2006 Minnesota Statutes

103I.541 MONITORING WELL CONTRACTOR'S REGISTRATION;
REPRESENTATIVE'S CERTIFICATION.
    Subdivision 1. Registration. A person seeking 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. Certification application. (a) An individual must submit an application and
application fee to the commissioner to apply for certification as a representative of a monitoring
well contractor.
(b) The application must be on forms prescribed by the commissioner. The application must
state the applicant's qualifications for the certification, and other information required by the
commissioner.
    Subd. 2b. Issuance of registration. If a person employs a certified representative, submits
the bond under subdivision 3, and pays the registration fee of $75 for a monitoring well contractor
registration, the commissioner shall issue a monitoring well contractor registration to the
applicant. The fee for an individual registration is $75. The commissioner may not act on an
application until the application fee is paid.
    Subd. 2c. Certification application fee. The application fee for certification as a
representative of a monitoring well contractor is $75. The commissioner may not act on an
application until the application fee is paid.
    Subd. 2d. Examination. After the commissioner has approved an application, the applicant
must take an examination given by the commissioner.
    Subd. 2e. Issuance of certification. If the applicant meets the experience requirements
established by rule and passes the examination as determined by the commissioner, the
commissioner shall issue the applicant a certification to represent a monitoring well contractor.
    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 performance of work in this state that is not
in compliance with this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. 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 perform work or duties in
compliance with this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter.
    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 certified representative of 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 and boring
construction reports, well and boring 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.
History: 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; 2005 c 106 s 52