Changes to Existing Law

Any person, partnership, company, corporation, or association that for a fixed5 sum, price, fee, percentage, or other consideration, undertakes or offers to undertake with6 another to plan, lay out, supervise, install, make additions, make alterations, or make repairs, in the installation of wiring, apparatus, or equipment for electric lights, heat, or power, shall8 apply to be licensed by the State Electrical Commission for a license. A The commission shall issue a license shall be issued to a qualified person under this section in the class specified in defined under § 36-16-2 for which application has been made upon qualifying under this chapter and the rules of the commission and satisfactorily passing such examinations as shall be required by the commission the person applies after successful completion of the examination required by the commission. The commission shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, establishing fees for the15 100 copies were printed on recycled paper by the South DakotaLegislative Research Council at a cost of $.167 per page.v Insertions into existing statutes are indicated by underscores.Deletions from existing statutes are indicated by overstrikes. - 2 -SB examination and the application required under this section. The commission may charge, or1 may authorize a third party that administers the examination, to charge, each participant person an examination fee not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars per occurrence of examination or3 reexamination. The application fee may not exceed fifty dollars per occurrence. Each holder of or applicant for a license under this chapter shall notify the commission in writing, within thirty days after its occurrence, of any issuance, denial, revocation, or suspension of a certificate, license, or permit by another state, change of address or employment, or any conviction of a felony.

The State Electrical Commission may, in compliance accordance with chapter 1- 26, revoke a license at any time provided such registered person fails to perform the electrical work in accordance with the approved standards provided for in this chapter refuse to issue, revoke, or suspend a license, or limit the scope of practice of any licensee for: (1)Failure to comply with any law, or any rule or order of the commission; (2)Failure to comply with the National Electric Code as adopted by rule of the commission or local ordinance; (3)Failure to notify the commission in writing within thirty days following any denial, revocation, or suspension of a certificate, license, or permit issued by any other jurisdiction, or any change of address or employment; (4)Knowingly aiding and abetting any person who is not licensed in accordance with this chapter to engage in activity that requires a license under § 36-16-13; or (5)Conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a crime of violence as defined under § 22-1-2. For purposes of this subdivision, a certified copy of the record of conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere is conclusive evidence.24 - 3 -SB

Application A person may apply for a license required by this chapter shall be made to the commission, accompanied by the proper a license fee established by the commission under this section. Unless the applicant is entitled to a renewal, the applicant shall be registered by the If the person is not entitled to a renewal, the commission only after shall register a person who satisfactorily passing passes an examination showing fitness to practice6 the applicant's person's trade. Examinations may be held in conjunction with any quarterly7 meeting of the commission. A license issued under this section expires on December thirty-first and may be renewed no later than the immediately following January thirty-first. The commission may shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to establish11 examination and reexamination fees, and license and renewal of license fees for: plumbing12 contractor, plumber, water conditioning contractor, water conditioning installer, appliance13 contractor, appliance installer, sewer and water contractor, sewer and water installer, manufactured and mobile home contractor, manufactured and mobile home installer, underground irrigation contractor, and underground irrigation installer. No fee established under this section for an examination or reexamination may exceed one hundred dollars. No fee established under this section for a license or renewal of license may exceed three hundred dollars.

As used in §§ 36-25-14, 36-25-19, 36-25-22, and 36-25-24, the term, underground irrigation, refers to means any nonagricultural, landscape irrigation system.

The commission may, in accordance with chapter 1-26, refuse to issue, revoke the permit of any person for a willful violation of any of the rules and regulations of the commission, for violation of the State Plumbing Code, local ordinances applicable to plumbing work, or for knowingly aiding or abetting any unlicensed person to do plumbing work where24 - 4 -SB permits are required under this chapter, or suspend a license, or limit the scope of any license for: (1)Failure to comply with any law, or any rule or order of the commission; (2)Failure to comply with local plumbing ordinances; (3)Failure to notify the commission in writing within thirty days following any denial, revocation, or suspension of a certificate, license, or permit issued by any other jurisdiction, or any change of address or employment; (4)Knowingly aiding and abetting any person who is not licensed in accordance with this chapter to engage in activity that requires a license under this chapter; or (5)Conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a crime of violence as defined under § 22-1-2. For purposes of this subdivision, a certified copy of the record of conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere is conclusive evidence.