SF3881 Summary

• Appropriates $25,000 in fiscal year 2023 for youth skills training grants under Minnesota Statutes section 175.46 as a one-time appropriation.

• Reduces building permit fees for projects ranging from $1 to over $1,000,000, with reductions ranging from approximately 28% to 39% depending on project valuation.

• Modifies window cleaning safety requirements to incorporate nationally recognized standards from the International Window Cleaning Association (IWCA) and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for new buildings and buildings undergoing alterations.

• Expands exemptions from elevator licensing requirements to include platform lifts and stairway chairlifts for employees of licensed elevator contractors, and adds new definitions for "platform lift" in elevator regulations.

• Modifies plumbing regulations to exempt backflow prevention rebuilders and testers performing work on landscape irrigation systems from licensing requirements if they have completed prescribed training and obtained nationally recognized professional irrigation certifications.