1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to labor and industry; making policy and technical changes; modifying
1.3 earned sick and safe time provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections
1.4 177.27, subdivision 5; 181.9445, subdivision 6; 181.9446; 181.9447, subdivisions
1.5 2, 3, 4; 181.9448, subdivision 1; 326B.0981, subdivision 4; 326B.31, subdivision
1.6 29; 326B.33, subdivision 21; 326B.36, subdivision 7.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 177.27, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.9 Subd. 5.Civil actions.The commissioner may bring an action in the district court where
1.10an employer resides or where the commissioner maintains an office to enforce or require
1.11compliance with orders issued under subdivision 4. In addition to any other remedy provided
1.12by law, the commissioner may also apply in the district court where an employer resides or
1.13where the commissioner maintains an office for an order enjoining and restraining violations
1.14of any statute or rule listed in subdivision 4.
1.15 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.16 Subd. 6.Employer."Employer" means a person who has one ten or more employees.
1.17Employer includes an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a business
1.18trust, a nonprofit organization, a group of persons, the state of Minnesota, a county, town,
1.19city, school district, or other governmental subdivision. In the case of an employee leasing
1.20company or professional employer organization, the taxpaying employer, as described in
1.21section 268.046, subdivision 1, remains the employer. In the case of an individual provider
1.22within the meaning of section 256B.0711, subdivision 1, paragraph (d), the employer includes
1.23any participant within the meaning of section 256B.0711, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), or
1Sec. 2.
S2149-1 1st EngrossmentSF2149 REVISOR SS
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 2149NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: MCEWEN, Boldon and Maye Quade)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading62503/03/2025
Referred to Labor
Comm report: No recommendation, re-referred to Human Services73703/13/2025
Comm report: Amended, No recommendation, re-referred to Labor03/20/2025 2.1participant's representative within the meaning of section 256B.0711, subdivision 1,
2.2paragraph (f). In the event that a temporary employee is supplied by a staffing agency,
2.3absent a contractual agreement stating otherwise, that individual shall be an employee of
2.4the staffing agency for all purposes of section 177.50 and sections 181.9445 to 181.9448.
2.5Employer does not include the United States government.
2.6 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9446, is amended to read:
2.7 181.9446 ACCRUAL OF EARNED SICK AND SAFE TIME.
2.8 (a) An employee accrues a minimum of one hour of earned sick and safe time for every
2.930 hours worked up to a maximum of 48 hours of earned sick and safe time in a year.
2.10Employees may not accrue more than 48 hours of earned sick and safe time in a year unless
2.11the employer agrees to a higher amount.
2.12 (b)(1) Except as provided in clause (2), employers must permit an employee to carry
2.13over accrued but unused sick and safe time into the following year. The total amount of
2.14accrued but unused earned sick and safe time for an employee must not exceed 80 hours at
2.15any time, unless an employer agrees to a higher amount.
2.16 (2) In lieu of permitting the carryover of accrued but unused sick and safe time into the
2.17following year as provided under clause (1), an employer may provide an employee with
2.18earned sick and safe time for the year that meets or exceeds the requirements of this section
2.19that is available for the employee's immediate use at the beginning of the subsequent year
2.20as follows: (i) 48 hours, if an employer pays an employee for accrued but unused sick and
2.21safe time at the end of a year at the same base rate as an employee earns from employment
2.22and in no case at a rate less than that provided under section 177.24 or an applicable local
2.23minimum wage; or (ii) 80 hours, if an employer does not pay an employee for accrued but
2.24unused sick and safe time at the end of a year; or (iii) upon initial employment, an employer
2.25providing sick and safe time under item (i) or (ii) may prorate sick and safe time amounts
2.26for an employee based on full- or part-time work for the remainder of that year.
2.27 (c) Employees who are exempt from overtime requirements under United States Code,
2.28title 29, section 213(a)(1), as amended through January 1, 2024, are deemed to work 40
2.29hours in each workweek for purposes of accruing earned sick and safe time, except that an
2.30employee whose normal workweek is less than 40 hours will accrue earned sick and safe
2.31time based on the normal workweek.
2.32 (d) Earned sick and safe time under this section begins to accrue at the commencement
2.33of employment of the employee.
