1999 Minnesota Statutes

     16B.747 Fees for licensure and inspection. 

    Subdivision 1.    Permits.  No person, firm, or 
 corporation may construct, install, alter, or remove an elevator 
 without first filing an application for a permit with the 
 department of administration or a municipality authorized by 
 subdivision 3 to inspect elevators.  Upon successfully 
 completing inspection and the payment of the appropriate fee, 
 the owner must be granted an operating permit for the elevator. 

    Subd. 2.    Contractor licenses.  The commissioner may 
 establish criteria for the qualifications of elevator 
 contractors and issue licenses based upon proof of the 
 applicant's qualifications.  

    Subd. 3.    Permissive municipal regulation.  A 
 municipality may conduct a system of elevator inspection in 
 conformity with this chapter, State Building Code requirements, 
 and adopted rules that includes the inspection of elevator 
 installation, repair, alteration, and removal, construction, and 
 the routine and periodic inspection and testing of existing 
 elevators.  The municipality shall employ inspectors meeting the 
 minimum requirements established by Minnesota Rules to perform 
 the inspections and to witness the tests.  A municipality may 
 establish and retain its own fees for inspection of elevators 
 and related devices in its jurisdiction.  A municipality may not 
 adopt standards that do not conform to the uniform standards 
 prescribed by the department. 

    If the commissioner determines that a municipality is not 
 properly administering and enforcing the law, rules, and codes, 
 the commissioner shall have the inspection, administration, and 
 enforcement undertaken by a qualified inspector employed by the 
 department. 

    Subd. 4.    Deposit of fees.  Fees received under this 
 section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to 
 the special revenue fund. 

    HIST: 1989 c 303 s 8; 1995 c 166 s 12,13,17; 1997 c 206 s 9