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Minnesota Electrical Act: Minnesota Statutes Sections 3266.31 to 3266.399; Minnesota Statutes Sections _ 3268.081 to 3268.399: Enforcement; Minnesota Rules Chapters 3800 and 3801 Page 19 of 57 (d) Notwithstanding this subdivision, if an electrical inspector observes that a contractor, employer, or owner has not complied with accepted standards when the work was performed, as provided in the most recent editions of the National Electrical Code and the National Electrical Safety Code as approved by the American National Standards Institute, the inspector may order the contractor, employer, or owner who has performed the work to file a request for electrical inspection, pay an inspection fee, and make any necessary repairs to comply with applicable standards and require that the work be inspected. . Subd. 3. Licenses; bond. All inspectors shall hold licenses as master or journeyman electricians under this chapter. All inspectors under contract with the department to provide electrical inspection services shall give bond in the amount of $1,000, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties. Subd. 4. Procedure. (a) At or before commencement of any installation required to be inspected by the commissioner, the contractor, installer, special electrician, or owner making the installation shall submit to the commissioner a request for inspection, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, together with the fees required for the installation. (b) The fees required are a handling fee and an inspection fee. The handling fee shall be set by the commissioner in an amount sufficient to pay the cost of printing and handling the form requesting an inspection. The_inspection fee shall be set by the commissioner in an amount sufficient to pay the actual costs of the inspection and the commissioner's costs in administering the inspection. All fees shall be set pursuant to the procedure of sections 14.041 to 14.69. (c) if the inspector finds that the installation is not in compliance with accepted standards of construction for safety to life and property as required by section 3268.35, the inspector shall by written order condemn the installation or noncomplying portion thereof, or order service to the installation disconnected, and shall send a copy of the order to the commissioner. If the installation or the noncomplying part will seriously and proximately endanger human life and property, the order of the inspector, when approved by the inspector's superior, shall require immediate condemnation or disconnection. In all other cases, the order of the inspector shall permit a reasonable opportunity for the installation to~be brought into compliance with accepted standards of construction for safety to life and property prior to the effective time established for condemnation or disconnection. (d) Copies of each condemnation or disconnection order shall be served personally or by mail upon the property owner, and the contractor, installer, or special electrician making the installation, and other persons as the commissioner by rule may direct. An aggrieved party may appeal any condemnation or disconnection order by filing with the commissioner a notice of appeal within ten days after (1) service upon the aggrieved party of the condemnation or disconnection order, if this service is required, or (2) filing of the order with the commissioner, whichever is later. The appeal shall proceed and the order of the inspector shall have the effect the order, by its terms, and the rules of the commissioner provides. The commissioner shall adopt rules providing procedures for the conduct of appeals, including provisions for the stay of enforcement of the order of the inspector pending such appeal when just~ed by the circumstances. Subd. 5. Duty of electrical utility. No electrical installation subject to inspection by the commissioner shall be newly connected or reconnected for use until there is filed with the electrical utility supplying power a certficate of the property owner or licensed electrician, directing the work that inspection has been requested and that the conditions of the installation are safe for energization, provided further, that in all cases where an order of condemnation or disconnection has been issued against the installation or any part thereof, prior to connection or reconnection there shaft also first be filed with the electrical utility supplying the power a copy of an order of the inspector or the commissioner dismissing such prior order of condemnation or disconnection or approving the installation as being in compliance with accepted standards of construction for safety to life and property.