1998 Minnesota Statutes

     326.2421 Alarm and communication systems. 

    Subdivision 1.  Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 6 s 11 

    Subd. 2.    Exemption.  Except as provided in 
 subdivision 3, no person licensed pursuant to subdivision 3 may 
 be required to obtain any authorization, permit, franchise, or 
 license from, or pay any fee, franchise tax, or other assessment 
 to, any agency, department, board, or political subdivision of 
 the state as a condition for performing any work described 
 herein.  The requirements of this section shall not apply to 
 telephone companies as defined under section 237.01 nor to their 
 employees, that are only engaged in the laying out, 
 installation, and repair of telephone systems. 

    Subd. 3.    Alarm and communication contractor's licenses. 
  No person may lay out, install, maintain, or repair alarm and 
 communication systems, unless the person is licensed as an alarm 
 and communication contractor under this subdivision, or is a 
 licensed electrical contractor under section 326.242, 
 subdivision 6, or is an employee of the contractor.  The board 
 of electricity shall issue an alarm and communication 
 contractor's license to any individual, corporation, 
 partnership, sole proprietorship, or other business entity that 
 provides adequate proof that a bond and insurance in the amounts 
 required by section 326.242, subdivision 6, have been obtained 
 by the applicant.  The board shall set license fees pursuant to 
 section 16A.1285.  Installation of alarm and communication 
 systems are subject to inspection and inspection fees as 
 provided in section 326.244, subdivision 1a. 

    Subd. 4.    Examination.  No alarm and communication 
 contractor shall be issued a license by the board under this 
 section unless the contractor or an employee of the contractor 
 has passed an alarm and communication system examination given 
 by the board of electricity.  

    Subd. 5.  Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 6 s 11 

    Subd. 6.    Existing contractors.  Persons who on July 
 1, 1985, are in the business of laying out, installing, 
 maintaining, or repairing alarm and communication systems and 
 who have filed a license application with the electrical board 
 by September 1, 1987, shall be allowed to continue in that 
 business as if licensed under subdivision 3 until final action 
 is taken by the board upon their applications.  Contractors who 
 are in the business on July 1, 1985, and who file a license 
 application with the board by September 1, 1987, are exempt from 
 the requirements of subdivision 4.  

    Subd. 7. Repealed, 1987 c 384 art 3 s 14 

    Subd. 8.    Hazardous locations.  The provisions of this 
 section shall not apply to work performed in hazardous 
 classified locations covered by articles 500 to 517 of the 
 National Electrical Code as that code was approved by the 
 American National Standards Institute and was in effect January 
 14, 1985. 

    Subd. 9.    Limitation.  Nothing in this section 
 prohibits a unit of local government from charging a franchise 
 fee to the operator of a cable communications system. 

    HIST: 1Sp1985 c 6 s 1; 1986 c 373 s 7; 1987 c 279 s 2; 1995 c 
 233 art 2 s 52; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 125