2Sec. 3.
S2149-1 1st EngrossmentSF2149 REVISOR SS 3.1 (e) Employees may use earned sick and safe time as it is accrued.
3.2 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9447, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.3 Subd. 2.Notice.An employer may require notice of the need for use of earned sick and
3.4safe time as provided in this paragraph. If the need for use is foreseeable, an employer may
3.5require advance notice of the intention to use earned sick and safe time but must not require
3.6more than seven days' advance notice. If the need is unforeseeable, an employer may require
3.7an employee to give notice of the need for earned sick and safe time as soon as practicable
3.8reasonably required by the employer. An employer that requires notice of the need to use
3.9earned sick and safe time in accordance with this subdivision shall have a written policy
3.10containing reasonable procedures for employees to provide notice of the need to use earned
3.11sick and safe time, and shall provide a written copy of such policy to employees. If a copy
3.12of the written policy has not been provided to an employee, an employer shall not deny the
3.13use of earned sick and safe time to the employee on that basis.
3.14 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9447, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
3.15 Subd. 3.Documentation.(a) When an employee uses earned sick and safe time for
3.16more than three two consecutive scheduled work days, an employer may require reasonable
3.17documentation that the earned sick and safe time is covered by subdivision 1.
3.18 (b) For earned sick and safe time under subdivision 1, clauses (1), (2), (5), and (6),
3.19reasonable documentation may include a signed statement by a health care professional
3.20indicating the need for use of earned sick and safe time. However, if the employee or
3.21employee's family member did not receive services from a health care professional, or if
3.22documentation cannot be obtained from a health care professional in a reasonable time or
3.23without added expense, then reasonable documentation for the purposes of this paragraph
3.24may include a written statement from the employee indicating that the employee is using
3.25or used earned sick and safe time for a qualifying purpose covered by subdivision 1, clause
3.26(1), (2), (5), or (6). The employer may require documentation at such time that reasonable
3.27documentation is available if it is not available in a reasonable amount of time initially.
3.28 (c) For earned sick and safe time under subdivision 1, clause (3), an employer must
3.29accept a court record or documentation signed by a volunteer or employee of a victims
3.30services organization, an attorney, a police officer, or an antiviolence counselor as reasonable
3.31documentation. If documentation cannot be obtained in a reasonable time or without added
3.32expense, then reasonable documentation for the purposes of this paragraph may include a
3Sec. 5.
S2149-1 1st EngrossmentSF2149 REVISOR SS 4.1written statement from the employee indicating that the employee is using or used earned
4.2sick and safe time for a qualifying purpose covered under subdivision 1, clause (3).
4.3 (d) For earned sick and safe time to care for a family member under subdivision 1, clause
4.4(4), an employer must accept as reasonable documentation a written statement from the
4.5employee indicating that the employee is using or used earned sick and safe time for a
4.6qualifying purpose as reasonable documentation.
4.7 (e) An employer must not require disclosure of details relating to domestic abuse, sexual
4.8assault, or stalking or the details of an employee's or an employee's family member's medical
4.9condition as related to an employee's request to use earned sick and safe time under this
4.10section.
4.11 (f) Written statements by an employee may be written in the employee's first language
4.12and need not be notarized or in any particular format.
4.13 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9447, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
4.14 Subd. 4.Replacement worker.For earned sick and safe time use that is unforeseeable,
4.15an employer may not require, as a condition of an employee using earned sick and safe
4.16time, that the employee seek or find a replacement worker to cover the hours the employee
4.17uses as earned sick and safe time. This subdivision does not prohibit an employee from
4.18voluntarily seeking or trading shifts with a replacement worker to cover the hours the
4.19employee uses as earned sick and safe time.
