1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to labor and industry; allowing limited transfer of restricted plumber 
1.3 	licenses;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 326B.475, subdivision 5.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 326B.475, subdivision 5, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 5.Prohibition of transference; exception. (a) A restricted master plumber 
1.8 	and restricted journeyman plumber license may not be transferred, except as provided in 
1.9 	paragraph (b), or sold to any other person.
1.10 	(b) A restricted master plumber or restricted journeyman plumber licensee who is 
1.11 	an owner, or an officer or employee of the owner, of property classified for purposes of 
1.12 	taxation under section 273.13 as class 1c or 4c property may transfer the license to another 
1.13 	person only if the person to whom the license is transferred:
1.14 	(1) qualifies for and complies with the requirements of licensure under this section, 
1.15 	notwithstanding the application date limitations imposed by this section. A transferred 
1.16 	restricted master plumber license may become a restricted journeyman plumber license, 
1.17 	or vice versa, as determined by the commissioner consistent with the qualification 
1.18 	requirements under this section; and
1.19 	(2) becomes the owner, or an officer or employee of the owner, of the same class 
1.20 	1c or 4c property after October 15, 2009.