1997 Minnesota Statutes

     103I.525 Well contractor's license. 

    Subdivision 1.    Application.  (a) A person must file 
 an application and application fee with the commissioner to 
 apply for a well contractor's license.  

    (b) The application must state the applicant's 
 qualifications for the license, the equipment the applicant will 
 use in the contracting, and other information required by the 
 commissioner.  The application must be on forms prescribed by 
 the commissioner.  

    (c) A person may apply as an individual if the person: 

    (1) is not the licensed well contractor representing a 
 firm, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, 
 corporation, or other entity including the United States 
 government, any interstate body, the state and agency, 
 department or political subdivision of the state; and 

    (2) meets the well contractor license requirements under 
 provisions of this chapter. 

    Subd. 2.    Application fee.  The application fee for a 
 well contractor's license is $50.  The commissioner may not act 
 on an application until the application fee is paid.  

    Subd. 3.    Examination.  After the commissioner has 
 approved the application, the applicant must take an examination 
 given by the commissioner.  

    Subd. 4.    Issuance of license.  If an applicant meets 
 the experience requirements established by rule, passes the 
 examination as determined by the commissioner, submits the bond 
 under subdivision 5, and pays the license fee under subdivision 
 6, the commissioner shall issue a well contractor's license.  

    Subd. 5.    Bond.  (a) As a condition of being issued a 
 well contractor's license, the applicant, except a person 
 applying for an individual well contractor's license, must 
 submit a corporate surety bond for $10,000 approved by the 
 commissioner.  The bond must be conditioned to pay the state on 
 unlawful performance of work regulated by this chapter in this 
 state.  The bond is in lieu of other license bonds required by a 
 political subdivision of the state.  

    (b) From proceeds of the bond, the commissioner may 
 compensate persons injured or suffering financial loss because 
 of a failure of the applicant to properly perform work or duties.

    Subd. 6.    License fee.  The fee for a well 
 contractor's license is $250, except the fee for an individual 
 well contractor's license is $50. 

    Subd. 7.    Validity.  A well contractor's license is 
 valid until the date prescribed in the license by the 
 commissioner.  

    Subd. 8.    Renewal.  (a) A licensee must file an 
 application and a renewal application fee to renew the license 
 by the date stated in the license.  

    (b) The renewal application fee shall be set by the 
 commissioner under section 16A.1285.  

    (c) The renewal application must include information that 
 the applicant has met continuing education requirements 
 established by the commissioner by rule.  

    (d) At the time of the renewal, the commissioner must have 
 on file all properly completed well reports, well sealing 
 reports, reports of excavations to construct elevator shafts, 
 well permits, and well notifications for work conducted by the 
 licensee since the last license renewal. 

    Subd. 9.    Incomplete or late renewal.  If a licensee 
 fails to submit all information required for renewal in 
 subdivision 8 or submits the application and information after 
 the required renewal date: 

    (1) the licensee must include an additional late fee set by 
 the commissioner under section 16A.1285; and 

    (2) the licensee may not conduct activities authorized by 
 the well contractor's license until the renewal application, 
 renewal application fee, late fee, and all other information 
 required in subdivision 8 are submitted. 

    HIST: 1989 c 326 art 3 s 30; 1990 c 597 s 40-42; 1991 c 355 s 
 31-34; 1996 c 305 art 3 s 12,13