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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 15 of 57 If the responsible licensed individual is a managing employee, the responsible licensed individual must be actively engaged in performing electrical work on behalf of the contractor, and cannot be employed in any capacity as an electrician or technician by any other contractor or employer designated in subdivision 21. An individual may be the responsible licensed individual for only one contractor or employer. (c) All applications and renewals for contractor licenses shall include a verified statement that the applicant or licensee has complied with this subdivision. Subd. 18. Examination. In addition to the other requirements described in this section and except as provided in subdivision 20, as a precondition to issuance of a personal license, each applicant must pass a written or oral examination developed and administered by the commissioner to ensure the competence of each applicant for license. An oral examination shall be administered only to an applicant who furnishes a written statement from a certified teacher or other professional, trained in the area of reading disabilities stating that the applicant has a specific reading disability which would prevent the applicant from performing satisfactorily on a written test. The oral examination shall be structured so that an applicant who passes the examination will not impair the applicant's own safety or that of others while acting as a licensed individual. No individual failing an examination may retake it for six months thereafter, but within such six months the individual may take an examination for a lesser grade of license. Any individual failing to renew a personal license for two years or more after its expiration; and any licensee whose personal license is revoked under this~chapter, shall be required to retake the examination before being issued a new license. An individual whose personal license is revoked under any other chapter is not required to retake the examination before being issued a new license, unless the personal license was revoked two years or more before the commissioner received the completed application for a new license. A licensee whose personal license is suspended for any reason is not required to retake the examination before the personal license is reinstated, unless the personal license has not been reinstated within two years after the suspension began. An applicant for a personal license shall submit to the commissioner an application and examination fee at the time of application. Upon approval of the application, the commissioner shall schedule the applicant for the next available examination, which shall be held within 60 days. The applicant shall be allowed one opportunity to reschedule an examination without being required to submit another application and examination fee. Additionally, an applicant who fails an examination, or whose application was not approved, shall submit another application and examination fee. Subd. 19. License, registration, and renewal fees; expiration. (a) Unless revoked or suspended under this chapter, ail licenses issued or renewed under this section expire an the date spec'fiied in this subdivision. Master licenses expire March 1 of each odd-numbered year after issuance or renewal. Electrical contractor licenses expire March 1 of each even-numbered year after issuance or renewal. Technology system contractor licenses expire August 1 of each even-numbered year after issuance or renewal. All other persona! licenses expire two years from the date of original issuance and every two years thereafter. Registrations of unlicensed individuals expire one year from the date of original issuance and every year thereafter. (b) Fees for application and examination, and for the original issuance and each subsequent renewal; are: (1}For each personal license application and examination: $35; {2} For original issuance and each subsequent renewal of: Class A Master or master special electrician, including master elevator constructor. $40 per year, Class B Master. ~$25 per year, Power Limited Technician: $15 per year; Class A Journeyman, Class B Journeyman, Installer, Elevator Constructor, Lineman, or Maintenance Electrician other than master special electrician: $15 per year, Contractor: $100 per year, Unlicensed individual registration: $15 per year. {c) If any new license is issued in accordance with this subdivision for less than two years, the fee for the license shall be prorated on an, annual basis.