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>One of the municipal plumbing inspectors shall be appointed for an initial term to end on <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.35"></a><var>15.35</var>December 31, 2010. The other municipal plumbing inspector shall be appointed for an <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>initial term to end on December 31, 2011. The professional engineer shall be appointed for <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>an initial term to end on December 31, 2011. One of the commercial/industrial plumbing <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>contractors shall be appointed for an initial term to end on December 31, 2010. The other <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>commercial/industrial plumbing contractor shall be appointed for an initial term to end <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>on December 31, 2011. The residential plumbing contractor shall be appointed for an <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>initial term to end on December 31, 2010. One of the commercial/industrial plumbing <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>journeymen shall be appointed for an initial term to end on December 31, 2011. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>other commercial/industrial plumbing journeyman shall be appointed for an initial term <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>to end on December 31, 2010. The residential plumbing journeyman shall be appointed <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>for an initial term to end on December 31, 2011. The water conditioning contractor shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>be appointed for an initial term to end on December 31, 2011. The municipal public <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>water supply system operator or superintendent shall be appointed for an initial term to <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>end on December 31, 2010. The public member shall be appointed for a term to end <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>December 31, 2010.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The licensed professional engineer must possess a current Minnesota professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>engineering license and maintain the license for the duration of their term. All other <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>appointed members, except for the water conditioning contractor, the public member, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>the municipal public water supply system operator or superintendent, must possess a <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>current plumbing license issued by the Department of Labor and Industry and maintain <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>that license for the duration of their term. The water conditioning contractor must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>licensed as a water conditioning contractor by the Department of Labor and Industry and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>maintain the license for the duration of the term on the board. All appointed members <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>must be residents of Minnesota at the time of and throughout the member's appointment. <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>The term of any appointed member that does not maintain membership qualification status <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>shall end on the date of the status change and the governor shall appoint a new member. It <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>is the responsibility of the member to notify the board of the member's status change.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) For appointed members, except the initial terms designated in paragraph (a), each <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>term shall be three years with the terms ending on December 31. Members appointed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>the governor shall be limited to three consecutive terms. The governor shall, all or in part, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>reappoint the current members or appoint replacement members with the advice and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>consent of the senate. Midterm vacancies shall be filled for the remaining portion of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>term. Vacancies occurring with less than six months time remaining in the term shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>filled for the existing term and the following three-year term. Members may serve until <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>their successors are appointed but in no case later than July 1 in a year in which the term <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.35"></a><var>16.35</var>expires unless reappointed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.22.0"></a><a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.40, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Bond; insurance.</b> Any person contracting to do plumbing work must give <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>bond to the state in the amount of $25,000 for all work entered into within the state. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>bond shall be for the benefit of persons injured or suffering financial loss by reason of <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>failure to comply with the requirements of the State Plumbing Code. The bond shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>be filed with the commissioner and shall be written by a corporate surety licensed to <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>do business in the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, each applicant for a master plumber license or restricted master plumber <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>license,  or renewal thereof, shall provide evidence of public liability insurance, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>products liability insurance with limits of at least $50,000 per person and $100,000 per <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>occurrence and property damage insurance with limits of at least $10,000. The insurance <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>shall be written by an insurer licensed to do business in the state of Minnesota and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>each licensed master plumber shall maintain on file with the commissioner a certificate <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>evidencing the insurance providing that the insurance shall not be canceled without the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>insurer first giving 15 days written notice to the commissioner. The term of the insurance <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>shall be concurrent with the term of the license. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.23.0"></a><a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.40, subdivision 3, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Bond and insurance exemption.</b> If a master plumber or restricted master <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>plumber who is in compliance with the bond and insurance requirements of subdivision 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>employs another master a licensed plumber, the employee master plumber shall not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>required to meet the bond and insurance requirements of subdivision 2. A master plumber <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>An individual who is an employee working on the maintenance and repair of plumbing <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>equipment, apparatus, or facilities owned or leased by their the individual's employer and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>which is within the limits of property owned or leased, and operated or maintained by <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>their the individual's employer, shall not be required to meet the bond and insurance <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>requirements of subdivision 2.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.24.0"></a><a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.40, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Exterior connections.</b> Persons licensed as manufactured home installers <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>under chapter 327B are not required to be licensed under sections 326B.42 to 326B.49 <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>when connecting the exterior building drain sewer outlets to the above ground building <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>sewer system and when connecting the exterior water line to the above ground water <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>system to the manufactured home as described in National Manufactured Housing <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, United States Code, title 42, section 5401 <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>et seq. No additional licensure, bond, or insurance related to the scope of work permitted <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>under this subdivision may be required of a licensed manufactured home installer by <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>any unit of government.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.25.0"></a><a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.47, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Permissive municipal regulation.</b>  The commissioner may enter into an <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>agreement with a municipality, in which the municipality agrees to perform inspections <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>and issue permits for the construction and installation of high pressure piping systems <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>within the municipality's geographical area of jurisdiction, if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The municipality has adopted:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the code for power piping systems, Minnesota Rules, parts 5230.0250 to <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>5230.6200;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) an ordinance that authorizes the municipality to issue permits to persons holding <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>a high pressure piping business license issued by the department and only for construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>or installation that would, if performed properly, fully comply with all Minnesota Statutes <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>and Minnesota Rules;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) an ordinance that authorizes the municipality to perform the inspections that are <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>required under Minnesota Statutes or Minnesota Rules of governing the construction and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>installation of high pressure piping systems; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) an ordinance that authorizes the municipality to enforce the code for power <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>piping systems in its entirety.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The municipality agrees to issue permits only to persons holding a high pressure <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>piping business license as required by law at the time of the permit issuance, and only for <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>construction or installation that would, if performed properly, comply with all Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>Statutes and Minnesota Rules governing the construction or installation of high pressure <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>piping systems.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The municipality agrees to issue permits only on forms approved by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>department.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The municipality agrees that, for each permit issued by the municipality, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>municipality shall perform one or more inspections of the construction or installation to <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>determine whether the construction or installation complies with all Minnesota Statutes <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>and Minnesota Rules governing the construction or installation of high pressure piping <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>systems, and shall prepare a written report of each inspection.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The municipality agrees to notify the commissioner within 24 hours after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>municipality discovers any violation of the licensing laws related to high pressure piping.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The municipality agrees to notify the commissioner immediately if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>municipality discovers that any entity has failed to meet a deadline set by the municipality <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>for correction of a violation of the high pressure piping laws.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) The commissioner determines that the individuals who will conduct the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>inspections for the municipality do not have any conflict of interest in conducting the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>inspections.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) Individuals who will conduct the inspections for the municipality are permanent <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>employees of the municipality and are licensed contracting high pressure pipefitters or <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>licensed journeyman high pressure pipefitters.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) The municipality agrees to notify the commissioner within ten days of any <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>changes in the names or qualifications of the individuals who conduct the inspections <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>for the municipality.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) The municipality agrees to enforce in its entirety the code for power piping <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>systems on all projects.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k) The municipality shall not approve any piping installation unless the installation <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>conforms to all applicable provisions of the high pressure piping laws in effect at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>time of the installation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(l) The municipality agrees to promptly require compliance or revoke a permit that <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>it has issued if there is noncompliance with any of the applicable provisions of the high <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>pressure piping laws in connection with the work covered by the permit. The municipality <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>agrees to revoke the permit if any laws regulating the licensing of pipefitters have been <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>violated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(m) The municipality agrees to keep official records of all documents received, <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>including permit applications, and of all permits issued, reports of inspections, and notices <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>issued in connection with inspections.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(n) The municipality agrees to maintain the records described in paragraph (m) in <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>the official records of the municipality for the period required for the retention of public <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>records under section 
         <statute_ref>138.17</statute_ref>, and shall make these records readily available for review <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>according to section 
