2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 32 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 21 - Motor Vehicle Inspection
§ 32-21-3.1 Annual inspection of large passenger vehicles used by nonprofit organizations--Certificate--Safety standards--Violation as misdemeanor.
32-21-3.1. Annual inspection of large passenger vehicles operated by nonprofit organizations--Certificate--Safety standards--Violation as misdemeanor. Each vehicle with a capacity of sixteen or more passengers, including the driver, owned or operated by a nonprofit organization, or privately owned and operated under a contract with a nonprofit organization, and used for the transportation of its members shall be inspected before October first of each year by an inspector approved by the Division of Highway Patrol. The inspector shall ensure the vehicle complies with state law and regulations. A certificate, provided by the Division of Highway Patrol, certifying that the vehicle has successfully passed inspection shall be issued by the inspector and shall be displayed on the vehicle. The director of the Division of Highway Patrol shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, for minimum safety standards of the vehicles. Any person operating a vehicle in violation of this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 1978, ch 237; SL 1979, ch 220, § 5; SL 1984, ch 343, §§ 17, 18; SL 1986, ch 22, § 6; SL 1992, ch 223; SL 2018, ch 194, § 1.
