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Legislative Updates

Changes to Contractor Licenses and License Renewals

Effective Jan. 1, 2012, individuals and businesses will be able
to submit license renewals online. Holders of boiler, highpressure
piping, plumbing and water conditioning licenses
have already been able to renew their licenses online. This
capability will be expanded to building official, electrical,
mechanical bond, registered employer and residential
contractor licenses. A new feature will allow individuals and
businesses to attach required documents when submitting
their renewal. A license becomes available for online renewal
120 days before the license expiration date.

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Minnesota Electrical Continuing Education Changes Effective October 1, 2011

As you may be aware, the 2011 Minnesota Legislature established a uniform continuing education (CE) program for licenses administered by the Department of Labor and Industry's Construction Codes and Licensing Division (CCLD).

The uniform CE program is based on the existing residential contractor CE program administered by CCLD, with additional features taken from the existing electrical CE program. In all, four independent CE activities administered by CCLD were consolidated into a single coordinated program. Electrical continuing education, building official continuing education, and manufactured home installer continuing education were brought together with residential contractor continuing education.

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Board of Electricity Meeting, October 11, 2011

Dave and I attended the Board of Electricity meeting Tuesday, October 11.  Other than the usual discussions, there was a presentation on the new capabilities that can be accessed on the DLI web site.  Listed below are the items that were discussed:

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