South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 16 - Electricians And Electrical Contractors
Section 36-16-30 - Installation inspection fees--Number of inspections--Promulgation of rules.

36-16-30. Installation inspection fees--Number of inspections--Promulgation of rules.
The State Electrical Commission may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to establish and collect installation inspection fees for:
(1)New residential installations, based on ampere capacity not to exceed three hundred dollars plus circuits;
(2)Service connections on other installations, based on ampere capacity not to exceed three hundred seventy-five dollars plus circuits;
(3)Circuit installations or alterations, based on ampere capacity not to exceed fifty dollars;
(4)Remodeling work for each opening or connection not to exceed three dollars each and one dollar and fifty cents for each additional opening or connection, lighting fixture not to exceed three dollars for the first forty fixtures and not to exceed one dollar and fifty cents for each additional lighting fixture, motor or special equipment not to exceed eighteen dollars;
(5)Apartment buildings per unit not to exceed fifty dollars;
(6)Outdoor or area lighting per lighting standard not to exceed sixty dollars;
(7)Field irrigation systems not to exceed one hundred dollars plus three dollars per motor;
(8)Mobile home service and feeders not to exceed eighty dollars per unit; recreational vehicle service not to exceed twenty dollars per unit;
(9)Swimming pools not to exceed two hundred dollars;
(10)Each late correction order or wiring permit procedure not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars;
(11)Carnivals and seasonal dwellings for each generator or transformer and reinspection of each unit not to exceed thirty dollars;
(12)Wiring permits not to exceed fifteen dollars; and
(13)Modular homes and structures manufactured out-of-state not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars per day plus travel and living expenses.
A minimum fee of one hundred dollars shall be imposed if any fee calculated under this section is less than one hundred dollars.
The commission may also promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to set an allotted number of inspections for each installation under this section.

Source: SL 1963, ch 216, §5 (2); SL 1967, ch 128, §2; SL 1986, ch 302, §25; SL 1994, ch 303; SL 1995, ch 221, §3; SL 2009, ch 184, §3; SL 2011, ch 179, §5; SL 2020, ch 160, § 2; SL 2021, ch 178, § 3.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 36 - Professions and Occupations

Chapter 16 - Electricians And Electrical Contractors

Section 36-16-1 - License required to engage in electrical contracting--Purpose of regulation--Noncompliance as misdemeanor.

Section 36-16-2 - Definition of terms.

Section 36-16-3 - State Electrical Commission--Number and terms of members.

Section 36-16-4 - Commission member involved in education of electrical engineers or electricians.

Section 36-16-4.1 - Lay members of commission--Appointment and term of office.

Section 36-16-5 - Oath of office--Tenure.

Section 36-16-6 - Quorum of commission.

Section 36-16-7 - Officers of commission--Expenses of members.

Section 36-16-8 - Meetings of commission--Notice.

Section 36-16-8.1 - Commission continued within Department of Labor and Regulation--Records and reports.

Section 36-16-9 - Electrical commission fund--Collections and disbursements.

Section 36-16-10 - Expense of commission.

Section 36-16-12 - Seal of commission--Scope of rules.

Section 36-16-13 - License required--Examination--Application--Fees.

Section 36-16-13.2 - Issuance of license to public entities.

Section 36-16-13.3 - Inactive license--Performance of job requiring license prohibited--Exemption--Change of inactive license.

Section 36-16-14 - Contractor license required for installation of wiring or parts--Farm and residential wiring by Class B electrician.

Section 36-16-15 - Electrical wiring--Personal residence or farmstead--Inspection and fee--Report--Violation as misdemeanor--Promulgation of rules.

Section 36-16-16 - Persons exempt from license requirement.

Section 36-16-17 - Licenses--Biennial fees.

Section 36-16-19 - Experience required for contractor's license.

Section 36-16-20 - Undertaking and insurance required of contractor or Class B electrician--Initial and renewal deposit--Disbursement from fund--Waiver.

Section 36-16-21 - Apprentice registration--Fee--Supervision of work.

Section 36-16-22 - Evidence of experience required for license--Partnership or corporate license.

Section 36-16-23 - Reciprocal licenses to electricians from other states.

Section 36-16-25 - Approval of license--Emergency farm and residential repairs exempt--Expiration and renewal of licenses.

Section 36-16-26 - Contractor's license terminated on death--Continuation of business.

Section 36-16-27 - Electrical work to comply with rules--Wiring permit required before connection--Fees.

Section 36-16-28 - Report to commission of electrical work done.

Section 36-16-29 - State commission inspectors and inspections--Report of inspection.

Section 36-16-30 - Installation inspection fees--Number of inspections--Promulgation of rules.

Section 36-16-31 - Condemnation of hazardous installations--Notice--Appeal to commission and circuit court.

Section 36-16-32 - Correction of condemned installation required before reconnection.

Section 36-16-33 - Grounds for refusal to issue license, revocation, or suspension.

Section 36-16-34 - Failure to register, obtain license or report wiring as misdemeanor.

Section 36-16-34.1 - Action for injunction--Election of remedies.

Section 36-16-35 - More stringent local and utility requirements permitted.

Section 36-16-36 - Civil liability for damages and injuries unaffected--Public liability not created.

Section 36-16-37 - Severability of provisions.

Section 36-16-38 - Promulgation of rules for reinstatement of expired license.