25.197.10 100th Legislative Session 28
2025 South Dakota Legislature
Senate Bill 28
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AN ACT
ENTITLED An Act to revise provisions relating to licensing fees and license renewal
dates for the practice of barbering and to declare an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 36-14-22 be AMENDED:
36-14-22. Each registered barber who continues in active practice shall annually,
on or before May thirty-first, renew the barber's certificate of registration and pay the
required fee. Each certificate of registration, unless renewed, expires on June first.
Section 2. That § 36-14-24 be AMENDED:
36-14-24. The Board of Barber Examiners shall promulgate rules, in accordance
with chapter 1-26, to set the following fees, which may not exceed the amounts specified:
(1) An examination to determine an applicant's fitness to receive a certificate of
registration to practice barbering and the issuance of the certificate, three hundred
dollars;
(2) The annual renewal of a certificate of registration to practice barbering, three
hundred dollars;
(3) The restoration of an expired certificate, thirty-five dollars, plus twenty-five dollars
for each year the certificate is expired;
(4) A permit to operate a barber school, six hundred dollars annually; and
(5) An annual inspection of a barbershop or barber school, one hundred fifty dollars.
Section 3. That § 36-14-27 be AMENDED:
36-14-27. It is a petty offense for any person to operate a barbershop unless the
barbershop is licensed by the Board of Barber Examiners and is at all times under the
direct supervision and management of a registered barber. Application for a license to
operate a barbershop must be made, on forms prepared and furnished by the board, 25.197.10 2 28
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annually before June first. The board shall promulgate rules, in accordance with chapter
1-26, to set a fee of not more than three hundred dollars annually for each barbershop,
plus a fee of not more than twenty dollars for each chair in the barbershop.
Section 4. That § 36-14-29 be AMENDED:
36-14-29. The license required by § 36-14-27 must be conspicuously displayed in
the barbershop. A license is not transferable from person to person, location to location,
or to a new operator at the same location. The license expires on May thirty-first each
year.
Section 5. That § 36-14-30 be AMENDED:
36-14-30. After the inspection provided for in § 36-14-28, a barbershop must be
inspected annually by the Board of Barber Examiners. The board may charge a fee for an
annual inspection. If the barbershop does not pass the annual inspection and the inspector
must go back to the barbershop for a subsequent inspection, the board may charge the
barbershop owner for the cost of the subsequent inspection.
Section 6. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its
existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in
full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. 25.197.10 3 28
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An Act to revise provisions relating to licensing fees and license renewal dates for the practice
of barbering and to declare an emergency.
I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:
Senate as Bill No. 28
Secretary of the Senate
President of the Senate
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate
Speaker of the House
Attest:
Chief Clerk
Senate Bill No. 28
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______
Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________,
2025 at ____________M.
By
for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________, A.D., 2025
Governor
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA ,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________, 2025
at _________ o'clock __M.
Secretary of State
By
Asst. Secretary of State