2005 Minnesota Statutes

     326.38 Local regulations. 

    Any city having a system of waterworks or sewerage, or any 
 town in which reside over 5,000 people exclusive of any 
 statutory cities located therein, or the metropolitan airports 
 commission, may, by ordinance, adopt local regulations providing 
 for plumbing permits, bonds, approval of plans, and inspections 
 of plumbing, which regulations are not in conflict with the 
 plumbing standards on the same subject prescribed by the state 
 commissioner of health.  No city or such town shall prohibit 
 plumbers licensed by the state commissioner of health from 
 engaging in or working at the business, except cities and 
 statutory cities which, prior to April 21, 1933, by ordinance 
 required the licensing of plumbers.  Any city by ordinance may 
 prescribe regulations, reasonable standards, and inspections and 
 grant permits to any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the 
 business of installing water softeners, who is not licensed as a 
 master plumber or journeyman plumber by the state commissioner 
 of health, to connect water softening and water filtering 
 equipment to private residence water distribution systems, where 
 provision has been previously made therefor and openings left 
 for that purpose or by use of cold water connections to a 
 domestic water heater; where it is not necessary to rearrange, 
 make any extension or alteration of, or addition to any pipe, 
 fixture or plumbing connected with the water system except to 
 connect the water softener, and provided the connections so made 
 comply with minimum standards prescribed by the state 
 commissioner of health. 

    HIST: (5887-20) 1933 c 349 s 2; 1937 c 370 s 2; 1941 c 367 s 
 1; 1953 c 166 s 1; 1957 c 921 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1977 c 
 305 s 45; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 1 s 56; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113