4.20 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9448, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
4.21 Subdivision 1. Effect on more generous sick and safe time policies.(a) Nothing in
4.22sections 181.9445 to 181.9448 shall be construed to discourage employers from adopting
4.23or retaining earned sick and safe time policies that meet or exceed, and do not otherwise
4.24conflict with, the minimum standards and requirements provided in sections 181.9445 to
4.25181.9448. All paid time off and other paid leave made available to an employee by an
4.26employer in excess of the minimum amount required in section 181.9446 for absences from
4.27work due to personal illness or injury, but not including short-term or long-term disability
4.28or other salary continuation benefits, must meet or exceed the minimum standards and
4.29requirements provided in sections 181.9445 to 181.9448, except for section 181.9446. For
4.30paid leave accrued prior to January 1, 2024, for absences from work due to personal illness
4.31or injury, an employer may require an employee who uses such leave to follow the written
4.32notice and documentation requirements in the employer's applicable policy or applicable
4.33collective bargaining agreement as of December 31, 2023, in lieu of the requirements of
4Sec. 7.
S2149-1 1st EngrossmentSF2149 REVISOR SS 5.1section 181.9447, subdivisions 2 and 3, provided that an employer does not require an
5.2employee to use leave accrued on or after January 1, 2024, before using leave accrued prior
5.3to that date.
5.4 (b) Nothing in sections 181.9445 to 181.9448 shall be construed to limit the right of
5.5parties to a collective bargaining agreement to bargain and agree with respect to earned sick
5.6and safe time policies or to diminish the obligation of an employer to comply with any
5.7contract, collective bargaining agreement, or any employment benefit program or plan that
5.8meets or exceeds, and does not otherwise conflict with, the minimum standards and
5.9requirements provided in this section.
5.10 (c) Nothing in sections 181.9445 to 181.9448 shall be construed to preempt, limit, or
5.11otherwise affect the applicability of any other law, regulation, requirement, policy, or
5.12standard that provides for a greater amount, accrual, or use by employees of paid sick and
5.13safe time or that extends other protections to employees.
5.14 (d) Nothing in sections 181.9445 to 181.9448 shall be construed or applied so as to
5.15create any power or duty in conflict with federal law.
5.16 (e) Employers who provide earned sick and safe time to their employees under a paid
5.17time off policy or other paid leave policy that may be used for the same purposes and under
5.18the same conditions as earned sick and safe time, and that meets or exceeds, and does not
5.19otherwise conflict with, the minimum standards and requirements provided in sections
5.20181.9445 to 181.9448 are not required to provide additional earned sick and safe time.
5.21 (f) The provisions of sections 181.9445 to 181.9448 may be waived by a collective
5.22bargaining agreement with a bona fide building and construction trades labor organization
5.23that has established itself as the collective bargaining representative for the affected building
5.24and construction industry employees, provided that for such waiver to be valid, it shall
5.25explicitly reference sections 181.9445 to 181.9448 and clearly and unambiguously waive
5.26application of those sections to such employees.
5.27 (g) The requirements of section 181.9447, subdivision 3, may be waived for paid leave
5.28made available to an employee by an employer for absences from work in excess of the
5.29minimum amount required in section 181.9446 through a collective bargaining agreement
5.30with a labor organization that has established itself as the collective bargaining representative
5.31for the employees, provided that for such waiver to be valid, it shall explicitly reference
5.32section 181.9447, subdivision 3, and clearly and unambiguously waive application of that
5.33subdivision to such employees.
5Sec. 7.
S2149-1 1st EngrossmentSF2149 REVISOR SS 6.1 (h) An individual provider, as defined in section 256B.0711, subdivision 1, paragraph
6.2(d), who provides services through a consumer support grant under section 256.476,
6.3consumer-directed community supports under section 256B.4911, or community first services
6.4and supports under section 256B.85, to a family member who is a participant, as defined
6.5in section 256B.0711, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), may individually waive the provisions
6.6of sections 181.9445 to 181.9448 for the remainder of the participant's service plan year,
6.7provided that the funds are returned to the participant's budget. Once an individual provider
6.8has waived the provisions of sections 181.9445 to 181.9448, they may not accrue earned
6.9sick and safe time until the start of the participant's next service plan year.
6.10 (i) Sections 181.9445 to 181.9448 do not prohibit an employer from establishing a policy
6.11whereby employees may donate unused accrued sick and safe time to another employee.
6.12 (j) Sections 181.9445 to 181.9448 do not prohibit an employer from advancing sick and
6.13safe time to an employee before accrual by the employee.
