2003 Minnesota Statutes

     299M.03 License or certificate required. 

    Subdivision 1.    Contractor license.  Except for 
 residential installations by the owner of an occupied one- or 
 two-family dwelling, a person may not sell, design, install, 
 modify, or inspect a fire protection system, its parts, or 
 related equipment, or offer to do so, unless annually licensed 
 to perform these duties as a fire protection contractor.  No 
 license is required under this section for a person licensed as 
 a professional engineer under section 326.03 who is competent in 
 fire protection system design or a person licensed as an alarm 
 and communication contractor under section 326.2421 for 
 performing activities authorized by that license. 

    Subd. 1a.    Multipurpose potable water piping system 
 contractor license.  Except for residential installations by 
 the owner-occupant of a one- or two-family dwelling, a person 
 may not sell, design, install, modify, or inspect a multipurpose 
 potable water piping system, its parts, or related equipment, or 
 offer to do so, unless annually licensed to perform these duties 
 as a multipurpose potable water piping system contractor.  No 
 license is required under this section for a person licensed as 
 a professional engineer under section 326.03 who is competent in 
 fire protection system design. 

    Subd. 2.    Journeyman certificate.  Except for 
 residential installations by the owner of an occupied one- or 
 two-family dwelling, a person may not install, connect, alter, 
 repair, or add to a fire protection system, under the 
 supervision of a fire protection contractor, unless annually 
 certified to perform those duties as a journeyman sprinkler 
 fitter or as a registered apprentice sprinkler fitter.  This 
 subdivision does not apply to a person altering or repairing a 
 fire protection system if the system uses low pressure water and 
 the system is located in a facility regulated under the federal 
 Mine Occupational Safety and Health Act. 

    Subd. 3.    Multipurpose potable water piping system 
 installer certificate.  Except for residential installations 
 by the owner-occupant of a one- or two-family dwelling, a person 
 may not install, connect, alter, repair, or add to a 
 multipurpose potable water piping system, unless annually 
 certified to perform these duties as a multipurpose potable 
 water piping system installer.  A multipurpose potable water 
 piping system installer certificate only allows the certificate 
 holder to work on one- and two-family residential units. 

    Subd. 4.    Certification fee; annual appropriation.  
 The state fire marshal shall charge $55 to conduct and 
 administer the journeyman sprinkler fitter certification 
 process.  Money received by the State Fire Marshal Division for 
 the administration of this program must be deposited in the 
 state treasury and credited to a state fire marshal dedicated 
 account in the special revenue fund.  All money in the state 
 fire marshal account is annually appropriated to the 
 commissioner of public safety to administer this program. 

    HIST: 1992 c 508 s 3; 1995 c 265 art 2 s 27; 1998 c 367 art 11 
 s 12,13; 1Sp2003 c 2 art 4 s 17-19 

*   NOTE:  Subdivisions 1a and 3, as added by Laws 2003, First 
*Special Session chapter 2, article 4, sections 17 and 18, are 
*effective July 1, 2004.  Laws 2003, First Special Session 
*chapter 2, article 4, sections 17 and 18, the effective dates.