         <statute_ref>13.37</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(o) Not later than the tenth day of each month, the municipality shall submit to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.35"></a><var>19.35</var>commissioner a report of all high pressure piping permits issued by the municipality during <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>the preceding month. This report shall be in a format approved by the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>and shall include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the name of the contractor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the license number of the contractor's license issued by the commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the permit number;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the address of the job;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the date the permit was issued;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) a brief description of the work; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) the amount of the inspection fee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(p) Not later than the 31st day of January of each year, the municipality shall submit <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>a summary report to the commissioner identifying the status of each high pressure piping <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>project for which the municipality issued a permit during the preceding year, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>status of high pressure piping projects for which the municipality issued a permit during a <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>prior year where no final inspection had occurred by the first day of the preceding year. <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>This summary report shall include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the permit number;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the date of any final inspection; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) identification of any violation of high pressure piping laws related to work <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>covered by the permit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(q) The municipality and the commissioner agree that if at any time during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>agreement the municipality does not have in effect the code for high pressure piping <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>systems or any of the ordinances described in paragraph (a), or if the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>determines that the municipality is not properly administering and enforcing the code for <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>high pressure piping or is otherwise not complying with the agreement:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the commissioner may, effective 14 days after the municipality's receipt of <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>written notice, terminate the agreement and have the administration and enforcement of <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>the high pressure piping code in the involved municipality undertaken by the department; <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the municipality may challenge the termination in a contested case before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>commissioner pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) while any challenge under clause (2) is pending, the commissioner may exercise <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>oversight of the municipality to the extent needed to ensure that high pressure piping <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>inspections are performed and permits are issued in accordance with the high pressure <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>piping laws.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(r) The municipality and the commissioner agree that the municipality may terminate <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.35"></a><var>20.35</var>the agreement with or without cause on 90 days' written notice to the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(s) The municipality and the commissioner agree that no municipality shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>revoke, suspend, or place restrictions on any high pressure piping license issued by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>commissioner. If the municipality identifies during an inspection any violation that <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>may warrant revocation, suspension, or placement of restrictions on a high pressure <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>piping license issued by the commissioner, the municipality shall promptly notify the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>commissioner of the violation and the commissioner shall determine whether revocation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>suspension, or placement of restrictions on any high pressure piping license issued by <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>the commissioner is appropriate.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.26.0"></a><a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.48, subdivision 1, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>License required; rules; time credit.</b> No individual shall engage in <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>or work at the business of a contracting high pressure pipefitter unless issued an individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>a contracting high pressure pipefitter license to do so by the department under rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>adopted by the board. No license shall be required for repairs on existing installations. No <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>individual shall engage in or work at the business of journeyman high pressure pipefitter <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>unless issued an individual a journeyman high pressure pipefitter competency license to do <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>so by the department under rules adopted by the board. A person An individual possessing <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>an individual a contracting high pressure pipefitter competency license may also work <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>as a journeyman high pressure pipefitter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No person shall construct or install high pressure piping, nor install high pressure <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>piping in connection with the dealing in and selling of high pressure pipe material and <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>supplies, unless, at all times, an individual possessing a contracting high pressure pipefitter <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>individual competency license or a journeyman high pressure pipefitter individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>competency license is responsible for ensuring that the high pressure pipefitting work is in <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>conformity with Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The board shall prescribe rules, not inconsistent herewith, for the examination and <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>individual competency licensing of contracting high pressure pipefitters and journeyman <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>high pressure pipefitters and for issuance of permits by the department and municipalities <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>for the installation of high pressure piping.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An employee performing the duties of inspector for the department in regulating <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>pipefitting shall not receive time credit for the inspection duties when making an <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>application for a license required by this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.27.0"></a><a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.48, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>High pressure pipefitting business license.</b> Before obtaining a permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>for high pressure piping work, a person must obtain or utilize a business with a high <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>pressure piping business license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A person must have at all times as a full-time employee at least one individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>holding an individual a contracting high pressure pipefitter competency license. Only <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>full-time employees who hold individual contracting high pressure pipefitter licenses <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>are authorized to obtain high pressure piping permits in the name of the business. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>individual contracting high pressure pipefitter competency license holder can be the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>employee of only one high pressure piping business at a time.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To retain its business license without reapplication, a person holding a high pressure <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>piping business license that ceases to employ an individual holding an individual a <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>contracting high pressure pipefitter competency license shall have 60 days from the last <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>day of employment of its previous individual contracting pipefitter competency license <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>holder to employ another license holder. The department must be notified no later than <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>five days after the last day of employment of the previous license holder.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No high pressure pipefitting work may be performed during any period when the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>high pressure pipefitting business does not have an individual a contracting high pressure <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>pipefitter competency license holder on staff. If a license holder is not employed within <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>60 days after the last day of employment of the previous license holder, the pipefitting <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>business license shall lapse.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The board shall prescribe by rule procedures for application for and issuance of <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>business licenses.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.28.0"></a><a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.48, subdivision 2a, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>Registration requirement.</b> All unlicensed individuals, other than <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>pipefitter apprentices, must be registered under subdivision 2b. No licensed high pressure <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>piping business shall employ an unlicensed individual to assist in the practical construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>and installation of high pressure piping and appurtenances unless the unlicensed individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>is registered with the department. A pipefitter apprentice or registered unlicensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>individual employed by a high pressure piping business may assist in the practical <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>construction and installation of high pressure piping and appurtenances only while under <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>direct supervision of a licensed individual contracting high pressure pipefitter or licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>journeyman high pressure pipefitter employed by the same high pressure piping business. <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>The licensed individual contracting high pressure pipefitter or licensed journeyman high <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.35"></a><var>22.35</var>pressure pipefitter shall supervise no more than two pipefitter apprentices or registered <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>unlicensed individuals. The licensed individual contracting high pressure pipefitter or <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>journeyman high pressure pipefitter is responsible for ensuring that all high pressure <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>piping work performed by the pipefitter apprentice or registered unlicensed individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>complies with Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The board shall make recommendations by October 1, 2008, to the chairs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives having jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>over high pressure piping regulation on the ratio of licensed individual contracting <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>high pressure pipefitters or licensed journeyman high pressure pipefitters to pipefitter <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>apprentices or registered unlicensed individuals for purposes of supervision.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.29.0"></a><a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.48, subdivision 2b, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2b. <b>Registration with commissioner.</b> An unlicensed individual may <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>register to assist in the practical construction and installation of high pressure piping <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>and appurtenances while in the employ of a licensed high pressure piping business by <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>completing and submitting to the commissioner a registration form provided by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>commissioner. The board of High Pressure Piping Systems may prescribe rules, not <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>inconsistent with this section, for the registration of unlicensed individuals. <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An unlicensed individual applying for initial registration shall pay the department an <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>application fee of $50. Applications for initial registration may be submitted at any time. <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>Registration must be renewed annually and shall be valid for one calendar year beginning <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>January 1. Applications for renewal registration must be submitted to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>before December 31 of each registration period on forms provided by the commissioner, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>and must be accompanied by a fee of $50. There shall be no refund of fees paid.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.30.0"></a><a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.48, subdivision 5, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>License fee.</b> The department shall charge the following license fees:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) application for journeyman high pressure piping pipefitter competency license, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>$120;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) renewal of journeyman high pressure piping pipefitter competency license, $80;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) application for contracting high pressure piping pipefitter competency license, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>$270;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) renewal of contracting high pressure piping pipefitter competency license, $240;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) application for high pressure piping business license, $450;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) application to inactivate a contracting high pressure piping pipefitter competency <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>license or inactivate a journeyman high pressure piping pipefitter competency license, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>$40; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) renewal of an inactive contracting high pressure piping pipefitter competency <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>license or inactive journeyman high pressure piping pipefitter competency license, $40.