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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 in addition to the
renewal fee. Any A person who submits an application for
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.

 
Sec. A-5. 32 MRSA §3116-A is enacted to read:

 
§3116-A.__Fees

 
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.

 
PART B

 
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:

 
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:

 
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

 
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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