2006 South Dakota Code - 32-5-76 — Additional special plates for persons with substantial disabilities--Secretaryto define term--Design of plates--Surrender of plates--Violation asmisdemeanor.

     32-5-76.   Additional special plates for persons with substantial disabilities--Secretary to define term--Design of plates--Surrender of plates--Violation as misdemeanor. An owner of a motor vehicle, who is a resident of this state, who has complied with all the laws of this state in obtaining regular number license plates for the motor vehicle, and who operates or directs the operation of the vehicle, may submit to the county treasurer an application containing a physician's certificate on a form approved by the secretary, stating that the applicant is a person with a substantial physical disability that makes it impossible or causes substantial hardship to walk. The secretary shall promulgate a rule, pursuant to chapter 1-26, defining a person with a physical disability. The county treasurer shall procure, issue, and deliver to the applicant plates with letters, numbers, or symbols, or any combination thereof, as the secretary may prescribe. The plates shall be designed to readily apprise law enforcement officers of the fact that the motor vehicle is owned, operated, or used in transporting a person with a substantial disability. No charge may be made for the issuance of the distinctive plates. The distinctive plates shall be in addition to the regular number plates issued for the motor vehicle. The distinctive plates shall be displayed as set forth in § 32-5-98 and the regular number plates shall be kept on or in the motor vehicle. If the applicant is no longer a person with a physical disability or is deceased, the distinctive plates shall be surrendered within thirty days to the county treasurer of the applicant's residence, and the treasurer shall notify the secretary who shall make the necessary changes in the registration file. The regular number plates shall remain with the motor vehicle to which the plates were issued. Failure to surrender the distinctive license plates as required by this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. It is a Class 1 misdemeanor to submit a false or fraudulent application.

Source: SL 1966, ch 134, § 1; SL 1974, ch 211; SL 1979, ch 204, § 1; SL 1982, ch 234; SL 1986, ch 242, § 14; SL 1997, ch 179, § 3; SL 2002, ch 149, § 1.