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If an application for renewal of an active or inactive journeyman high pressure <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>piping pipefitter competency license or active or inactive contracting high pressure piping <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>pipefitter competency license is received by the department after the date of expiration of <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>the license, a $30 late renewal fee shall be added to the license renewal fee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Payment must accompany the application for a license or renewal of a license. There <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>shall be no refund of fees paid.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.31.0"></a><a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.50, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var><b>326.50 LICENSE APPLICATION AND RENEWAL.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Application for an individual a contracting high pressure pipefitter competency or an <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>individual a journeyman high pressure pipefitter competency license shall be made to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>department, with fees. The applicant shall be licensed only after passing an examination <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>developed and administered by the department in accordance with rules adopted by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>board. A competency license issued by the department shall expire on December 31 of <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>each year. A renewal application must be received by the department within one year <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>after expiration of the competency license. A license that has been expired for more <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>than one year cannot be renewed, and can only be reissued if the applicant submits a <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>new application for the competency license, pays a new application fee, and retakes and <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>passes the applicable license examination.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.32.0"></a><a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.505, subdivision 1, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Composition.</b> (a) The Board of High Pressure Piping Systems <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>shall consist of 13 members. Twelve members shall be appointed by the governor with <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>the advice and consent of the senate and shall be voting members. Appointments of <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>members by the governor shall be made in accordance with section 
         <statute_ref>15.066</statute_ref>. If the senate <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>votes to refuse to consent to an appointment of a member made by the governor, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>governor shall appoint a new member with the advice and consent of the senate. One <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>member shall be the commissioner of labor and industry or the commissioner of labor and <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>industry's designee, who shall be a voting member. Of the 12 appointed members, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>composition shall be as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) one member shall be a high pressure piping inspector;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) one member shall be a licensed mechanical engineer;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) one member shall be a representative of the high pressure piping industry;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) four members shall be contracting high pressure piping contractors pipefitters <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>engaged in the scope business of high pressure piping, two from the metropolitan area <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>and two from greater Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) two members shall be journeyman high pressure piping journeymen pipefitters <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>engaged in the scope business of high pressure piping systems installation, one from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>metropolitan area and one from greater Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) one member shall be a representative of industrial companies that use high <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>pressure piping systems in their industrial process; <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) one member shall be a representative from utility companies in Minnesota; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) one member shall be a public member as defined by section 
         <statute_ref>214.02</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The high pressure piping inspector shall be appointed for a term to end December <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>31, 2011. The professional mechanical engineer shall be appointed for a term to end <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>December 31, 2010. The representative of the high pressure piping industry shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>appointed for a term to end December 31, 2011. Two of the contracting high pressure <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>piping contractors pipefitters shall be appointed for a term to end December 31, 2011. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>other two contracting high pressure piping contractors pipefitters shall be appointed for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>term to end December 31, 2010. One of the journeyman high pressure piping journeymen <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>pipefitters shall be appointed for a term to end December 31, 2011. The other journeyman <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>high pressure piping journeyman pipefitter shall be appointed for a term to end December <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>31, 2010. The one representative of industrial companies that use high pressure piping <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>systems in their industrial process shall be appointed for a term to end December 31, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>2010. The one representative of a utility company in Minnesota shall be appointed for <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>a term to end December 31, 2010. The public member shall be appointed for a term to <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>end December 31, 2010.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The licensed professional mechanical engineer must possess a current Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>professional engineering license and maintain the license for the duration of their term. <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>All other appointed members, except for the representative of the piping industry, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>representative of industrial companies that use high pressure piping systems, the public <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>member, and the representative of public utility companies in Minnesota, must possess <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>a current high pressure piping license issued by the Department of Labor and Industry <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>and maintain that license for the duration of their term. All appointed members must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.35"></a><var>25.35</var>residents of Minnesota at the time of and throughout the member's appointment. The term <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.36"></a><var>25.36</var>of any appointed member that does not maintain membership qualification status shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>end on the date of status change and the governor shall appoint a new member. It is the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>responsibility of the member to notify the board of the member's status change.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) For appointed members, except the initial terms designated in paragraph (a), each <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>term shall be three years with the terms ending on December 31. Members appointed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>the governor shall be limited to three consecutive terms. The governor shall, all or in part, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>reappoint the current members or appoint replacement members with the advice and <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>consent of the senate. Midterm vacancies shall be filled for the remaining portion of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>term. Vacancies occurring with less than six months time remaining in the term shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>filled for the existing term and the following three-year term. Members may serve until <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>their successors are appointed but in no case later than July 1 in a year in which the term <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>expires unless reappointed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.33.0"></a><a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.505, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Powers; duties; administrative support.</b> (a) The board shall have the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>power to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) elect its chair, vice-chair, and secretary;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) adopt bylaws that specify the duties of its officers, the meeting dates of the board, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>and containing such other provisions as may be useful and necessary for the efficient <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>conduct of the business of the board;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) adopt the high pressure piping code that must be followed in this state and any <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>high pressure piping code amendments thereto. The board shall adopt the high pressure <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>piping code and any amendments thereto pursuant to chapter 14, and as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>subdivision 6, paragraphs (b), (c), and (d);<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) review requests for final interpretations and issue final interpretations as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>16B.63, subdivision 5</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) except for rules regulating continuing education, adopt rules that regulate the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>licensure or registration of high pressure piping contractors, journeymen, and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>persons engaged in the design, installation, and alteration of high pressure piping systems, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>except for those individuals licensed under section 
         <statute_ref>326.02, subdivisions 2</statute_ref> and 3. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>board shall adopt these rules pursuant to chapter 14 and as provided in subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>6, paragraphs (e) and (f);<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) advise the commissioner regarding educational requirements for high pressure <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>piping inspectors;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) refer complaints or other communications to the commissioner, whether oral or <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.35"></a><var>26.35</var>written, as provided in subdivision 7 8 that alleges allege or implies imply a violation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>a statute, rule, or order that the commissioner has the authority to enforce pertaining to <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>code compliance, licensure, or an offering to perform or performance of unlicensed high <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>pressure piping services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) approve per diem and expenses deemed necessary for its members as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>subdivision 3;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) select from its members individuals to serve on any other state advisory council, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>board, or committee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) recommend the fees for licenses and certifications registrations; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) approve license reciprocity agreements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except for the powers granted to the Plumbing Board, Board of Electricity, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>the Board of High Pressure Piping Systems, the commissioner of labor and industry <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and any rules promulgated <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>pursuant thereto.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The board shall comply with section 
         <statute_ref>15.0597, subdivisions 2</statute_ref> and 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner shall coordinate the board's rulemaking and recommendations <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>with the recommendations and rulemaking conducted by the other boards created pursuant <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>to chapter 326B. The commissioner shall provide staff support to the board. The support <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>includes professional, legal, technical, and clerical staff necessary to perform rulemaking <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>and other duties assigned to the board. The commissioner of labor and industry shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>supply necessary office space and supplies to assist the board in its duties.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.34.0"></a><a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.505, subdivision 8, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Complaints.</b> (a) The board shall promptly forward to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>the substance of any complaint or communication it receives, whether written or oral, that <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>alleges or implies a violation of a statute, rule, or order that the commissioner has the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>authority to enforce pertaining to the license or registration of any person authorized by <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>the department to provide high pressure piping services, the performance or offering to <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>perform high pressure piping services requiring licensure by an unlicensed person, or high <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>pressure piping code compliance. Each complaint or communication that is forwarded to <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>the commissioner shall be submitted on a form provided by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner shall advise the board of the status of the complaint within 90 <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>days after the board's written submission is received, or within 90 days after the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>is provided with a written request for additional information or documentation from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>commissioner or the commissioner's designee, whichever is later. The commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.35"></a><var>27.35</var>advise the board of the disposition of a complaint referred by the board within 180 days <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>after the board's written submission is received. The commissioner shall annually report to <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>the board a summary of the actions taken in response to complaints referred by the board.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.35.0"></a><a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.62, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var><b>326.62 FEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Unless examination fees have been set by a contract under section 
