Whenever the words, inspector of petroleum products, or, inspector, appear throughout §§ 37-2-5 to 37-2-24, inclusive, they mean the secretary of public safety and any of the secretary’s duly appointed and acting deputies, agents, assistants, or employees, engaged in administering or enforcing the provisions of those sections. For such purposes the secretary and the secretary’s deputies, assistants, agents, and employees, and any law enforcement officer requested to aid in such purposes shall have the necessary rights of visitation, inspection, examination, and access to all places, property, and records, including the right to take a reasonable amount of samples for analysis. Any employee of any common carrier doing business in this state shall furnish, if requested, information as to arrival or departure of consignments of such products.

Source: SDC 1939, § 22.1501; SL 1939, ch 92; SDCL, § 39-21-30; SL 1973, ch 2, § 54; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), §§ 20, 121; SL 2005, ch 207, § 5.