The bill amends several sections of South Dakota law to increase inspection fees charged by the Department of Public Safety for various weighing and measuring devices. Specifically, it raises the fee for testing liquefied petroleum gas devices from sixty-eight dollars to eighty dollars and for inspections from ninety-four dollars to one hundred twenty-five dollars. Additionally, it modifies the fee structure for inspections and testing of gasoline and diesel fuel pump meters, with new fees set at twenty dollars for stationary fuel pump meters, sixty dollars for high-speed stationary fuel pump meters, and one hundred dollars for agricultural chemical or liquid fertilizer meters. The bill also establishes a new annual registration fee of eighty dollars for service agencies and twenty dollars for registered service agents.

Furthermore, the bill clarifies definitions and requirements for compliance with safety standards, ensuring that all standards and testing equipment used by registered service agents must be certified by the secretary. The hourly fee for examination and certification of these standards is increased from ninety-six dollars to one hundred ten dollars. The intent of the Legislature is to derive half of the funding for the inspection program from the general fund and the other half from the fees collected under the amended sections.

Statutes affected:
Introduced, 01/03/2025: 34-39-3, 37-21-9.1, 37-21A-3, 37-21A-7, 37-22-10
House Commerce and Energy Engrossed, 01/27/2025: 34-39-3, 37-21-9.1, 37-21A-3, 37-21A-7, 37-22-10