6.14 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.0981, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
6.15 Subd. 4.Internet continuing education.(a) The design and delivery of an Internet
6.16continuing education course must be approved by the International Distance Education
6.17Certification Center (IDECC) or the International Association Accreditors for Continuing
6.18Education and Training (IACET) before the course is submitted for the commissioner's
6.19approval. The approval must accompany the course submitted.
6.20 (b) Paragraphs (a) and (d) do not apply to approval of an Internet continuing education
6.21course for manufactured home installers. An Internet continuing education course for
6.22manufactured home installers must be approved by the United States Department of Housing
6.23and Urban Development or by the commissioner of labor and industry. The approval must
6.24accompany the course completion certificate issued to each student by the course sponsor.
6.25 (c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to approval of an Internet continuing education course
6.26for elevator constructors. An Internet continuing education course for elevator constructors
6.27must be approved by the commissioner of labor and industry. The approval must accompany
6.28the course completion certificate issued to each student by the course sponsor.
6.29 (d) An Internet continuing education course must:
6.30 (1) specify the minimum computer system requirements;
6.31 (2) provide encryption that ensures that all personal information, including the student's
6.32name, address, and credit card number, cannot be read as it passes across the Internet;
6Sec. 8.
S2149-1 1st EngrossmentSF2149 REVISOR SS 7.1 (3) include technology to guarantee seat time;
7.2 (4) include a high level of interactivity;
7.3 (5) include graphics that reinforce the content;
7.4 (6) include the ability for the student to contact an instructor or course sponsor within
7.5a reasonable amount of time;
7.6 (7) include the ability for the student to get technical support within a reasonable amount
7.7of time;
7.8 (8) include a statement that the student's information will not be sold or distributed to
7.9any third party without prior written consent of the student. Taking the course does not
7.10constitute consent;
7.11 (9) be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, excluding minimal downtime for
7.12updating and administration, except that this provision does not apply to live courses taught
7.13by an actual instructor and delivered over the Internet;
7.14 (10) provide viewing access to the online course at all times to the commissioner,
7.15excluding minimal downtime for updating and administration;
7.16 (11) include a process to authenticate the student's identity;
7.17 (12) inform the student and the commissioner how long after its purchase a course will
7.18be accessible;
7.19 (13) inform the student that license education credit will not be awarded for taking the
7.20course after it loses its status as an approved course;
7.21 (14) provide clear instructions on how to navigate through the course;
7.22 (15) provide automatic bookmarking at any point in the course;
7.23 (16) provide questions after each unit or chapter that must be answered before the student
7.24can proceed to the next unit or chapter;
7.25 (17) include a reinforcement response when a quiz question is answered correctly;
7.26 (18) include a response when a quiz question is answered incorrectly;
7.27 (19) include a final examination in which the student must correctly answer 70 percent
7.28of the questions;
7.29 (20) allow the student to go back and review any unit at any time, except during the final
7.30examination;
7Sec. 8.
S2149-1 1st EngrossmentSF2149 REVISOR SS 8.1 (21) provide a course evaluation at the end of the course. At a minimum, the evaluation
8.2must ask the student to report any difficulties caused by the online education delivery
8.3method;
8.4 (22) provide a completion certificate when the course and exam have been completed
8.5and the provider has verified the completion. Electronic certificates are sufficient and shall
8.6include the name of the provider, date and location of the course, educational program
8.7identification that was provided by the department, hours of instruction or continuing
8.8education hours, and licensee's or attendee's name and license, certification, or registration
8.9number or the last four digits of the licensee's or attendee's Social Security number; and
8.10 (23) allow the commissioner the ability to electronically review the class to determine
8.11if credit can be approved.
8.12 (e) The final examination must be either an encrypted online examination or a paper
8.13examination that is monitored by a proctor who certifies that the student took the examination.
8.14 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.31, subdivision 29, is amended to read:
8.15 Subd. 29.Technology circuits or systems."Technology circuits or systems" means
8.16class 2 or class 3 circuits or systems for, but not limited to, remote control, signaling, control,
8.17alarm, and audio signal, including associated components as covered by the National
8.18Electrical Code, articles 640, 645, 650, 725, 760, 770, and 780, and which are isolated from
8.19circuits or systems other than class 2 or class 3 by a demarcation and are not process control
8.20circuits or systems; antenna and communication circuits or systems as covered by chapter
8.218 of the National Electrical Code; and circuitry and equipment for indoor lighting and
8.22outdoor landscape lighting systems that are supplied by the secondary circuit of an isolating
8.23power supply operating at 30 volts or less low voltage lighting, limited to a class 2 or class
8.243 power supply as covered by the National Electrical Code, article 411. The planning, laying
8.25out, installing, altering, and repairing of technology circuits or systems must be performed
8.26in accordance with the applicable requirements of the National Electrical Code pursuant to
8.27section 326B.35.