         <statute_ref>326B.05</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>Examination fees for both water conditioning contractors and water conditioning installers <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>shall be $50 for each examination. Each water conditioning contractor and installer <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>license shall expire on December 31 of the year for which it was issued. The license <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>fee for each initial water conditioning contractor's license shall be $70, except that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>license fee shall be $35 if the application is submitted during the last three months of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>calendar year. The license fee for each renewal water conditioning contractor's license <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>shall be $70. The license fee for each initial water conditioning installer license shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>$35, except that the license fee shall be $17.50 if the application is submitted during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>last three months of the calendar year. The license fee for each renewal water conditioning <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>installer license shall be $35. The commissioner may by rule prescribe for the expiration <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>and renewal of licenses. Any licensee who does not renew a license within two years after <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>the license expires is no longer eligible for renewal. Such an individual must retake and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>pass the examination before a new license will be issued. A water conditioning contractor <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>or water conditioning installer who submits a license renewal application after the time <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>specified in rule but within two years after the license expired must pay all past due <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>renewal fees plus a late fee of $25.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.36.0"></a><a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.84, subdivision 1, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Persons required to be licensed.</b> A person who meets the definition <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>of a residential building contractor as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>326.83, subdivision 15</statute_ref>, must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>licensed as a residential building contractor by the commissioner. A person who meets the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>definition of a residential remodeler as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>326.83, subdivision </statute_ref>16, must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>licensed by the commissioner as a residential remodeler or residential building contractor. <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>A person who meets the definition of a residential roofer as defined in section 326.83, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>subdivision 18, must be licensed by the commissioner as a residential roofer, residential <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>building contractor, or residential remodeler. A person who meets the definition of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>manufactured home installer as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>327.31, subdivision 6 11</statute_ref>, must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>licensed as a manufactured home installer by the commissioner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.37.0"></a><a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.86, subdivision 1, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Licensing fee.</b> The licensing fee for persons licensed pursuant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>326.83</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>326.98</statute_ref>, except for manufactured home installers, is $100 per year. <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>The licensing fee for manufactured home installers under section 326.841 is $300 for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>three-year period.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.38.0"></a><a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.87, subdivision 5, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Content.</b> (a) Continuing education consists of approved courses that <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>impart appropriate and related knowledge in the regulated industries pursuant to sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>326.83
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>326.98</statute_ref>. Courses may include relevant materials that are included in licensing <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>exams subject to the limitations imposed in paragraph (e). The burden of demonstrating <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>that courses impart appropriate and related knowledge is upon the person seeking approval <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>or credit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Course examinations will not be required for continuing education courses <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>unless they are required by the sponsor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Textbooks are not required to be used for continuing education courses. If <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>textbooks are not used, the coordinator must provide students with a syllabus containing, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>at a minimum, the course title, the times and dates of the course offering, the names and <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>addresses or telephone numbers of the course coordinator and instructor, and a detailed <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>outline of the subject materials to be covered. Any written or printed material given to <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>students must be of readable quality and contain accurate and current information.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Upon completion of an approved course, licensees shall earn one hour of <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>continuing education credit for each hour approved by the commissioner. Each continuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>education course must be attended in its entirety in order to receive credit for the number <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>of approved hours. Courses may be approved for full or partial credit, and for more than <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>one regulated industry.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Continuing education credit in an approved course shall be awarded to presenting <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>instructors on the basis of one credit for each hour of preparation for the initial presentation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>which may not exceed three hours total credit for each approved course. Continuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>education credit may not be earned if the licensee has previously obtained credit for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>same course as a licensee or as an instructor within the three years immediately prior.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The following courses will not be approved for credit:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) courses designed solely to prepare students for a license examination;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) courses in mechanical office or business skills, including typing, speed reading, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>or other machines or equipment. Computer courses are allowed, if appropriate and related <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>to the regulated industry of the licensee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) courses in sales promotion, including meetings held in conjunction with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>general business of the licensee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) courses in motivation, salesmanship, psychology, time management, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>communication; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) courses that are primarily intended to impart knowledge of specific products of <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>specific companies, if the use of the product or products relates to the sales promotion or <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>marketing of one or more of the products discussed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective September 1, 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.39.0"></a><a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.93, subdivision 4, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Service on commissioner.</b> (a) When a person, including any nonresident <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>of this state, engages in conduct prohibited or made actionable by sections 
         <statute_ref>326.83</statute_ref> to <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>326.98
         </statute_ref>, or any rule or order under those sections, and the person has not consented to <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>service of process under subdivision 3, that conduct is equivalent to an appointment of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>commissioner and successors in office as the person's agent to receive service of process in <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>any noncriminal suit, action, or proceeding against the person that is based on that conduct <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>and is brought under sections 
         <statute_ref>326.83</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>326.98</statute_ref>, or any rule or order under those sections, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>with the same force and validity as if served personally on the person consenting to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>appointment of the commissioner and successors in office. Service under this section shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>be made in compliance with subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Subdivision 5 applies in all other cases in which a person, including a nonresident <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>of this state, has filed a consent to service of process. This paragraph supersedes any <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>inconsistent provision of law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Subdivision 5 applies in all cases in which service of process is allowed to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>made on the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Subdivision 5 applies to any document served by the commissioner or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>department under section 
         <statute_ref>326B.08</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.40.0"></a><a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.94, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Insurance.</b> Licensees must have public liability insurance with limits of <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>at least $300,000 per occurrence, which must include at least $10,000 property damage <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>coverage. Each licensee shall have and maintain in effect commercial general liability <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>insurance, which includes premises and operations insurance and products and completed <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>operations insurance, with limits of at least $100,000 per occurrence, $300,000 aggregate <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>limit for bodily injury, and property damage insurance with limits of at least $25,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>or a policy with a single limit for bodily injury and property damage of $300,000 per <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>occurrence and $300,000 aggregate limits. The insurance must be written by an insurer <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>licensed to do business in this state. Each licensee shall maintain on file with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>commissioner a certificate evidencing the insurance which provides that the insurance <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>shall not be canceled without the insurer first giving 15 days' written notice of cancellation <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>to the commissioner. The commissioner may increase the minimum amount of insurance <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>required for any licensee or class of licensees if the commissioner considers it to be in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>public interest and necessary to protect the interests of Minnesota consumers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.41.0"></a><a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326.97, subdivision 1a, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Annual renewal.</b> Any license issued or renewed after August 1, 1993, <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>must be renewed annually except for a manufactured home installer's license which shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>have a renewal period of three years, effective for all renewals and new licenses issued <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>after December 31, 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.42.0"></a><a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326B.082, subdivision 8, <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Hearings related to administrative orders.</b> (a) Within 30 days after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>commissioner issues an administrative order or within 20 days after the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>issues the notice under section 
         <statute_ref>326B.083, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), clause (3), the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>person to whom the administrative order or notice is issued may request an expedited <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>hearing to review the commissioner's order or notice. The request for hearing must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>in writing and must be served on or faxed to the commissioner at the address or fax <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>number specified in the order or notice. If the person does not request a hearing or if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>person's written request for hearing is not served on or faxed to the commissioner by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>30th day after the commissioner issues the administrative order or the 20th day after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>commissioner issues the notice under section 
