FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  revise certain fees for special inspections and examination of certain weighing and measuring devices and certain standards and testing equipment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That § 37-21-9.1 be amended to read as follows:
     37-21-9.1.   The Division of Commercial Inspection and Regulation shall charge and collect a maximum ten dollar fee for each inspection and testing of any weight, measure, and weighing and measuring device. The fee shall be paid upon demand of the division by the person, firm, or corporation owning or operating the weight, measure, or weighing or measuring device inspected or tested. However, a A maximum fee of five dollars shall be charged and collected for each inspection and testing of gasoline and diesel stationary fuel pump meters. A maximum fee of fifteen dollars shall be charged and collected for each inspection and testing of gasoline and diesel high speed stationary fuel pump meters. A maximum fee of fifteen dollars shall be collected for refined fuel truck meters. If a special or emergency inspection is requested, a charge, based on travel time and expense shall be made and assessed against the requesting individual or device owner. Such The fee may not exceed twenty eighty dollars per hour, in

addition to a fee of forty one dollar and fifty cents per mile. All fees shall be promulgated by the secretary of commerce and regulation pursuant to chapter 1-26.
     Section  2.  That § 37-21A-7 be amended to read as follows:
     37-21A-7.   A registered serviceman and a registered service agency shall submit, annually to the director, for his examination and certification, any standards and testing equipment that are used, or are to be used, in the performance of the service and testing functions with respect to weighing and measuring devices for which competence is registered. No registered serviceman service person or agency may use in servicing any commercial weighing or measuring device any standards or testing equipment that have not been certified by the director. The Department of Commerce and Regulation shall charge a fee not to exceed eighty dollars per hour for examination of the equipment. The fee shall be promulgated by the secretary of commerce and regulation pursuant to chapter 1-26.
     Section  3.  That § 37-22-10 be amended to read as follows:
     37-22-10.   The Division of Commercial Inspection and Regulation shall charge and collect a fee for each inspection or testing of scales. The fee shall be paid upon demand of the division by the person, firm, or corporation owning or operating the scale inspected or tested. The maximum schedule of fees is as follows:

             (1)      Up to and including 2,000 pounds capacity -- fifteen dollars;

             (2)      2,001 to 5,000 pounds capacity, inclusive -- twenty-five dollars;

             (3)      5,001 to 40,000 pounds capacity, inclusive -- sixty dollars;

             (4)      Over 40,000 pounds capacity -- seventy-five dollars;

             (5)      All livestock scales -- one hundred dollars.

     If a special or emergency inspection is requested, a charge, based on travel time and expense shall be made and assessed against the requesting individual or device owner. The fee may not

exceed twenty eighty dollars per hour, in addition to a fee of forty one dollar and fifty cents per mile. The fees shall be promulgated by the secretary of commerce and regulation pursuant to chapter 1-26.