An Act to revise provisions regarding the operation of golf carts on a state or county highway.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That 32-14-15 be AMENDED:
32-14-15. No person may operate a golf cart on a state or county highway except for crossing from one side of the highway to the other or driving on the shoulder of the highway or as close as reasonably possible to the right-hand curb or edge of the highway. A golf cart may cross the highway at a right angle, but only after stopping and yielding the right-of-way to all approaching traffic and crossing as closely as possible to an intersection or approach. The operation of a golf cart on a state or county highway in a manner not permitted by this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Section 2. That chapter 32-14 be amended with a NEW SECTION:
A golf cart must be insured and the person operating the golf cart must hold a valid driver's license. A golf cart operating on a state or county highway must display a slow-moving vehicle emblem in accordance with 32-15-20 or a white or amber warning light in accordance 32-17-46. A golf cart must also be equipped with lighted front and rear lamps pursuant to chapter 32-17.
Section 3. That 32-15-20 be AMENDED:
32-15-20.
All farm
machinery, including animal
drawnanimal-drawn
vehicles, golf
carts, and
highway construction and maintenance vehicles which
that
are designed
for operation at a rate
of speed
of twenty‑five miles per hour or less or such
vehicles when any
vehicles operated
at speeds of twenty‑five miles per hour or less, when operated
on a public highway, shall
must
display a
slow‑moving vehicle emblem. Said
The
slow‑moving
vehicle emblem shall
must
be mounted on
the rear of a slow‑moving vehicle in such
athe
position and condition as to be clearly visible. A violation of this
section is a petty offense.