Title 32 — MOTOR VEHICLES
55 chapters · 1,941 sections in this title.
Any school bus which was formerly used by school districts to transport children shall be completely repainted in a color other than national school bus yellow or any colors commonly referred to as yellow
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A violation of this section is a petty offense. This section does not apply to school buses if rented by or its use has been granted as provided in subdivision 49-28-2(1). This section does not apply to school buses if they are used by a municipality to provide public transportat…
SDCL § 32-32-1 "School bus" defined
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A school bus is any vehicle with a capacity of ten or more pupils and the driver owned or operated by or for a school or a school district as authorized under § 13-29-1 , and to transport school children to and from school or in connection with school activities. Buses operated b…
SDCL § 32-32-10 Civil proceeding for penalty--Lien of penalty
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The state's attorney for the county in which the violation of § 32-32-6 occurs shall commence a civil in rem proceeding against a vehicle charged with violating §
SDCL § 32-32-11 Lien not applicable to vehicle leased or used without owner's consent--Subordination to security interests
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The lien imposed by § 32-32-10 shall not apply to vehicles which at the time of the violation are leased, loaned, or being used without the owner's permission and the lien shall be subordinate to a perfected security interest or lien registered on the title at the time of the vio…
SDCL § 32-32-12 Stop arm signal required
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Any school bus purchased before September 1, 1992, may be equipped with a stop arm signal conforming to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 131, School Bus and Pedestrian Safety Devices, 49 C.F.R. Part 571.131. Any new school bus purchased on or after September 1, 1992, sha…
SDCL § 32-32-13 Transportation of persons attending conventions by school buses
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Any school bus meeting the requirements of § 32-32-4 which is owned by a private person or corporation in this state and used to provide transportation services for school children may, when not being used to transport children under the contract, be used for transporting persons…
SDCL § 32-32-14 Head Start buses to be painted school bus yellow
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Notwithstanding the provisions of § 32-32-4 , any bus used to transport children as part of the federal Head Start Program pursuant to 45 C.F.R. 1304, as amended to January 1, 1992, may be painted school bus yellow as defined in § 32-32-3 if the bus is in compliance with the scho…
SDCL § 32-32-15 Repealed by SL 1998, ch 196 , § 1
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32-32-16 Deadline for equipping bus with stop arm signal. 32-32-17 External video system--Recordings discoverable, admissible--System installation.
SDCL § 32-32-16 Deadline for equipping bus with stop arm signal
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Any school bus purchased or in operation before September 1, 1992, shall be equipped with a stop arm signal by September 1, 1999. Any school bus equipped with a stop arm signal shall comply with the provisions of §
SDCL § 32-32-17 External video system--Recordings discoverable, admissible--System installation
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If any school bus, as defined in § 32-32-1 , is transporting students enrolled in a school district in this state and is equipped with an external video system capable of recording traffic activity around the bus, any recording from that video system is discoverable and may be en…
SDCL § 32-32-2 Marking of school bus--When markings to be concealed--Violation as petty offense
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Every school bus owned or operated by or for a school or school district shall bear upon the front and rear thereof plainly visible signs containing the words, school bus, in letters not less than eight inches in height. When any such vehicle is being operated upon a highway for …
SDCL § 32-32-3 Color of school bus--Exception--Violation as petty offense
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The color of every vehicle which transports ten or more students and is owned or operated by or for a school or school district used for transportation of school children shall be national school bus yellow in color, in accordance with the rules of the South Dakota Board of Educa…
SDCL § 32-32-4 Use of color for other vehicles prohibited--Repainting of buses formerly used--Violation as petty offense
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No person, persons, or organizations may use the color reserved for school buses as provided in § 32-32-3 in connection with the operation of any other vehicle or vehicles, whether school bus or not, for purposes not connected with or incident to the transportation of school chil…
SDCL § 32-32-5 Flashing red and amber lights required--Exception--Removal from buses formerly used
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Any school bus with a capacity for ten or more students, used to transport children to and from a public or nonpublic school, shall be equipped on the front and rear with alternately flashing amber caution lights and alternately flashing red signal lights. However, this section d…
SDCL § 32-32-5.1 Buses covered by lighting requirements--Deadline for meeting requirements
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The lighting requirements provided by § 32-32-5 shall apply to all school buses, regardless of the date of manufacture of said bus, purchased after July 1, 1974, and all school buses covered by the provisions of this chapter shall meet such requirements by July 1, 1979. Source: S…
SDCL § 32-32-5.2 Use of red and amber lights by school bus operator--Violation as misdemeanor
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When stopping to receive or discharge pupils, the operator of a school bus to which § 32-32-5 applies shall cause the amber caution lights to be lighted at a distance of not less than three hundred feet nor more than five hundred feet from the point where the pupils are to be rec…
SDCL § 32-32-6 Amber or red signal--Motorist duty to slow or stop--Exception--Penalty
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The operator of a motor vehicle on a highway that has less than two lanes of travel in each direction, or on a private road, when approaching a school bus that has its amber warning lights flashing, shall reduce the speed of the vehicle to fifteen miles per hour or less and proce…
SDCL § 32-32-7 Highways with separate roadways--Buses stopped in loading zones
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The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate roadways need not stop upon meeting or passing a vehicle used and designated as a school bus which is on a different roadway or when upon a limited or controlled - access highway and the school bus is stopped in a loading zone …
SDCL § 32-32-8 Repealed by SL 1989, ch 255 , § 217
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32-32-9 Civil penalty against vehicle failing to stop for school bus. 32-32-10 Civil proceeding for penalty--Lien of penalty. 32-32-11 Lien not applicable to vehicle leased or used without owner's consent--Subordination to security interests. 32-32-12 Stop arm signal required. 32…
SDCL § 32-32-9 Civil penalty against vehicle failing to stop for school bus
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Any motor vehicle which is used in a violation of § 32-32-6 in circumstances where the driver of the vehicle is unknown shall be subject to a civil penalty of two hundred fifty dollars. Source: SL 1979, ch 228 , § 1.