MN HF3442

Manufacturers are exempted from Minnesota's scrap metal copper seller licensing requirement, with "manufacturer" defined as a person who creates or produces a product or whose brand name is affixed to the product

Removes the January 1, 2025 effective date language from the existing licensing requirement, making the licensing mandate ongoing without a specified start date

Current law requires a $250 nonrefundable license fee to sell scrap metal copper, with annual renewals at $250 and a $500 late fee for missed deadlines

Licensed trades workers, municipal building trades certificate holders, and EPA Section 608 certified technicians are already deemed to hold scrap copper sale licenses under existing law

Unlicensed individuals may sell up to $25 of scrap copper only on the first Friday of April and October each year, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.