Minnesota Session Laws - 1993, Regular Session

  
    Laws of Minnesota 1993 

                        CHAPTER 145-H.F.No. 554 
           An act relating to occupations and professions; 
          authorizing actions against lapsed licenses; requiring 
          roofers to be licensed by the state; providing for 
          temporary licenses and fees; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1992, sections 45.027, by adding a 
          subdivision; and 326.83, subdivisions 4, 10, and by 
          adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in 
          Minnesota Statutes, chapter 326. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 45.027, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 11.  [ACTIONS AGAINST LAPSED LICENSE.] If a license 
lapses, is surrendered, withdrawn, terminated, or otherwise 
becomes ineffective, the commissioner may institute a proceeding 
under this subdivision within two years after the license was 
last effective and enter a revocation or suspension order as of 
the last date on which the license was in effect, or impose a 
civil penalty as provided for in subdivision 6. 
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 326.83, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [LICENSEE.] "Licensee" means a residential 
building contractor, remodeler, roofer, or specialty contractor 
licensed under sections 326.83 to 326.98. 
    Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 326.83, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 9a.  [ROOFER.] "Roofer" means a person engaged in the 
business of doing work on residential real estate in roof 
coverings, roof sheathing, roof weatherproofing and insulation, 
and repair of roof systems, but not construction of new roof 
systems. 
    Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 326.83, 
subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 10.  [SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR.] "Specialty contractor" 
means a person other than a residential building contractor, 
remodeler, or material supplier in the business of contracting 
or offering to contract to make part of an improvement to 
residential real estate, including roofing. 
    Sec. 5.  [326.842] [ROOFERS.] 
    Roofers are subject to all of the requirements of sections 
326.83 to 326.98. 
    Sec. 6.  [TEMPORARY LICENSES AND FEES.] 
    Until March 31, 1994, the licensee fee for roofers is $60 
per year.  Licensees will not be required to satisfy the 
examination requirement of Minnesota Statutes, section 326.89, 
subdivision 3, until April 4, 1994.  Licenses will not be issued 
or renewed after that date if the examination requirement is not 
satisfied. 
    Any person issued a building contractor's or remodeler's 
license prior to the effective date of sections 1 to 6 may apply 
to the commissioner for a roofer's license in lieu of that 
license.  The application must include the appropriate bond in 
the amount specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 326.94, as 
amended by section 5.  The commissioner shall issue that 
applicant a roofer's license on the same basis as any of the 
amended licenses.  The applicant must complete the examination 
as specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 326.89, by April 1, 
1994. 
    Sec. 7.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Sections 1 to 6 are effective the day after final enactment.
    Presented to the governor May 11, 1993 
    Signed by the governor May 14, 1993, 1:25 p.m.