         <statute_ref>326B.083, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>clause (3), the order will become a final order of the commissioner and will not be subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>to review by any court or agency. The date on which a request for hearing is served by <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>mail shall be the postmark date on the envelope in which the request for hearing is mailed. <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>The hearing request must specifically state the reasons for seeking review of the order or <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>notice. The person to whom the order or notice is issued and the commissioner are the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>parties to the expedited hearing. The commissioner must notify the person to whom the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>order or notice is issued of the time and place of the hearing at least 15 days before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>hearing. The expedited hearing must be held within 45 days after a request for hearing has <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>been served on received by the commissioner unless the parties agree to a later date.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Parties may submit written arguments if permitted by the administrative law <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>judge. All written arguments must be submitted within ten days following the close <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>completion of the hearing or the receipt of any late-filed exhibits that the parties and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>administrative law judge have agreed should be received into the record, whichever is later. <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>The hearing shall be conducted under Minnesota Rules, parts 1400.8510 to 1400.8612, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>modified by this subdivision. The Office of Administrative Hearings may, in consultation <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>with the agency, adopt rules specifically applicable to cases under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The administrative law judge shall issue a report making findings of fact, <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>conclusions of law, and a recommended order to the commissioner within 30 days <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>following the close of the record completion of the hearing, the receipt of late-filed <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>exhibits, or the submission of written arguments, whichever is later.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) If the administrative law judge makes a finding that the hearing was requested <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>solely for purposes of delay or that the hearing request was frivolous, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>may add to the amount of the penalty the costs charged to the department by the Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>Administrative Hearings for the hearing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) If a hearing has been held, the commissioner shall not issue a final order until <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>at least five days after the date of the administrative law judge's report. Any person <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>aggrieved by the administrative law judge's report may, within those five days, serve <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>written comments to the commissioner on the report and the commissioner shall consider <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>and enter the comments in the record. The commissioner's final order shall comply with <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>sections 14.61, subdivision 2, and 14.62, subdivisions 1 and 2, may be appealed in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>manner provided in sections 
         <statute_ref>14.63</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>14.69</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.43.0"></a><a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326B.082, subdivision 10, <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Stop orders.</b> (a) If the commissioner determines based on an inspection <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>or investigation that a person has violated or is about to violate the applicable law, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>commissioner may issue to the person a stop order requiring the person to cease and desist <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>from committing the violation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If the commissioner determines that a condition exists on real property that <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>violates the applicable law, the commissioner may issue a stop order to the owner or <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>lessee of the real property to cease and desist from committing the violation and to correct <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>the condition that is in violation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner shall issue the stop work order by:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) serving the order on the person who has committed or is about to commit the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>violation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) posting the order at the location where the violation was committed or is about to <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>be committed or at the location where the violating condition exists; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) serving the order on any owner or lessee of the real property where the violating <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>condition exists.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) A stop order shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) describe the act, conduct, or practice committed or about to be committed, or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>condition, and include a reference to the applicable law that the act, conduct, practice, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>condition violates or would violate; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) provide notice that any person aggrieved by the stop order may request a hearing <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>as provided in paragraph (e).<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Within 30 days after the commissioner issues a stop order, any person aggrieved <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>by the order may request an expedited hearing to review the commissioner's action. <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>The request for hearing must be made in writing and must be served on or faxed to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>commissioner at the address or fax number specified in the order. If the person does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>request a hearing or if the person's written request for hearing is not served on or faxed to <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>the commissioner on or before the 30th day after the commissioner issued the stop order, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>the order will become a final order of the commissioner and will not be subject to review <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>by any court or agency. The date on which a request for hearing is served by mail is the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>postmark date on the envelope in which the request for hearing is mailed. The hearing <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>request must specifically state the reasons for seeking review of the order. The person who <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>requested the hearing and the commissioner are the parties to the expedited hearing. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>hearing shall be commenced within ten days after the commissioner receives the request <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>for hearing. The hearing shall be conducted under Minnesota Rules, parts 1400.8510 to <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>1400.8612, as modified by this subdivision. The administrative law judge shall issue a <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>report containing findings of fact, conclusions of law, and a recommended order within <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>ten days after the conclusion completion of the hearing, the receipt of late-filed exhibits, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>or the submission of written arguments, whichever is later. Any party aggrieved by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.35"></a><var>33.35</var>administrative law judge's report shall have five days after the date of the administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.36"></a><var>33.36</var>law judge's report to submit written exceptions and argument to the commissioner that <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>the commissioner shall consider and enter in the record. Within 15 days after receiving <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>the administrative law judge's report, the commissioner shall issue an order vacating, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>modifying, or making permanent the stop order. The commissioner and the person <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>requesting the hearing may by agreement lengthen any time periods described in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>paragraph. The Office of Administrative Hearings may, in consultation with the agency, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>adopt rules specifically applicable to cases under this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) A stop order issued under this subdivision shall be in effect until it is modified or <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>vacated by the commissioner or an appellate court. The administrative hearing provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>by this subdivision and any appellate judicial review as provided in chapter 14 shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>constitute the exclusive remedy for any person aggrieved by a stop order.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) Upon the application of the commissioner, a district court shall find the failure of <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>any person to comply with a final stop order lawfully issued by the commissioner under <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>this subdivision as a contempt of court.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.44.0"></a><a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326B.082, subdivision 11, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11. <b>Licensing orders; grounds; reapplication.</b> (a) The commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>deny an application for a permit, license, registration, or certificate if the applicant does <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>not meet or fails to maintain the minimum qualifications for holding the permit, license, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>registration, or certificate, or has any unresolved violations or unpaid fees or monetary <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>penalties related to the activity for which the permit, license, registration, or certificate has <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>been applied for or was issued.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner may deny, suspend, limit, place conditions on, or revoke a <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>person's permit, license, registration, or certificate, or censure the person holding the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>permit, license, registration, or certificate, if the commissioner finds that the person:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) committed one or more violations of the applicable law;<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) submitted false or misleading information to the state in connection with <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>activities for which the permit, license, registration, or certificate was issued, or in <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>connection with the application for the permit, license, registration, or certificate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) allowed the alteration or use of the person's own permit, license, registration, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>or certificate by another person;<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) within the previous five years, was convicted of a crime in connection with <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>activities for which the permit, license, registration, or certificate was issued;<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) violated a final administrative order issued under subdivision 7 or a final stop <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.34"></a><var>34.34</var>order issued under subdivision 10, or injunctive relief issued under subdivision 9;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) failed to cooperate with a commissioner's request to give testimony, to produce <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>documents, things, apparatus, devices, equipment, or materials, or to access property <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>under subdivision 2;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) retaliated in any manner against any employee or person who is questioned by, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>cooperates with, or provides information to the commissioner or an employee or agent <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>authorized by the commissioner who seeks access to property or things under subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>2;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) engaged in any fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest act or practice; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) performed work in connection with the permit, license, registration, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>certificate or conducted the person's affairs in a manner that demonstrates incompetence, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>untrustworthiness, or financial irresponsibility.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) If the commissioner revokes or denies a person's permit, license, registration, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>or certificate under paragraph (b), the person is prohibited from reapplying for the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>type of permit, license, registration, or certificate for at least two years after the effective <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>date of the revocation or denial. The commissioner may, as a condition of reapplication, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>require the person to obtain a bond or comply with additional reasonable conditions the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>commissioner considers necessary to protect the public. <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) If a permit, license, registration, or certificate expires, or is surrendered, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>withdrawn, or terminated, or otherwise becomes ineffective, the commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>institute a proceeding under this subdivision within two years after the permit, license, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>registration, or certificate was last effective and enter a revocation or suspension order as <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>of the last date on which the permit, license, registration, or certificate was in effect.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.45.0"></a><a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326B.082, subdivision 12, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 12. <b>Issuance of licensing orders; hearings related to licensing orders. </b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) If the commissioner determines that a permit, license, registration, or certificate <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>should be conditioned, limited, suspended, revoked, or denied under subdivision 11, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>or that the permit holder, licensee, registrant, or certificate holder should be censured <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>under subdivision 11, then the commissioner shall issue to the person an order denying, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>conditioning, limiting, suspending, or revoking the person's permit, license, registration, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>or certificate, or censuring the permit holder, licensee, registrant, or certificate holder.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Any order issued under paragraph (a) may include an assessment of monetary <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>penalties and may require the person to cease and desist from committing the violation <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>or committing the act, conduct, or practice set out in subdivision 11, paragraph (b). The <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.35"></a><var>35.35</var>monetary penalty may be up to $10,000 for each violation or act, conduct, or practice <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>committed by the person. The procedures in section 
