1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to construction codes; allowing design and installation of water service 
1.3 	lines by licensed well contractors;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 
1.4 	326.02, subdivision 5; 326B.46, subdivision 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326.02, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 5.Limitation. The provisions of sections 326.02 to 326.15 shall not apply to the 
1.8 	preparation of plans and specifications for the erection, enlargement, or alteration of any 
1.9 	building or other structure by any person, for that person's exclusive occupancy or use, 
1.10 	unless such occupancy or use involves the public health or safety or the health or safety of 
1.11 	the employees of said person, or of the buildings listed in section 326.03, subdivision 2, nor 
1.12 	to any detailed or shop plans required to be furnished by a contractor to a registered engineer, 
1.13 	landscape architect, architect, or certified interior designer, nor to any standardized 
1.14 	manufactured product, nor to any construction superintendent supervising the execution of 
1.15 	work designed by an architect, landscape architect, engineer, or certified interior designer 
1.16 	licensed or certified in accordance with section 326.03, nor to the planning for and 
1.17 	supervision of the construction and installation of work by an electrical or elevator contractor 
1.18 	or master plumber as defined in and licensed pursuant to chapter 326B, nor to the planning 
1.19 	for and supervision of the construction and installation of work by a licensed well contractor 
1.20 	as defined and licensed pursuant to chapter 103I, where such work is within the scope of 
1.21 	such licensed activity and not within the practice of professional engineering, or architecture, 
1.22 	or where the person does not claim to be a certified interior designer as defined in subdivision 
1.23 	2, 3, or 4b.

2.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 326B.46, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
2.2 		Subd. 6.Well contractor exempt from licensing and bond; conditions. No license, 
2.3 	registration, or bond under sections 326B.42 to 326B.49 is required of a well contractor or 
2.4 	a limited well/boring contractor who is licensed and bonded under section 103I.525 or 
2.5 	103I.531 and is engaged in the work or business of:
2.6 	(1) designing and installing water service lines; or
2.7 	(2) installing:
2.8 	(1) (i) water service pipe from a well to a pressure tank;
2.9 	(2) (ii) a frost-free water hydrant with an antisiphon device on a well water service pipe 
2.10 	located entirely outside of a building requiring potable water;
2.11 	(3) (iii) a control valve, located outside the building, on a well water service pipe; or
2.12 	(4) (iv) a main control valve located within two feet of the pressure tank on the 
2.13 	distribution supply line.