SDCL § 1-33B-3.9: Costs of the investment-grade energy audit.

A qualified energy service provider and the governmental unit shall agree on the cost of an investment-grade energy audit before it is conducted. If an investment-grade energy audit is completed, and the governmental unit does not execute an energy performance contract, the governmental unit shall pay the full costs of the investment-grade energy audit. If the governmental unit executes the energy performance contract, the cost of the investment-grade energy audit may be included in the costs of an energy performance contract or, at the discretion of the governmental unit, paid for by the governmental unit.