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This bill requires that the commissioners of the Pollution Control Agency and the Department of Transportation must be licensed professional engineers, starting January 5, 2027. A professional engineer (PE) is a person who has met specific educational, work experience, and examination requirements in engineering and has been licensed by a state board of professional engineering. Currently, these commissioner positions do not have this engineering licensure requirement, but this bill would mandate that future appointees must hold a professional engineering license under Minnesota statutes sections 326.02 to 326.15. The bill specifically amends two sections of Minnesota law - section 116.03 related to the Pollution Control Agency and section 174.02 related to the Department of Transportation - to add the professional engineering licensure requirement for their respective commissioners. By requiring technical engineering credentials for these leadership roles, the bill aims to ensure that the heads of these critical infrastructure and environmental agencies have direct professional expertise in engineering principles and practices.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF2686&ssn=0&y=2025