39-14-43. Tonnage inspection fee on commercial feeds--Exceptions and conditions--Pet food.

An inspection fee established in rules promulgated by the secretary of agriculture and natural resources pursuant to chapter 1-26, but not to exceed twenty-four cents per ton, shall be paid on commercial feeds distributed in this state by the person who distributes the commercial feed to the consumer subject to the following:

(1)    No fee need be paid on a commercial feed if the payment has been made by a previous distributor;

(2)    No fee need be paid on customer-formula feeds;

(3)    No fee need be paid on commercial feeds used as ingredients for the manufacture of commercial feeds provided the fee has been paid by a previous distributor. If the fee has been paid, credit is given for the payment;

(4)    In the case of a pet food which is distributed in the state only in packages of ten pounds or less, an annual fee of ninety-nine dollars per product shall be paid in lieu of the inspection fee specified above;

(5)    In the case of a specialty pet food which is distributed in the state only in packages of ten pounds or less, an annual fee of ninety-nine dollars per product shall be paid in lieu of the inspection fee specified above; and

(6)    The minimum inspection fee shall be twenty dollars per twelve-month period.

Source: SDC 1939, § 22.1004; SL 1941, ch 96; SL 1943, ch 87, § 1; SL 1947, ch 97, § 1; SL 1964, ch 5, § 6 (a); SL 1966, ch 7; SDCL § 39-14-18; SL 1970, ch 228, § 9 (1); SL 1977, ch 314; SL 1981, ch 286, § 9; SL 1993, ch 304, § 13; SL 2001, ch 215, § 32; SL 2017, ch 43, § 9; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.



SDLRC - Codified Law 39-14-43 - Tonnage inspection fee on commercial feeds--Exceptions and conditions--Pet food.

39-14-43.1. Deposits in animal disease research and diagnostic laboratory bond redemption and operations fund.

An amount equal to seventy-four dollars per product on pet food and eighty-six dollars and fifty cents per product on specialty pet food, as provided in § 39-14-43, shall be deposited into the state animal disease research and diagnostic laboratory bond redemption and operations fund established by § 40-3-30. The money shall be transferred to the general fund coinciding with the general fund bond payments for the State Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, as well as annual maintenance, operations, and repair of the State Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory.

Source: SL 2017, ch 43, § 10.