Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                        CHAPTER 142-H.F.No. 385 
           An act relating to occupations and professions; 
          providing advertising restrictions for plumbers; 
          proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
          chapter 326. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [326F.75] [ADVERTISING RESTRICTIONS.] 
    Except as provided in this section, where a plumbing 
license is required under section 326.40, no person offering 
plumbing services may do any of the following unless the person 
employs a licensed master plumber:  
    (1) advertise as a plumbing contractor, master plumber, or 
plumber; 
    (2) append his or her name to, or in connection with, the 
title "plumbing contractor," "master plumber," or "plumber"; 
    (3) append his or her name to any other words that tend to 
represent the person as a plumbing contractor, master plumber, 
or plumber.  
    A person who advertises as a master plumber shall include 
in the advertisement the number of his or her license as a 
master plumber.  A person who advertises as a plumbing 
contractor shall include in the advertisement the license number 
of the master plumber employed by the plumbing contractor. 
    A vehicle used to conduct plumbing business must 
prominently display on its exterior the license number of the 
master plumber performing plumbing services. 
     This section does not apply to a person advertising 
plumbing services if that person does not engage in or work at 
the business of a master plumber in a city of 5,000 or more 
population, or in a city of less than 5,000 in population that 
by ordinance require licensing to do business as a master 
plumber. 
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective January 1, 1986. 
    Approved May 17, 1985