Section 32-22-57 - Lift axle control requirements--Permits--Violation as misdemeanor. - South Dakota Statutes

32-22-57. Lift axle control requirements--Permits--Violation as misdemeanor. Unless specifically authorized by permit, a variable load axle may not be raised if, when it is raised, it causes any other axle to be overloaded. The transportation commission may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to provide for the issuance of annual permits by the Division of Highway Patrol which authorize the raising of a variable load axle while turning. The annual permit is not valid on the interstate system. A violation of this section subjects the violator to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation.

Source: SL 1984, ch 230, § 44; SL 1985, ch 262; SL 1986, ch 266, § 1; SL 1987, ch 210, § 31; SL 1992, ch 372, § 17.