Subdivision 1. Exemption. No licensed power limited technician, technology system contractor, or individual employed by a technology system contractor may be required to obtain any authorization, permit, franchise, or license from, or pay any fee, franchise tax, or other assessment to, any agency, department, board, or political subdivision of the state as a condition for performing any work within the scope of the license.
Subd. 2. Limitation. Nothing in this section prohibits a unit of local government from charging a franchise fee to the operator of a cable communications company as defined in section 238.02.
History:1Sp1985 c 6 s 1; 1986 c 373 s 7; 1987 c 279 s 2; 1995 c 233 art 2 s 52; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 125; 2002 c 328 s 22,23; 2003 c 58 s 5; 2007 c 140 art 5 s 32; art 13 s 4