<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 1-33B-3.9 - Costs of the investment-grade energy audit. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2031742Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2031742SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2031742CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2031742Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2031742DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2031742000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2031742SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2031742SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2031742Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-33B-3.9"><span class="s2031742SENU">1-33B-3.9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2031742SENU">. </span><span class="s2031742CL">Costs of the investment-grade energy audit.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2031742Normal-000000"><span class="s2031742DefaultParagraphFont">A qualified energy service provider and the governmental unit shall agree on the cost of an investment-grade energy audit before it is conducted. If an investment-grade energy audit is completed, and the governmental unit does not execute an energy performance contract, the governmental unit shall pay the full costs of the investment-grade energy audit. If the governmental unit executes the energy performance contract, the cost of the investment-grade energy audit may be included in the costs of an energy performance contract or, at the discretion of the governmental unit, paid for by the governmental unit.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2031742Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2031742000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2031742Normal"><span class="s2031742SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2031742SCL-000002"> SL 2016, ch 14, § 11.</span></p></div></body></html>