1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to labor and industry; providing a licensing fee holiday; appropriating 
1.3 	money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 326B.092, 
1.4 	subdivision 7.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 326B.092, subdivision 7, is 
1.7 	amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 7.License fees and license renewal fees. (a) The license fee for each license is 
1.9 	the base license fee plus any applicable board fee, continuing education fee, and contractor 
1.10 	recovery fund fee and additional assessment, as set forth in this subdivision.
1.11 	(b) For purposes of this section, "license duration" means the number of years for which 
1.12 	the license is issued except that if the initial license is not issued for a whole number of 
1.13 	years, the license duration shall be rounded up to the next whole number.
1.14 	(c) If there is a continuing education requirement for renewal of the license, then a 
1.15 	continuing education fee must be included in the renewal license fee. The continuing 
1.16 	education fee for all license classifications is $5.
1.17 	(d) The base license fee shall depend on whether the license is classified as an entry 
1.18 	level, master, journeyworker, or business license, and on the license duration. The base 
1.19 	license fee shall be:

1.20 | | License Classification | License Duration |
1.21 | | | 1 year | 2 years
1.22 | | Entry level | $10 | $20
1.23 | | Journeyworker | $20 | $40
2.1 | | Master | $40 | $80
2.2 | | Business | | $180
2.3 	(e) If the license is issued under sections 326B.31 to 326B.59 or 326B.90 to 326B.925, 
2.4 	then a board fee must be included in the license fee and the renewal license fee. The board 
2.5 	fee for all license classifications shall be: $4 if the license duration is one year; and $8 if 
2.6 	the license duration is two years.
2.7 	(f) If the application is for the renewal of a license issued under sections 326B.802 to 
2.8 	326B.885, then the contractor recovery fund fee required under section 326B.89, subdivision 
2.9 	3, and any additional assessment required under section 326B.89, subdivision 16, must be 
2.10 	included in the license renewal fee.
2.11 	(g) Notwithstanding the fee amounts described in paragraphs (d) to (f), for the period 
2.12 	October 1, 2021, through ~~September~~ June 30, ~~2023~~ 2022, the following fees apply:

2.13 | | License Classification | License Duration |
2.14 | | | 1 year | 2 years
2.15 | | Entry level | $10 | $20
2.16 | | Journeyworker | $15 | $30
2.17 | | Master | $30 | $60
2.18 | | Business | | $120
2.19 	(h) For the period of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2024, no fees described in paragraphs 
2.20 	(c) to (e) shall apply, except as described in paragraph (i).
2.21 	(i) Notwithstanding the fee amounts described in paragraphs (d) to (f), for the period of 
2.22 	October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2023, the base license fee for business licenses 
2.23 	shall be $120.

2.24 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.25 	$3,357,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
2.26 	of labor and industry for transfer to the construction code fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.27 	section 326B.04, subdivision 1. The base for this appropriation is $4,477,000 in fiscal year 
2.28 	2024 and $0 in fiscal year 2025.