         <statute_ref>326B.083</statute_ref> must be followed when <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>issuing orders under paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The permit holder, licensee, registrant, certificate holder, or applicant to whom <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>the commissioner issues an order under paragraph (a) shall have 30 days after service of <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>the order to request a hearing. The request for hearing must be in writing and must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>served on or faxed to the commissioner at the address or fax number specified in the order <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>by the 30th day after service of the order. If the person does not request a hearing or if <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>the person's written request for hearing is not served on or faxed to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>by the 30th day after service of the order, the order shall become a final order of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>commissioner and will not be subject to review by any court or agency. The date on which <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>a request for hearing is served by mail shall be the postmark date on the envelope in which <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>the request for hearing is mailed. If the person submits to the commissioner a timely <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>request for hearing, the order is stayed unless the commissioner summarily suspends the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>license, registration, certificate, or permit under subdivision 13, and a contested case <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>hearing shall be held in accordance with chapter 14.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Paragraph (c) does not apply to summary suspension under subdivision 13.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.46.0"></a><a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326B.082, subdivision 13, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 13. <b>Summary suspension.</b> In any case where the commissioner has <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>issued an order to revoke,  or suspend, or deny a license, registration, certificate, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>permit under subdivision subdivisions 11, paragraph (b), and 12, the commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>summarily suspend the person's permit, license, registration, or certificate before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>order becomes final. The commissioner shall issue a summary suspension order when <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>the safety of life or property is threatened or to prevent the commission of fraudulent, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>deceptive, untrustworthy, or dishonest acts against the public. The summary suspension <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>shall not affect the deadline for submitting a request for hearing under subdivision 12. <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>If the commissioner summarily suspends a person's permit, license, registration, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>certificate, a timely request for hearing submitted under subdivision 12 shall also be <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>considered a timely request for hearing on continuation of the summary suspension. If the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>commissioner summarily suspends a person's permit, license, registration, or certificate <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>under this subdivision and the person submits a timely request for a hearing, then a <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>hearing on continuation of the summary suspension must be held within ten days after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>commissioner receives the request for hearing unless the parties agree to a later date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.47.0"></a><a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326B.083, subdivision 3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Penalty.</b> (a) If an administrative order includes a penalty assessment, then <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>the penalty is due and payable on the date the administrative order becomes final unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>some or all of the penalty is forgivable. If a licensing order includes a penalty assessment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>then the penalty is due and payable on the date the licensing order becomes final.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) This paragraph applies if an administrative order includes a penalty assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>and all or a portion of the penalty is forgivable.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) If any portion of the penalty is not forgivable, that portion of the penalty is due <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>and payable ten days after the date the administrative order becomes final.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) The commissioner shall forgive the forgivable portion of the penalty if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>commissioner determines that the violation has been corrected within the time set by <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>the order or the person to whom the order was issued has developed a correction plan <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>acceptable to the commissioner within the time set by the order.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) If the commissioner determines that the person to whom the order was issued has <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>failed to correct the violation within the time set by the order or has failed to develop a <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>correction plan acceptable to the commissioner within the time set by the order, then the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>forgivable portion of the penalty is due and payable ten 20 days after the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>serves notice of the determination on the person or on the date the administrative order <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>becomes final, whichever is later.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) This paragraph applies if an administrative order or a licensing order includes a <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>penalty assessment and if the person subject to the order has requested a hearing. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>administrative law judge may not recommend a change in the amount of the penalty if <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>the penalty was assessed in accordance with a plan prepared under section 
         <statute_ref>326B.082</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>subdivision 14. If the commissioner has not prepared a plan under section 
         <statute_ref>326B.082</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>subdivision 14, then the administrative law judge may not recommend a change in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>amount of the penalty unless the administrative law judge determines that, based on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>factors in section 
         <statute_ref>14.045, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, the amount of the penalty is unreasonable.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The assessment of a penalty does not preclude the use of other enforcement <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>provisions, under which penalties are not assessed, in connection with the violation for <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>which the penalty was assessed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.48.0"></a><a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326B.42, is amended by adding <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>a subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Plumber's apprentice.</b> A "plumber's apprentice" is any individual, other <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.35"></a><var>37.35</var>than a master, restricted master, journeyman, or restricted journeyman plumber who, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>a principal occupation, is engaged in working as an employee of a plumbing contractor <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>under the direct supervision of a master, restricted master, journeyman, or restricted <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>journeyman plumber and is learning and assisting in the installation of plumbing.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.49.0"></a><a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326B.89, subdivision 5, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Payment limitations.</b> Except as otherwise provided in this section, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>the commissioner shall not pay compensation from the fund to an owner or a lessee <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>in an amount greater than $75,000. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>commissioner shall not pay compensation from the fund to owners and lessees in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>amount that totals more than $150,000 per licensee. The commissioner shall not pay <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>compensation from the fund for a final judgment based on a cause of action that arose <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>before the commissioner's receipt of the licensee's fee required by subdivision 3. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>commissioner shall only pay compensation from the fund for a final judgment that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>based on a contract directly between the licensee and the homeowner or lessee that was <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>entered into prior to the cause of action and that requires licensure as a residential building <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>contractor or residential remodeler.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.50.0"></a><a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326B.89, subdivision 6, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Verified application.</b> To be eligible for compensation from the fund, an <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>owner or lessee shall serve on the commissioner a verified application for compensation <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>on a form approved by the commissioner. The application shall verify the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>information:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the specific grounds upon which the owner or lessee seeks to recover from <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>the fund:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) that the owner or the lessee has obtained a final judgment in a court of competent <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>jurisdiction against a licensee licensed under section 
         <statute_ref>326B.803</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) that the final judgment was obtained against the licensee on the grounds <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>of fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest practices, conversion of funds, or failure of <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>performance that arose directly out of a transaction contract directly between the licensee <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>and the homeowner or lessee that was entered into prior to the cause of action and <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>that occurred when the licensee was licensed and performing any of the special skills <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>enumerated under section 
         <statute_ref>326B.802, subdivision 19</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the amount of the owner's or the lessee's actual and direct out-of-pocket loss on <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>the owner's residential real estate, on residential real estate leased by the lessee, or on new <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>residential real estate that has never been occupied or that was occupied by the licensee <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>for less than one year prior to purchase by the owner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) that the residential real estate is located in Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) that the owner or the lessee is not the spouse of the licensee or the personal <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>representative of the licensee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) the amount of the final judgment, any amount paid in satisfaction of the final <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>judgment, and the amount owing on the final judgment as of the date of the verified <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>application; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) that the owner or lessee has diligently pursued remedies against all the judgment <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>debtors and all other persons liable to the judgment debtor in the contract for which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>owner or lessee seeks recovery from the fund; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) (9) that the verified application is being served within two years after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>judgment became final.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The owner's and the lessee's actual and direct out-of-pocket loss shall not include <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>attorney fees, litigation costs or fees, interest on the loss, and interest on the final judgment <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>obtained as a result of the loss. Any amount paid in satisfaction of the final judgment shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>be applied to the owner's or lessee's actual and direct out-of-pocket loss. An owner or <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>lessee may serve a verified application regardless of whether the final judgment has been <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>discharged by a bankruptcy court. A judgment issued by a court is final if all proceedings <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>on the judgment have either been pursued and concluded or been forgone, including all <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>reviews and appeals. For purposes of this section, owners who are joint tenants or tenants <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>in common are deemed to be a single owner. For purposes of this section, owners and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>lessees eligible for payment of compensation from the fund shall not include government <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>agencies, political subdivisions, financial institutions, and any other entity that purchases, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>guarantees, or insures a loan secured by real estate.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.51.0"></a><a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326B.89, subdivision 12, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 12. <b>Limitation.</b> Notwithstanding subdivision 5, nothing may obligate the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>fund to compensate for claims brought by:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) insurers or sureties under subrogation or similar theories; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) an owner owners of residential property for final judgments against a prior owner <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>of the residential property where the contracting activity complained of was the result of <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>a contract entered into with a prior owner, unless the claim is brought and judgment is <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>rendered for breach of the statutory warranty set forth in chapter 327A.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.52.0"></a><a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 326B.89, subdivision 14, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 14. <b>Accelerated compensation.</b> (a) Payments made from the fund to <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>compensate owners and lessees that do not exceed the jurisdiction limits for conciliation <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>court matters as specified in section 