8.28 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.33, subdivision 21, is amended to read:
8.29 Subd. 21.Exemptions from licensing.(a) An individual who is a maintenance electrician
8.30is not required to hold or obtain a license under sections 326B.31 to 326B.399 if:
8.31 (1) the individual is engaged in the maintenance and repair of electrical equipment,
8.32apparatus, and facilities that are owned or leased by the individual's employer and that are
8Sec. 10.
S2149-1 1st EngrossmentSF2149 REVISOR SS 9.1located within the limits of property operated, maintained, and either owned or leased by
9.2the individual's employer;
9.3 (2) the individual is supervised by:
9.4 (i) the responsible master electrician for a contractor who has contracted with the
9.5individual's employer to provide services for which a contractor's license is required; or
9.6 (ii) a licensed master electrician, a licensed maintenance electrician, an electrical engineer,
9.7or, if the maintenance and repair work is limited to technology circuits or systems work, a
9.8licensed power limited technician; and
9.9 (3) the individual's employer has on file with the commissioner a current certificate of
9.10responsible person, signed by the responsible master electrician of the contractor, the licensed
9.11master electrician, the licensed maintenance electrician, the electrical engineer, or the
9.12licensed power limited technician, and stating that the person signing the certificate is
9.13responsible for ensuring that the maintenance and repair work performed by the employer's
9.14employees complies with the Minnesota Electrical Act and the rules adopted under that act.
9.15The employer must pay a filing fee to file a certificate of responsible person with the
9.16commissioner. The certificate shall expire two years from the date of filing. In order to
9.17maintain a current certificate of responsible person, the employer must resubmit a certificate
9.18of responsible person, with a filing fee, no later than two years from the date of the previous
9.19submittal.
9.20 (b) Employees of a licensed electrical or technology systems contractor or other employer
9.21where provided with supervision by a master electrician in accordance with subdivision 1,
9.22or power limited technician in accordance with subdivision 7, paragraph (a), clause (1), are
9.23not required to hold a license under sections 326B.31 to 326B.399 for the planning, laying
9.24out, installing, altering, and repairing of technology circuits or systems except planning,
9.25laying out, or installing:
9.26 (1) in other than residential dwellings, class 2 or class 3 remote control circuits that
9.27control circuits or systems other than class 2 or class 3, except circuits that interconnect
9.28these systems through communication, alarm, and security systems are exempted from this
9.29paragraph;
9.30 (2) class 2 or class 3 circuits in electrical cabinets, enclosures, or devices containing
9.31physically unprotected circuits other than class 2 or class 3; or
9.32 (3) technology circuits or systems in hazardous classified locations as covered by the
9.33National Electrical Code.
9Sec. 10.
S2149-1 1st EngrossmentSF2149 REVISOR SS 10.1 (c) Companies and their employees that plan, lay out, install, alter, or repair class 2 and
10.2class 3 remote control wiring associated with plug or cord and plug connected appliances
10.3other than security or fire alarm systems installed in a residential dwelling are not required
10.4to hold a license under sections 326B.31 to 326B.399.
10.5 (d) Heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration contractors and their
10.6employees are not required to hold or obtain a license under sections 326B.31 to 326B.399
10.7when performing heating, ventilating, air conditioning, or refrigeration work as described
10.8in section 326B.38.
