FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to allow a person to perform plumbing work on the person's own property without a license and establish a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That § 36-25-17 be amended to read:
    36-25-17. No person may engage in plumbing for which a permit license is required pursuant to § 36-25-19 on any property which is in connection with a public system of waterworks or sewerage unless that person is licensed by the commission. No However, no license is required of a person who does the following work in compliance with the provisions of the minimum standards prescribed by the commission:

            (1)    Plumbing on premises or that part of the premises owned and actually occupied by the person as the person's residence;

            (2)    Plumbing on premises that are in the process of being constructed, if the person owns the premises and intends to actually occupy the premises as the person's residence when construction is complete;

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            (3)    Plumbing repair work on premises where the person is employed and performing the plumbing repair work; or

            (3)(4)    Plumbing repair work on the person's own property.
    Section 2. That § 36-25-19.1 be amended to read:
    36-25-19.1. Any person who is responsible for the installation of plumbing work shall pay a plumbing inspection fee. The plumbing inspection fee shall be the sum of a plumbing installation certificate fee plus a plumbing permit fee. The commission shall establish by rule, promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, the plumbing permit fee and the plumbing installation certificate fee. The plumbing permit fee for a single-family dwelling unit may not exceed seventy-five dollars. The plumbing permit fee for a multiple-dwelling unit or a public building may not exceed two hundred fifty dollars. The plumbing installation certificate fee may not exceed ten dollars.