Minnesota Administrative Rules

4348.0200 PREAPPLICATION CONFERENCE.

Subpart 1.

Request.

Any person may request a preapplication conference by submitting to the Bureau of Business Licenses a formal request in the format prescribed by the bureau.

Subp. 2.

Approval and notice.

If the director determines, after consideration of a formal request, that a preapplication conference is warranted, the director shall secure the participation of the interested agencies and notify the person in writing of the date, time, and place of the conference.

The director will consider the following factors in making a determination as to whether a preapplication conference is warranted:

A.

the dollar volume of the proposed activity;

B.

whether the proposed activity involves multiple licenses from agencies; and

C.

whether the proposed activity involves business or corporate structures, activities, technologies, products, or processes that are different from, or reasonably appear to be different from, those for which a license has been required in the past.

Subp. 3.

Supervision.

The director or the director's designated representative shall preside over the preapplication conference to ensure that it achieves the purposes set forth in Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.79, subdivision 1.

Subp. 4.

Effect upon participants.

A preapplication conference is not binding upon any of the participants.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 116J.76; 116J.79

History:

L 1987 c 386 art 5 s 5; 17 SR 1279

Published Electronically:

July 21, 2003