         <statute_ref>491A.01</statute_ref> may be paid on an accelerated basis if all of <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>the following requirements in paragraphs (b) and (c) have been satisfied.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The owner or the lessee has served upon the commissioner a verified application <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>for compensation that complies with the requirements set out in subdivision 6 and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>commissioner determines based on review of the application that compensation should be <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>paid from the fund. The commissioner shall calculate the actual and direct out-of-pocket <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>loss in the transaction, minus attorney fees, litigation costs or fees, interest on the loss and <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>on the judgment obtained as a result of the loss, and any satisfaction of the judgment, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>make payment to the owner or the lessee up to the conciliation court jurisdiction limits <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>within 15 45 days after the owner or lessee serves the verified application.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner may pay compensation to owners or lessees that totals not <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>more than $50,000 per licensee per fiscal year under this accelerated process. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>commissioner may prorate the amount of compensation paid to owners or lessees under <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>this subdivision if applications submitted by owners and lessees seek compensation in <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>excess of $50,000 against a licensee. Any unpaid portion of a verified application that <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>has been prorated under this subdivision shall be satisfied in the manner set forth in <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>subdivision 9.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.53.0"></a><a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 327.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Requirement.</b> No person shall sell, or offer for sale, in this state, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>any manufactured home manufactured after July 1, 1972, manufacture any manufactured <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>home in this state or park install for occupancy any manufactured home manufactured <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>after July 1, 1972, in any manufactured home park in this state unless the manufactured <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>home complies with the Manufactured Home Building Code and:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Bears a seal issued by the commissioner, and is, whenever possible, accompanied <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>by a certificate by the manufacturer or dealer, both evidencing that it complies with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>Manufactured Home Building Code; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If manufactured after June 14, 1976, bears a label as required by the secretary.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.54.0"></a><a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 327.33, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>Construction seal fees.</b> Replacement manufactured home or accessory <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>structure construction seal fees, including certificates, are $30 per seal.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.55.0"></a><a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 327.33, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2b. <b>Installation seal fees.</b> Manufactured home installation seal fees, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>including anchoring and support and including certificates, are $80.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.56.0"></a><a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 327.33, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2c. <b>Temporary installation certificate fees.</b> A temporary certificate fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>is $2 per certificate.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.57.0"></a><a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 327.33, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2d. <b>Label fee.</b> The United States Department of Housing and Urban <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>Development label fee shall be paid by the manufacturer to the secretary.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.58.0"></a><a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 327.33, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2e. <b>Seal order shipping and handling fee.</b> The shipping and handling fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>for each order of seals is the current postage rate plus a $3 handling fee.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.59.0"></a><a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 327A.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Modification.</b> At any time after a contract for the sale of a dwelling is <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>entered into by and between a vendor and a vendee or a contract for home improvement <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>work is entered into by and between a home improvement contractor and an owner, any of <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>the statutory warranties provided for in section 
         <statute_ref>327A.02</statute_ref> may be excluded or modified only <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>by a written instrument, printed in boldface type of a minimum size of ten points, which is <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>signed by the vendee or the owner and which sets forth in detail the warranty involved, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>consent of the vendee or the owner, and the terms of the new agreement contained in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>writing. No exclusion or modification shall be effective unless the vendor or the home <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>improvement contractor provides substitute express warranties offering substantially the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>same protections to the vendee or the owner as the statutory warranties set forth in section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>327A.02
         </statute_ref>. Any modification or exclusion agreed to by vendee and vendor or the owner and <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>home improvement contractor pursuant to this subdivision shall not require the approval <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>of the commissioner of administration labor and industry pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>327A.07</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.60.0"></a><a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 327A.07, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var><b>327A.07 VARIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner of administration labor and industry may approve pursuant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>14.05</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>14.28</statute_ref>, variations from the provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>327A.02</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>327A.03</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>if the warranty program of the vendor or the home improvement contractor requesting <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>the variation offers at least substantially the same protections to the vendee or owner as <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>provided by the statutory warranties set forth in section 
         <statute_ref>327A.02</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.61.0"></a><a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 327B.04, subdivision 4, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>License prerequisites.</b> No application shall be granted nor license issued <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>until the applicant proves to the commissioner that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the applicant has a permanent, established place of business at each licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>location. An "established place of business" means a permanent enclosed building other <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>than a residence, or a commercial office space, either owned by the applicant or leased by <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>the applicant for a term of at least one year, located in an area where zoning regulations <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>allow commercial activity, and where the books, records and files necessary to conduct <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>the business are kept and maintained. The owner of a licensed manufactured home park <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>who resides in or adjacent to the park may use the residence as the established place of <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>business required by this subdivision, unless prohibited by local zoning ordinance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If a license is granted, the licensee may use unimproved lots and premises for sale, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>storage, and display of manufactured homes, if the licensee first notifies the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>in writing;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) if the applicant desires to sell, solicit or advertise the sale of new manufactured <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>homes, it has a bona fide contract or franchise in effect with a manufacturer or distributor <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>of the new manufactured home it proposes to deal in;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) the applicant has secured: (1) a surety bond in the amount of $20,000 for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>each agency and each subagency location that bears the applicant's name and the name <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>under which the applicant will be licensed and do business in this state. Each bond is <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>for the protection of consumer customers, and must be executed by the applicant as <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>principal and issued by a surety company admitted to do business in this state. Each bond <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>shall be exclusively for the purpose of reimbursing consumer customers and shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>conditioned upon the faithful compliance by the applicant with all of the laws and rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>of this state pertaining to the applicant's business as a dealer or manufacturer, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>325D.44</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>325F.67</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>325F.69</statute_ref>, and upon the applicant's faithful performance of <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>all its legal obligations to consumer customers; and (2) a certificate of liability insurance <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>in the amount of $1,000,000 that provides aggregate coverage for the agency and each <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>subagency location;<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) the applicant has established a trust account as required by section 
         <statute_ref>327B.08, <br />
            		<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, unless the applicant states in writing its intention to limit its business to <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>selling, offering for sale, soliciting or advertising the sale of new manufactured homes; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) the applicant has provided evidence of having had at least two years' prior <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>experience in the sale of manufactured homes, working for a licensed dealer.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.62.0"></a><a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 327B.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Retention.</b> A dealer shall retain for three five years copies of all <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>listings, deposit receipts, credit applications, contracts, disclosure forms, canceled checks, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>trust account records and other documents reasonably related to carrying on the business <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>of a dealer. The retention period shall run from the date of the closing of the transaction or <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>from the date of the listing if the transaction is not consummated.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.63.0"></a><a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 63. Laws 2007, chapter 140, article 4, section 12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.65, is amended to read: <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var><b>16B.65 BUILDING OFFICIALS. </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1.  <b>Designation.</b>  Each municipality shall designate a building official to <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>administer the code. A municipality may designate no more than one building official <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>responsible for code administration defined by each certification category established in <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>rule. Two or more municipalities may combine in the designation of a building official <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>for the purpose of administering the provisions of the code within their communities. <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>In those municipalities for which no building officials have been designated, the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>building official may use whichever state employees are necessary to perform the duties of <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>the building official until the municipality makes a temporary or permanent designation. <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>All costs incurred by virtue of these services rendered by state employees must be borne <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>by the involved municipality and receipts arising from these services must be paid to <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>the commissioner. <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2.  <b>Qualifications.</b> A building official, to be eligible for designation, must <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>be certified and have the experience in design, construction, and supervision which <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>the commissioner deems necessary and must be generally informed on the quality and <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var>strength of building materials, accepted building construction requirements, and the nature <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>of equipment and needs conducive to the safety, comfort, and convenience of building <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>occupants. No person may be designated as a building official for a municipality unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>the commissioner determines that the official is qualified as provided in subdivision 3. <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3.  <b>Certification.