ENTITLED, An Act to  authorize commercial motor vehicle drivers to temporarily rest at interstate rest areas for a longer period of time.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That § 31-7-17 be amended to read as follows:
     31-7-17.   No person temporarily resting in any vehicle is in violation of the provisions of §  31-7-15. For purposes of this section, temporarily resting means stopping, parking, or otherwise keeping or occupying any vehicle in a rest or recreation area, or any portion thereof not officially designated for camping, for not more than three consecutive hours or, if the driver of a commercial motor vehicle subject to the provisions of 49 C.F.R. Part 395, as of January 1, 2001, for not more than eight consecutive hours.

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An Act to authorize commercial motor vehicle drivers to temporarily rest at interstate rest areas for a longer period of time.

========================= I certify that the attached Act originated in the HOUSE as Bill No. 1013

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Chief Clerk

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Speaker of the House

Attest:

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Chief Clerk

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President of the Senate

Attest:

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Secretary of the Senate

House Bill No. 1013
File No. ____
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Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________ ,

20____ at ____________ M.

By _________________________
for the Governor

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The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________ , A.D., 20___

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Governor

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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,

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Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________ , 20___
at _________ o'clock __ M.

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Secretary of State

By _________________________
Asst. Secretary of State