1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to occupations licensed by the state; providing a deferral of payment 
1.3 	of fees under certain conditions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 
1.4 	326.105; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 326B.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 326.105, is amended to read:
1.7 	326.105 FEES.
1.8 	The fee for licensure or renewal of licensure as an architect, professional engineer, 
1.9 	land surveyor, landscape architect, or geoscience professional is $120 per biennium. 
1.10 	The fee for certification as a certified interior designer or for renewal of the certificate 
1.11 	is $120 per biennium. The fee for an architect applying for original certification as a 
1.12 	certified interior designer is $50 per biennium. The initial license or certification fee for 
1.13 	all professions is $120. The renewal fee shall be paid biennially on or before June 30 of 
1.14 	each even-numbered year. The renewal fee, when paid by mail, is not timely paid unless 
1.15 	it is postmarked on or before June 30 of each even-numbered year. The application fee 
1.16 	is $25 for in-training applicants and $75 for professional license applicants. The board 
1.17 	may provide up to a one-year deferral of payment of a fee for issuance of a license or a 
1.18 	certificate to an individual who can demonstrate to the board's satisfaction that payment 
1.19 	of the fee would impose an undue burden or hardship on the individual. The board shall 
1.20 	determine what constitutes undue burden or hardship and prescribe the manner and form 
1.21 	under which a deferral of payment is allowed under this section. 

1.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.23 	Sec. 2. [326B.999] HARDSHIP DEFERRAL OF CERTAIN FEES.
2.1 	The commissioner may provide up to a one-year deferral of payment of a fee only 
2.2 	for issuance of a license or registration required under sections 326B.33, subdivision 19, 
2.3 	326B.49, subdivision 1, 326B.58, 326B.815, 326B.921, subdivisions 4 and 7, 326B.986, 
2.4 	subdivision 5, and fees required under section 326B.89, subdivision 3, to an individual 
2.5 	who can demonstrate to the commissioner's satisfaction that payment of the fee would 
2.6 	impose an undue burden or hardship on the individual. The commissioner shall determine 
2.7 	what constitutes undue burden or hardship and prescribe the manner and form under 
2.8 	which a deferral of payment is allowed under this section. 

2.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.