FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to increase the maximum amount allowable for the livestock ownership inspection fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:      Section  1.  That § 40-18-16 be amended to read as follows:
     40-18-16.   The board may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to:

             (1)      Describe prohibited brand symbols for various types of livestock and identify locations on animals where a brand is permitted;

             (2)      Provide for the registration, transfer , and renewal of livestock brands;

             (3)      Establish a brand registration fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars;

             (4)      Establish a brand renewal fee not to exceed five dollars per year or a brand renewal fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars for each five-year ownership period and a brand transfer fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars;

             (5)      Establish an ownership inspection fee not to exceed sixty eighty cents for each head of livestock;

             (6)      Establish recordable livestock brands;

             (7)      Establish law enforcement, ownership inspection , and transportation requirements

within or without the ownership inspection area;

             (8)      Establish a duplicate certificate fee not to exceed five dollars;

             (9)      Establish a mileage fee for inspectors not to exceed the rate set by the State Board of Finance.