State of South Dakota
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SEVENTY-SEVENTH
SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2002 |
400H0194 |
SENATE ENGROSSED
NO.
HB 1038
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02/04/2002
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Introduced by:
The Committee on Transportation at the request of the Department of
Commerce and Regulation
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FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
authorize certain law enforcement vehicles to exceed
speed limits without the use of an audible siren, air horn, or flashing emergency lights under
certain conditions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 32-31-4 be amended to read as follows:
32-31-4. The speed limit set out in § § 32-25-1.1 to 32-25-17, inclusive, does not apply to any authorized emergency vehicle responding to an emergency call if the driver sounds an audible siren or air horn , or both , and displays flashing, oscillating, or rotating beams of red light or combinations of red, blue, or white light visible one hundred eighty degrees to the front of the vehicle. The lights shall be capable of warning the public of the presence of an emergency vehicle under normal atmospheric conditions. The speed limit set out in § § 32-25-1.1 to 32-25-17, inclusive, does not apply to any certified authorized emergency
vehicles
vehicle
operated by
any
law enforcement
officers
officer
who
are
is
measuring the speed of other vehicles by use of the
emergency vehicle speedometer
, while any certified law enforcement officer is overtaking an
actual or suspected violator of the law, or while any certified law enforcement officer is
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 32-31-4 be amended to read as follows:
32-31-4. The speed limit set out in § § 32-25-1.1 to 32-25-17, inclusive, does not apply to any authorized emergency vehicle responding to an emergency call if the driver sounds an audible siren or air horn , or both , and displays flashing, oscillating, or rotating beams of red light or combinations of red, blue, or white light visible one hundred eighty degrees to the front of the vehicle. The lights shall be capable of warning the public of the presence of an emergency vehicle under normal atmospheric conditions. The speed limit set out in § § 32-25-1.1 to 32-25-17, inclusive, does not apply to any certified authorized emergency
responding to an emergency call
. Moreover, the driver of an ambulance who has been certified pursuant to § 34-11-6 may operate the emergency vehicle in excess of the speed limit without audible signals while operating outside the city limits of a municipality.