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Minnesota Electrical Act: Minnesota Statutes Sections 3266.31 to 3266.399; Minnesota Statutes Sections 3266.081 to 3268.399: Enforcement; Minnesota Rules Chapters 3800 and 3801 Page 10 of 57 (c) The board may reconsider electrical code amendments during an active electrical code rulemaking proceeding in which the amendment previously failed to receive a #wo-thirds majority vote or more of all of the voting members of the board only if new or updated information that affects the electrical code amendment is presented to the board. The board may also reconsider failed electrical code amendments in subsequent electrical code rulemaking proceedings. {d) Each proposed rule and rule amendment considered by the board pursuant to the rulemaking authority specked in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clauses (5) and {6), that receives an affirmative majority vote of all of the voting members of the board shall be included in the next rulemaking proceeding initiated by the board. If a proposed rule or rule amendment considered, or reconsidered, by the board receives Tess than an affirmative majority vote of all of the voting members of the board, the proposed rule or rule amendment shalt not be included in the next rulemaking proceeding initiated by the board. (e) The board may reconsider proposed rules or rule amendments during an active rulemaking proceeding in which the amendment previously failed to receive an affirmative majority vote of all of the voting members of the board only if new or updated information that affects the proposed rule or rule amendment is presented to the board. The board may also reconsider failed proposed rules or rule amendments in subsequent rulemaking proceedings. Subd. 7. Board meetings. (a) The board shall hold meetings at such times as the board shall specify. Notice and conduct of al( meetings shall be pursuant to chapter 13D and in a manner as the bylaws may provide. (b) If compliance with section 13D.02 is impractical, the board may conduct a meeting of its members by telephone or other electronic means so long as the following conditions are met: (i) all members of the board participating in the meeting, wherever their physical location, can hear one another and can hear all discussion and #estimony; {2} members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the board can hear clearly al! discussion and #estimony and all votes of members of the board and, if needed, receive those services required by sections 15.44 and 15.441; (3) at least one member of the board is physically present at the regular meeting location; and (4) all votes are conducted by roll call, so each member's vote on each issue can be identified and recorded. Each member of the board participating in a meeting by telephone or other electronic means is considered present at the meeting for purposes of de#ermining a quorum and participating in all proceedings. If telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a regular, special, or emergency meeting, the board, to the extent prac#ical, shall allow a person to monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location. The board may require the person making such a connection to pay for documented costs that the board incurs as a result of the additional connection. if telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a regular, special, or emergency meeting, the board shall provide notice of the regular meeting location, of the fact that some members may participate by telephone or other electronic means, and that a person may monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location. Any person monitoring the meeting electronically from a remote location may be required to pay documented costs incurred by the board as a result of the additional connection. The timing and method of providing notice is governed by section 13D.04. Subd. 8. Complaints. (a) The board shat! promptly forward to the commissioner the substance of any complaint or communication it receives, whether in writing or oral, that alleges or implies a violation of a statute, rote, or order that the' commissioner has the authority to enforce pertaining to the license or registration of any person authorized by the department to provide electrical work, the performance or offering to perform electrical work requiring ficensure or registration, or electrical code compliance. Each complaint or communication that is forwarded to the commissioner shall be submitted on a form provided by the commissioner. (b} The commissioner shall advise the board of the status of the complaint within 90 days after the board's written submission is received, or within 90 days after the board is provided with a written request for additional information or documentation from the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, whichever is later.