2004 Minnesota Statutes

     103I.541 Monitoring well contractors. 

    Subdivision 1.    Initial registration after July 1, 1990. 
  After July 1, 1990, a person seeking initial registration as 
 a monitoring well contractor must meet examination and 
 experience requirements adopted by the commissioner by rule.  

    Subd. 2.    Validity.  A monitoring well contractor's 
 registration is valid until the date prescribed in the 
 registration by the commissioner.  

    Subd. 2a.    Application.  (a) An individual must submit 
 an application and application fee to the commissioner to apply 
 for a monitoring well contractor registration.  

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

    Subd. 2b.    Application fee.  The application fee for a 
 monitoring well contractor registration is $75.  The 
 commissioner may not act on an application until the application 
 fee is paid.  

    Subd. 3.    Bond.  (a) As a condition of being issued a 
 monitoring well contractor's registration, the applicant 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. 4.    Renewal.  (a) A person must file an 
 application and a renewal application fee to renew the 
 registration by the date stated in the registration.  

    (b) The renewal application fee for a monitoring well 
 contractor's registration is $75.  

    (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 well reports, well sealing reports, well permits, 
 and notifications for work conducted by the registered person 
 since the last registration renewal. 

    Subd. 5.    Incomplete or late renewal.  If a registered 
 person submits a renewal application after the required renewal 
 date: 

    (1) the registered person must include a late fee of $75; 
 and 

    (2) the registered person may not conduct activities 
 authorized by the monitoring well contractor's registration 
 until the renewal application, renewal application fee, late 
 fee, and all other information required in subdivision 4 are 
 submitted. 

    HIST: 1989 c 326 art 3 s 34; 1990 c 597 s 44-46; 1991 c 355 s 
 40,41; 1996 c 305 art 3 s 17,18; 1999 c 250 art 3 s 13; 1Sp2001 
 c 9 art 1 s 20-22; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113