1999 Minnesota Statutes

     183.545 Fees for inspection. 

    Subdivision 1.    Fee amount; vessels.  The fees for the 
 inspection of the hull, boiler, machinery, and equipments of 
 vessels are to be set by the commissioner pursuant to section 
 16A.1285, for vessels of 50 tons burden or over and vessels of 
 less than 50 tons burden. 

    Subd. 2.    Fee amounts; masters and pilots.  The 
 commissioner shall, pursuant to section 16A.1285, set the fee 
 for an examination of an applicant for a master's or pilot's 
 license, for an annual renewal of a master's or a pilot's 
 license, and for an annual renewal if paid later than ten days 
 after expiration. 

    Subd. 3.    Inspection fees.  The fees for the annual 
 inspection of boilers and biennial inspection of pressure 
 vessels are to be set by the commissioner pursuant to section 
 16A.1285, for: 

    (a) boiler inaccessible for internal inspection; 

    (b) boiler accessible for internal inspection; 

    (c) boiler internal inspection over 2,000 square feet 
 heating surface; 

    (d) boiler internal inspection over 4,000 square feet 
 heating surface; 

    (e) boiler internal inspection over 10,000 square feet 
 heating surface; 

    (f) boiler accessible for internal inspection requiring 
 one-half day or more of inspection time shall be billed at the 
 established shop inspection fee rate; 

    (g) pressure vessel for internal inspection via manhole; 
 and 

    (h) pressure vessel inaccessible for internal inspection.  

    An additional fee based on the scale of fees applicable to 
 an inspection shall be charged when it is necessary to make a 
 special trip for a hydrostatic test of a boiler or pressure 
 vessel.  

    The commissioner shall, pursuant to section 16A.1285, set 
 shop inspection fees.  Inspection time includes all time related 
 to the shop inspection. 

    Subd. 4.    Applicants fees.  The commissioner shall, 
 pursuant to section 16A.1285, set the fee for an examination of 
 an applicant for the following licenses: 

    (a) chief engineer's license; 

    (b) first class engineer's license; 

    (c) second class engineer's license; 

    (d) special engineer's license; 

    (e) traction engineer's license; and 

    (f) pilot's license. 

    If an applicant, after an examination, is entitled to 
 receive a license, it shall be issued without the payment of any 
 additional charge.  Any license so issued expires one year after 
 the date of its issuance.  An engineer's license may be renewed 
 upon application therefor and the payment of an annual renewal 
 fee as set by the commissioner pursuant to section 16A.1285.  

    Subd. 5. Repealed, 1987 c 70 s 7 

    Subd. 6.    National board inspectors.  The fee for an 
 examination of an applicant for a national board of boiler and 
 pressure vessels inspectors commission shall be set by the 
 commissioner pursuant to section 16A.1285.  

    Subd. 7.    Nuclear endorsement.  The fee for each 
 examination of an applicant for a national board of boiler and 
 pressure vessels commissioned inspectors nuclear endorsement 
 shall be set by the commissioner pursuant to section 16A.1285. 

    Subd. 8.    Certificate of competency.  The fee for 
 issuance of the original state of Minnesota certificate of 
 competency for inspectors shall be set by the commissioner 
 pursuant to section 16A.1285.  This fee is waived for inspectors 
 who paid the examination fee.  The fee for an annual renewal of 
 the state of Minnesota certificate of competency shall be set by 
 the commissioner pursuant to section 16A.1285, and is due 
 January 1 of each year. 

    Subd. 9.    Deposit of fees.  Fees received under this 
 section and section 183.57 must be deposited in the state 
 treasury and credited to the general fund. 

    HIST: 1957 c 503 s 17; 1959 c 586 s 1; 1969 c 1148 s 30-32; 
 1974 c 427 s 1,2; 1978 c 485 s 1-4; 1982 c 379 s 19; 1983 c 301 
 s 157; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 296; 1987 c 70 s 5; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 
 106; 1996 c 305 art 3 s 27