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State of South Dakota
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SEVENTY-SEVENTH
SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2002 |
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HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
ENGROSSED
NO.
HB 1211
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02/05/2002
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Introduced by:
Representative Abdallah and Senator McCracken
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FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
provide for the use of electric personal assistive mobility
devices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. For the purposes of this Act, the term, electric personal assistive device, means a self-balancing two non-tandem wheeled device, designed to transport only one person, with an electric propulsion system that limits the maximum speed of the device to fifteen miles per hour or less.
Section 2. That § 32-26-21.1 be amended to read as follows:
32-26-21.1. No person may drive any vehicle other than a bicycle or an electric personal assistive device upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway. The local governing body of a municipality may restrict a bicycle or an electric personal assistive device from operating upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Section 3. An electric personal assistive device is exempt from the provisions of chapters 32- 3, 32-5, 32-5A, 32-5B, 32-6B, 32-15, 32-17, 32-18, 32-20, 32-37, and 37-5.
Section 4. That § 32-27-1.1 be amended to read as follows:
32-27-1.1. The term, pedestrian, when used in this chapter means any person moving or traveling on foot, including any person wearing roller skates
or
,
riding on a skateboard
, or riding
on an electric personal assistive device
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. For the purposes of this Act, the term, electric personal assistive device, means a self-balancing two non-tandem wheeled device, designed to transport only one person, with an electric propulsion system that limits the maximum speed of the device to fifteen miles per hour or less.
Section 2. That § 32-26-21.1 be amended to read as follows:
32-26-21.1. No person may drive any vehicle other than a bicycle or an electric personal assistive device upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway. The local governing body of a municipality may restrict a bicycle or an electric personal assistive device from operating upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Section 3. An electric personal assistive device is exempt from the provisions of chapters 32- 3, 32-5, 32-5A, 32-5B, 32-6B, 32-15, 32-17, 32-18, 32-20, 32-37, and 37-5.
Section 4. That § 32-27-1.1 be amended to read as follows:
32-27-1.1. The term, pedestrian, when used in this chapter means any person moving or traveling on foot, including any person wearing roller skates
