20:44:20:04.  Inspection fees for electrical installations associated with remodeling projects. When neither the service nor the branch circuits are altered, inspection fees associated with a remodeling project are as follows:

    (1)  First forty openings or connections: two dollars each;

    (2)  Each additional opening or connection: fifty cents;

    (3)  First forty lighting fixtures: two dollars each;

    (4)  Each additional lighting fixture: fifty cents; and

    (5)  Each motor or other special equipment: six dollars.

    A minimum fee of one hundred dollars must be imposed if the total fee calculated under this section is less than one hundred dollars. Each permit under this section includes one inspection. Additional requested inspections or reinspections to address corrections detailed in a report for a rough-in or final inspection may be assessed fees under § 20:44:20:10.

    Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 2 SDR 89, effective July 2, 1976; 7 SDR 90, effective April 1, 1981; 12 SDR 92, effective January 1, 1986; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 20 SDR 92, effective January 1, 1994; 20 SDR 222, effective July 6, 1994; transferred from § 20:44:06:04, August 12, 1994; 46 SDR 128, effective May 26, 2020; 51 SDR 54, effective November 12, 2024.

    General Authority: SDCL 36-16-12, 36-16-30.

    Law Implemented: SDCL 36-16-27, 36-16-29, 36-16-30.