CHAPTER 172

(SB 74)

Snowmobile drivers, operation restricted.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  revise certain restrictions concerning the operation of snowmobiles.

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

     Section  1.  That § 32-20A-3 be amended to read as follows:

     32-20A-3.   There is no age limitation for the operation of a snowmobile except that . However, no person under the age of sixteen fourteen may drive a snowmobile upon or across a highway roadway as defined in subdivision 31-1-5(1) and no person under the age of twelve may drive a snowmobile upon or across 32-14-1(26) of a highway as defined in subdivisions 31-1-5(2) 31-1- 5(1) to (4), inclusive , except under the immediate direction of a parent, legal guardian, or person who is eighteen years of age or older . A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

     Signed February 10, 2005

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