Section 32-21-3.1 - Annual inspection of large passenger vehicles used by nonprofitorganizations--Certificate--Safety standards--Violation as misdemeanor. - South Dakota Statutes

32-21-3.1. Annual inspection of large passenger vehicles used by nonprofit organizations--Certificate--Safety standards--Violation as misdemeanor. Every vehicle with a capacity of sixteen or more passengers, including the driver, which is owned or operated by a nonprofit organization, or privately owned and operated under a contract with such organization, and used for the transportation of its members shall be inspected prior to October first of each year by a representative of the Division of Highway Patrol to ensure that such vehicle complies with state law, and the rules of the Division of Highway Patrol. A certificate certifying that such vehicle has successfully passed such inspection shall be issued by the Division of Highway Patrol and shall be displayed on the vehicle. The division director shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 for minimum safety standards of such 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.