The department shall charge and collect a fee for each inspection or testing of scales. The fee shall be paid upon demand of the department by the person owning or operating the scale inspected or tested. The schedule of fees is as follows:

(1) 1,001 to 2,000 pounds capacity, inclusive, twenty-nine dollars;

(2) 2,001 to 5,000 pounds capacity, inclusive, forty-eight dollars;

(3) 5,001 to 40,000 pounds capacity, inclusive, eighty-two dollars;

(4) Over 40,000 pounds capacity, one hundred three dollars;

(5) All livestock scales, one hundred seventy-three dollars.

If a special or emergency inspection is requested, a charge, not to exceed the actual cost of the inspection, including costs for personnel, equipment, and mileage, shall be made and assessed against the requesting person or device owner.

It is the intent of the Legislature that one-half of the inspection program funding may be derived from the general fund and the other half from the fees collected pursuant to this section and 34-39-3, 37-21-9.1, 37-21A-3, and 37-21A-7, through the General Appropriations Act.

Source: SDC 1939, § 63.0305; SL 1939, ch 296; SL 1949, ch 440; SL 1963, ch 457; SL 1969, ch 283; SL 1978, ch 279, § 1; SL 1980, ch 267, § 1; SL 1984, ch 29, § 5; SL 1986, ch 22, § 13A; SL 1992, ch 277, § 6; SL 2002, ch 183, § 3; SL 2004, ch 17, § 270; SL 2007, ch 224, § 2; SL 2016, ch 183, § 48.