</b> The commissioner shall by rule establish certification <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>criteria as proof of qualification pursuant to subdivision 2. The commissioner may: <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) develop and administer written and practical examinations to determine if a <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>person is qualified pursuant to subdivision 2 to be a building official; <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) accept documentation of successful completion of testing programs developed <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>and administered by nationally recognized testing agencies, as proof of qualification <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>pursuant to subdivision 2; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) determine qualifications by satisfactory completion of clause (2) and a mandatory <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>training program developed or approved by the commissioner. <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon a determination of qualification under clause (1), (2), or (3), the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>shall issue a certificate to the building official stating that the official is certified. Each <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>person applying for examination and certification pursuant to this section shall pay a <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>nonrefundable fee of $70. The commissioner or a designee may establish categories of <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>certification that will recognize the varying complexities of code enforcement in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>municipalities within the state. The commissioner shall provide educational programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>designed to train and assist building officials in carrying out their responsibilities. <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4.  <b>Duties.</b> Building officials shall, in the municipality for which they <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>are designated, be responsible for all aspects of code administration for which they <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>are certified, including the issuance of all building permits and the inspection of all <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>manufactured home installations. The commissioner may direct a municipality with <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>a building official to perform services for another municipality, and in that event the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>municipality being served shall pay the municipality rendering the services the reasonable <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>costs of the services. The costs may be subject to approval by the commissioner. <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5.  <b>Oversight committee.</b> (a) The commissioner shall establish a Code <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>Administration Oversight Committee that will, at the commissioner's request, recommend <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>to the commissioner appropriate action pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>326B.82</statute_ref>, in response to <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>information received or obtained by the commissioner that supports a finding that: (1) <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>an individual has engaged in, or is about to engage in, the unauthorized performance of <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>the duties of a certified building official or the unauthorized use of the certified building <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>official title; or (2) a certified building official has violated a statute, rule, stipulation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>agreement, settlement, compliance agreement, cease and desist agreement, or order that <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.35"></a><var>44.35</var>the commissioner has adopted, issued, or has the authority to enforce and that is related to <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.36"></a><var>44.36</var>the duties of a certified building official. <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The committee shall consist of six members. One member shall be the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>commissioner's designee and five members shall be certified building officials who are <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>appointed by the commissioner. At least two of the appointed certified building officials <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>must be from nonmetropolitan counties. For the committee members who are not state <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>officials or employees, their compensation and removal from the oversight committee is <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>governed by section  
         <statute_ref>15.059</statute_ref>. The commissioner's designee shall serve as the chair of <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>the oversight committee and shall not vote. The terms of the appointed members of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>oversight committee shall be four years. The terms of three of the appointed members <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>shall be coterminous with the governor and the terms of the remaining two appointed <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>members shall end on the first Monday in January one year after the terms of the other <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>appointed members expire. An appointed member may be reappointed. The committee is <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>not subject to the expiration provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>15.059, subdivision 5</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) If the commissioner determines that an individual has engaged in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>unauthorized performance of the duties of a certified building official or the unauthorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>use of the certified building official title, or that a certified building official has violated a <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>statute, rule, stipulation, agreement, settlement, compliance agreement, cease and desist <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>agreement, or order that the commissioner has adopted, issued, or is authorized to enforce <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>that is related to the duties of a certified building official, the commissioner may take <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>administrative actions against the individual pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>326B.082, subdivisions <br />
            		<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>7
         </statute_ref> and 11. <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5b.  <b>Grounds.</b> In addition to the grounds set forth in section 
         <statute_ref>326B.082, <br />
            		<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>subdivision 11
         </statute_ref>, the commissioner may deny, suspend, limit, place conditions on, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>revoke a certificate, or may censure an applicant or individual holding a certificate, if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>applicant or individual: <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) violates a provision of sections  
         <statute_ref>16B.59</statute_ref> to  
         <statute_ref>16B.75</statute_ref> or a rule adopted under those <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>sections; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) engages in fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation while performing the duties of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>certified building official.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nothing in this subdivision limits or otherwise affects the authority of a municipality <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>to dismiss or suspend a building official at its discretion, except as otherwise provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>for by law. <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5c.  <b>Action against unlicensed persons.</b> The commissioner may take any <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>administrative action provided under section 
         <statute_ref>326B.082</statute_ref>, against an individual required <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.34"></a><var>45.34</var>to be certified under subdivision 3, based upon conduct that would provide grounds for <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.35"></a><var>45.35</var>action against a certificate holder under this section. <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6.  <b>Vacancies.</b> In the event that a designated building official position is <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>vacant within a municipality, that municipality shall designate a certified building official <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>to fill the vacancy as soon as possible. The commissioner must be notified of any vacancy <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>or designation in writing within 15 days. If the municipality fails to designate a certified <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>building official within 15 days of the occurrence of the vacancy, the state building official <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>may provide state employees to serve that function as provided in subdivision 1 until the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>municipality makes a temporary or permanent designation. Municipalities must not issue <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>permits without a designated certified building official. <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7.  <b>Continuing education.</b> Subject to sections  
         <statute_ref>16B.59</statute_ref> to  
         <statute_ref>16B.75</statute_ref>, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>commissioner may by rule establish or approve continuing education programs for <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>certified building officials dealing with matters of building code administration, inspection, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>and enforcement. <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person certified as a building official for the state must satisfactorily complete <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>applicable educational programs established or approved by the commissioner to retain <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>certification. <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8.  <b>Renewal.</b> (a) Subject to sections 
         <statute_ref>16B.59</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>16B.76</statute_ref>, the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>labor and industry may by rule adopt standards dealing with renewal requirements. <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If the commissioner has not issued a notice of denial of application for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>certificate holder and if the certificate holder has properly and timely filed a fully completed <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>renewal application, then the certificate holder may continue to engage in building official <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>activities whether or not the renewed certificate has been received. Applications must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>made on a form approved by the commissioner. Each application for renewal must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>fully completed, and be accompanied by proof of the satisfactory completion of minimum <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>continuing education requirements and the certification renewal fee established by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>commissioner. Applications are timely if received prior to the expiration of the most <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>recently issued certificate. An application for renewal that does not contain all of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>information requested is an incomplete application and will not be accepted. <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9.  <b>Expiration.</b> All certificates expire at 11:59:59 p.m. central time on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>date of expiration if not properly renewed in accordance with subdivision 8, paragraph (b). <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10.  <b>Failure to renew.</b> An individual who has failed to make a timely <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>application for renewal of a certificate is not certified and must not serve as the designated <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>building official for any municipality until a renewed certificate has been issued by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>commissioner. <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.34"></a><var>46.34</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.64.0"></a><a id="pl.46.35"></a><var>46.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 64. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The revisor of statutes shall renumber each section of Minnesota Statutes listed <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>in column A with the number listed in column B. The revisor shall also make necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>cross-reference changes consistent with the renumbering.<br />
         		
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            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="10"></col>
            <col width="27.5"></col>
            <col width="27.5"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Column A<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Column B<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">16B.655<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326B.135<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326.01, subdivision 4a<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326B.31, subdivision 4a<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326.01, subdivision 4b<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326B.31, subdivision 4b<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326.01, subdivision 4c<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326B.31, subdivision 4c<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326.01, subdivision 4d<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326B.31, subdivision 4d<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326.01, subdivision 4e<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326B.31, subdivision 4e<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326.01, subdivision 7<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326B.42, subdivision 5<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326.01, subdivision 8<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326B.42, subdivision 6<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326.3705<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326B.435<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326.371<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326B.439<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326.401<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326B.474<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326.402<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326B.475<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326.505<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">326B.925<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Notwithstanding the repeal of Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.76, in Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>2007, chapter 133, article 2, section 13, the revisor shall give effect to the revisor's <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>instruction in Laws 2007, chapter 140, article 4, section 61, to renumber Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>Statutes, section 16B.76, as section 326B.07, by including the language of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>Statutes, section 16B.76, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter 140, article 4, section 27, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>in Minnesota Statutes, section 326B.07.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.65.0"></a><a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 65. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.69, Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>sections 326.2411; 326.372; and 326.471,  Laws 2007, chapter 9, section 1; Laws 2007, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>chapter 135, article 4, sections 2; 8; Laws 2007, chapter 135, article 6, section 3; Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>2007, chapter 140, article 12, section 9; and Minnesota Rules, part 3800.3510, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
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