10.9 (e) Employees of any an electrical utility that sells electric service to or for the public
10.10at retail, communications utility, or railway utility, cable communications company as
10.11defined in section 238.02, or a telephone company as defined under section 237.01 or its
10.12employees, or of any an independent contractor performing work on behalf of any such
10.13utility, cable communications company, or telephone company, shall are not be required to
10.14hold a license under sections 326B.31 to 326B.399:
10.15 (1) while performing work on installations, materials, or equipment which are owned
10.16or leased, and operated and maintained by such utility, cable communications company, or
10.17telephone company in the exercise of its utility, antenna, or telephone function, and which:
10.18 (i) are used exclusively for the generation, transformation, distribution, transmission, or
10.19metering of electric current, or the operation of railway signals, or the transmission of
10.20intelligence and do not have as a principal function the consumption or use of electric current
10.21or provided service by or for the benefit of any person other than such utility, cable
10.22communications company, or telephone company; and
10.23 (ii) are generally accessible only to employees of such utility, cable communications
10.24company, or telephone company or persons acting under its control or direction; and
10.25 (iii) are not on the load side of the service point or point of entrance for communication
10.26systems;
10.27 (2) while performing work on installations, materials, or equipment which are a part of
10.28the street lighting operations of such utility; or
10.29 (3) while installing or performing work on outdoor area lights which are directly
10.30connected to a utility's distribution system and located upon the utility's distribution poles,
10.31and which are generally accessible only to employees of such utility or persons acting under
10.32its control or direction.
10Sec. 10.
S2149-1 1st EngrossmentSF2149 REVISOR SS 11.1 (f) An individual who physically performs electrical work on a residential dwelling that
11.2is located on a property the individual owns and actually occupies as a residence or owns
11.3and will occupy as a residence upon completion of its construction is not required to hold
11.4or obtain a license under sections 326B.31 to 326B.399 if the residential dwelling has a
11.5separate electrical utility service not shared with any other residential dwelling.
11.6 (g) Companies and their employees licensed under section 326B.164 shall are not be
11.7required to hold or obtain a license under sections 326B.31 to 326B.399 while performing
11.8elevator work.
11.9 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 326B.36, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
11.10 Subd. 7.Exemptions from inspections.Installations, materials, or equipment shall are
11.11not be subject to inspection under sections 326B.31 to 326B.399:
11.12 (1) when owned or leased, operated and maintained by any employer whose maintenance
11.13electricians are exempt from licensing under sections 326B.31 to 326B.399, while performing
11.14electrical maintenance work only as defined by rule;
11.15 (2) when owned or leased, and operated and maintained by any electrical utility that
11.16sells electric service to or for the public at retail, communications, or railway utility, cable
11.17communications company as defined in section 238.02, or telephone company as defined
11.18under section 237.01, in the exercise of its utility, antenna, or telephone function; and
11.19 (i) are used exclusively for the generations, transformation, distribution, transmission,
11.20load control, or metering of electric current, or the operation of railway signals, or the
11.21transmission of intelligence, and do not have as a principal function the consumption or use
11.22of electric current by or for the benefit of any person other than such utility, cable
11.23communications company, or telephone company; and
11.24 (ii) are generally accessible only to employees of such utility, cable communications
11.25company, or telephone company or persons acting under its control or direction; and
11.26 (iii) are not on the load side of the service point or point of entrance for communication
11.27systems;
11.28 (3) when used in the street lighting operations of an electrical utility;
11.29 (4) when used as outdoor area lights which are owned and operated by an electrical
11.30utility and which are connected directly to its distribution system and located upon the
11.31utility's distribution poles, and which are generally accessible only to employees of such
11.32utility or persons acting under its control or direction;
11Sec. 11.
S2149-1 1st EngrossmentSF2149 REVISOR SS 12.1 (5) when the installation, material, and equipment are in facilities subject to the
12.2jurisdiction of the federal Mine Safety and Health Act; or
12.3 (6) when the installation, material, and equipment is part of an elevator installation for
12.4which the elevator contractor, licensed under section 326B.164, is required to obtain a permit
12.5from the authority having jurisdiction as provided by section 326B.184, and the inspection
12.6has been or will be performed by an elevator inspector certified and licensed by the
12.7department. This exemption shall apply only to installations, material, and equipment
12.8permitted or required to be connected on the load side of the disconnecting means required
12.9for elevator equipment under the National Electrical Code, and elevator communications
12.10and alarm systems within the machine room, car, hoistway, or elevator lobby.
12Sec. 11.
S2149-1 1st EngrossmentSF2149 REVISOR SS