S.F. No. 3962 Summary

• Amends Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 326B.36, subdivision 7 to clarify exemptions from State Building Code inspections for electrical installations, materials, and equipment.

• Exempts installations owned or leased by employers whose maintenance electricians are exempt from licensing, when performing only electrical maintenance work as defined by rule.

• Exempts utility installations (electrical, communications, railway, cable communications, and telephone companies) used exclusively for generation, transformation, distribution, transmission, load control, metering, or railway signals, and generally accessible only to utility employees or authorized persons.

• Exempts street lighting operations by electrical utilities, outdoor area lights owned by utilities and connected to their distribution systems, and installations in facilities subject to federal Mine Safety and Health Act jurisdiction.

• Exempts elevator installations where an elevator contractor obtains a permit and inspection is performed by a department-certified elevator inspector, limited to equipment on the load side of disconnecting means and elevator communications systems within specified areas.