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automatically expires. The board may renew an expired license if | | the renewal notice is returned within 90 days of the expiration | date and upon payment of a late fee of $10 | renewal fee. Any | | renewal more than 90 days after the license expiration date is | | subject to all requirements governing new applicants under this | | chapter, except that the board may in its discretion, giving due | | consideration to the protection of the public, waive examination | | if the renewal application is made within 2 years from the date | | of that expiration. |
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| | | Sec. A-5. 32 MRSA §3116-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | The Director of the Office of Licensing and Registration | | within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation | | may establish by rule fees for purposes authorized under this | | chapter in amounts that are reasonable and necessary for their | | respective purposes, except that the fee for any one purpose | | may not exceed $100 biennially.__Rules adopted pursuant to | | this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title | | 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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| | | Sec. B-1. 32 MRSA §3501, sub-§§2 and 2-A, as amended by PL 1999, c. | | 386, Pt. L, §6, are further amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Journeyman or limited license. The board may issue a | | journeyman plumber or limited plumber license to persons who | | submit an application on a form prescribed by the board with | | the required fee as set under section 3501-B and who provide | | satisfactory evidence of the following qualifications: |
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| | | A. A minimum of at least 2 years with 4,000 hours of work | | in the field of plumbing installations as a licensed | | trainee plumber under the supervision of a master plumber, | | or the equivalent thereof, and obtaining a passing grade | | as determined by the board on the journeyman's | | examination; or |
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| | | B. A minimum of 2,000 hours of work in the field of plumbing | | installations as a journeyman-in-training under the | | supervision of a licensed master plumber, as long as the work | | experience is obtained within 4 years of the date upon which | | the applicant was issued a journeyman-in-training license. A | | journeyman-in-training license must be issued upon sworn | | application to any person who has satisfactorily completed one | | academic year of instruction in plumbing at a board-approved | | technical college and who has obtained a |
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