CHAPTER 147

(HB 1116)

Motor vehicle broker, prohibited.

         ENTITLED, An Act  prohibit motor vehicle brokering.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section  1.  That § 32-6B-4 be amended to read as follows:

     32-6B-4.   No person may engage in the business, either exclusively or in addition to any other occupation, of selling, or may offer to sell, display, act as a broker, or advertise the sale of new or used vehicles, without a license as provided in §   32-6B-12. A violation of this section is a Class 1 Class 2 misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation of this section is a Class 6 felony.

     Section  2.  That chapter 32-6B be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     No person may act as, offer to act as, or hold himself or herself out to be a broker. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

     Signed February 18, 2000.

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