CHAPTER 146

(HB 1023)

Motor carrier inspectors, arrest powers revised.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  provide motor carrier inspectors enforcement authority for certain violations regarding the licensing of commercial drivers.

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

     Section  1.  That § 32-2-8.1 be amended to read as follows:

     32-2-8.1.   Arrest powers for motor carrier inspectors employed by the Division of Highway Patrol are limited to violations of chapters 10-47B, 32-5, 32-9, 32-10, 32-12, 32-12A, 32-22, 40-19, 40-20, 40-21, 49-28, and 49-28A and § §   50-4-13 to 50-4-17, inclusive, and §   32-33-17, and the rules governing operation of motor carriers. Motor carrier inspectors who have been given such limited arrest powers are not considered law enforcement officers for the purposes of §   23-3-27.

     Signed February 4, 2002.

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