2023 South Dakota Legislature

House Bill 1215

ENROLLED

An Act

ENTITLED An Act to revise certain provisions regarding the operation of a golf cart 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. Except as provided in section 2 of this Act, 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. 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:

Any person may operate a golf cart on a state or county highway if the posted speed limit is twenty-five miles per hour or less. Nothing in this section relieves golf cart operators of any statutory requirements associated with motor vehicle operation within this state.

An Act to revise certain provisions regarding the operation of a golf cart on a state or county highway.

I certify that the attached Act originated in the:

House as Bill No. 1215

Chief Clerk

Speaker of the House

Attest:

Chief Clerk

President of the Senate

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate

House Bill No. 1215

File No. ____

Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office

this _____ day of _____________,

2023 at ____________M.

By

for the Governor

The attached Act is hereby

approved this ________ day of

______________, A.D., 2023

Governor

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,

ss.

Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________, 2023

at _________ o'clock __M.

Secretary of State

By

Asst. Secretary of State

Statutes affected:
Introduced, 02/01/2023: 32-14-15
Enrolled, 02/28/2023: 32-14-15