§ 36-16-30 — Installation inspection fees--Minimum fee--Number of inspections per installation--Promulgation of rules.

The State Electrical Commission may promulgate rules, in accordance with chapter 1-26 , to establish and collect installation inspection fees for: (1) New residential installations, which are tiered based on ampere capacity, not to exceed three hundred ninety dollars, plus a fee for circuits; (2) Service connections on other installations, which are tiered based on ampere capacity, not to exceed three hundred ninety dollars, plus a fee for circuits; (3) Circuit installations or alterations, which are tiered based on ampere capacity, not to exceed sixty-five dollars; (4) Remodeling projects involving: (a) An opening or connection, not to exceed three dollars each and one dollar and fifty cents for each additional opening or connection; (b) A lighting fixture, not to exceed three dollars for the first forty fixtures and not to exceed one dollar and fifty cents for each additional lighting fixture; or (c) A motor or special equipment, not to exceed eighteen dollars; (5) Apartment buildings, not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars per unit; (6) Mobile home service and feeders, not to exceed one hundred dollars per unit; (7) Recreational vehicle service, not to exceed twenty-five dollars per unit; (8) Each late correction order or wiring permit procedure, not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars; (9) Wiring permits, not to exceed twenty dollars; and (10) Modular homes and structures manufactured out-of-state, not to exceed two hundred ten dollars per day plus the inspector's travel and living expenses. A minimum fee of one hundred fifty dollars must be imposed if any inspection fee calculated under this section is less than one hundred fifty dollars. The commission may also promulgate rules, in accordance with chapter 1-26 , to set an allotted number of inspections for each installation under this section.

Legislative History

SL 1963, ch 216, § 5 (2); SL 1967, ch 128, § 2; SL 1986, ch 302, § 25; SL 1994, ch 303; SL 1995, ch 221, § 3; SL 2009, ch 184, § 3; SL 2011, ch 179, § 5; SL 2020, ch 160, § 2; SL 2021, ch 178, § 3; SL 2025, ch 158, § 1.