CHAPTER 174

(HB 1042)

Abandoned motor vehicles regulated.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  revise certain provisions regarding abandoned motor vehicles.

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

     Section  1.  That § 32-30-12.2 be amended to read as follows:

     32-30-12.2.   No person shall intentionally may abandon a motor vehicle on any public highway or right-of-way. A violation of this section is a Class 1 Class 2 misdemeanor. Any person convicted of abandoning a motor vehicle shall be ordered to pay a fine of five hundred dollars any reasonable towing and storage fees, if the person was notified pursuant to §  32-36-8 . The court shall suspend the fine if the person pays for the towing and storage expenses.

     Signed March 9, 2005

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