<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 32-12A-1 - Definitions. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054455Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2054455SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054455CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054455Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2054455DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054455Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2054455Normal-000002 { margin-left: 1.14in; text-indent: -0.44in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2054455000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054455SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054455SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-12A-1"><span class="s2054455SENU">32-12A-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455SENU">. </span><span class="s2054455CL">Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000000"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">Terms used in this chapter mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Alcohol," any substance containing any form of alcohol;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Commercial driver license," or "CDL," a license issued in accordance with the requirements of this chapter to an individual that authorizes the individual to drive a class of commercial motor vehicle;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Commercial driver license information system," or "CDLIS," the information system established pursuant to the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act (CMVSA) to serve as a clearinghouse for locating information related to the licensing and identification of commercial motor vehicle drivers;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    "Commercial learner's permit" or "CLP," a permit issued pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-12A-12"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-12A-12</span></a><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    "Commercial motor vehicle" or "(CMV)," a motor vehicle designed or used to transport passengers or property:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    If the vehicle has a gross combination weight rating of twenty-six thousand one pounds or more and the towed unit has a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand pounds;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    If the vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty-six thousand one or more pounds;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    If the vehicle is designed to transport sixteen or more passengers, including the driver; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(d)    If the vehicle is of any size and is used in the transportation of hazardous materials and is required to be placarded in accordance with 49 C.F.R. Part 172, Subpart F, as amended through January 1, 2015;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    "Controlled substance," any substance so classified under section 102(6) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § 802(6)), and includes all substances listed on Schedules I through V, of 21 C.F.R. Part 1308, inclusive, as amended through January 1, 2015;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    "Conviction," an unvacated adjudication of guilt, or a determination that a person has violated or failed to comply with the law in a court of original jurisdiction or an authorized administrative tribunal, an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure the person's appearance in court, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere accepted by the court, the payment of a fine or court cost, or violation of a condition of release without bail, regardless of whether or not the penalty is rebated, suspended, or probated;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    "Department," the Department of Public Safety;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    "Disqualification," any of the following actions:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    The suspension, revocation, or cancellation of a commercial learner's permit or a commercial driver license by the state or jurisdiction of issuance;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Any withdrawal of a person's privileges to drive a commercial motor vehicle by a state or other jurisdiction as the result of a violation of state or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control (other than parking, vehicle weight, or vehicle defect violations); or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    A determination by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that a person is not qualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(10)    "Domicile," the state where a person has that person's true, fixed, and permanent home and principal residence and to which that person has the intention of returning whenever that person is absent;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(11)    "Drive," to drive, operate, or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(12)    "Driver," any person who drives, operates, or is in actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle, or who is required to hold a commercial learner's permit or commercial driver license;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(13)    "Employer," any person, including the United States, a state, or a political subdivision of a state, who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle, or assigns a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(14)    "Endorsement," an authorization to a person's commercial learner's permit or commercial driver license required to allow the person to operate certain types of commercial motor vehicles;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(15)    "Fatality," the death of a person as the result of a motor vehicle accident;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(16)    "Felony," any offense under state or federal law that is punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(17)    "Foreign jurisdiction," any jurisdiction other than a state of the United States;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(18)    "Gross combination weight rating" or "GCWR," the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a combination (articulated) vehicle. In the absence of a value specified by the manufacturer, GCWR shall be determined by adding the GVWR of the power unit and the total weight of the towed unit and any load thereon;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(19)    "Gross vehicle weight rating," or "GVWR," the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single vehicle;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(20)    "Hazardous materials," any material that has been designated as hazardous under 49 U.S.C. 5103 as amended through January 1, 2015, and is required to be placarded under subpart F of 49 C.F.R. part 172 or any quantity of a material listed as a select agent or toxin in 42 C.F.R. part 73, as amended through January 1, 2015;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(21)    "Imminent hazard," the existence of a condition that presents a substantial likelihood that death, serious illness, severe personal injury, or a substantial endangerment to health, property, or the environment may occur before the reasonably foreseeable completion date of a formal proceeding begun to lessen the risk of that death, illness, injury, or endangerment;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(22)    "Medical variance," the receipt of one of the following that allows a driver to be issued a medical certificate:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    An exemption letter permitting operation of a commercial motor vehicle pursuant to 49 C.F.R. part 381 or 49 C.F.R. part 391, as amended through January 1, 2015; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    A skill performance evaluation certificate permitting operation of a commercial motor vehicle pursuant to 49 C.F.R. part 391, as amended through January 1, 2015;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(23)    "Motor vehicle," a vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power, used on highways, but does not include any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer operated exclusively on a rail;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(24)    "Noncommercial motor vehicle," a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles not defined as a commercial motor vehicle;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(25)    "Nondomiciled CLP or CDL," a commercial learner's permit or commercial driver license issued by a state to a person who resides in a foreign jurisdiction or a person domiciled in another state that is prohibited from issuing commercial driver licenses by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(26)    "Notice of final administrative decision," a determination rendered by an agency of competent jurisdiction when all avenues of appeal have been exhausted or time to appeal has elapsed;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(27)    "Operator's license," any license issued by a state to a person which authorizes the person full privileges to drive a motor vehicle;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(28)    "Out-of-service order," an out-of-service order as defined by 49 C.F.R. part 390.5, as of January 1, 2015;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(29)    "Recreational vehicle," a vehicle which is self-propelled or permanently towable by a light duty truck and designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(30)    "School bus," any motor vehicle that is used to transport sixteen or more passengers, including the driver, and is used to transport pre-primary, primary, or secondary school students from home to school, from school to home, or to and from school-sponsored events. School bus does not include a bus used as a common carrier;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(31)    "Serious traffic violation," a conviction of:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Excessive speeding, involving a single charge of any speed fifteen miles per hour or more, above the posted speed limit, in violation of chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-25"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-25</span></a><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Reckless driving, in violation of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-24-1"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-24-1</span></a><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    Careless driving, in violation of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-24-8"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-24-8</span></a><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(d)    Improper or erratic traffic lane changes, in violation of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-26-6"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-26-6</span></a><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(e)    Following the vehicle ahead too closely, in violation of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-26-40"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-26-40</span></a><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(f)    A violation of any state or local law related to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a parking violation, arising in connection with a fatal accident;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(g)    Failure to stop or yield, in violation of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-2.1"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-29-2.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-2.2"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-29-2.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-3"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-29-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">, and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-4"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-29-4</span></a><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(h)    Failure to stop or slow vehicle for a school bus, in violation of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-32-6"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-32-6</span></a><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(i)    Eluding a police vehicle, in violation of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-33-18"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-33-18</span></a><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(j)    Overtaking or passing another vehicle, in violation of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-26-26"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-26-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-26-27"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-26-27</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-26-28"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-26-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-26-34"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-26-34</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-26-35"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-26-35</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-26-36"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-26-36</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">, and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-26-37"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-26-37</span></a><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(k)    Driving a commercial motor vehicle without obtaining a commercial learner's permit or commercial driver license, in violation of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-12A-6"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-12A-6</span></a><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(l)    Driving a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial learner's permit or commercial driver license in the driver's possession in violation of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-12A-6"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-12A-6</span></a><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">. Any person who provides proof to the court or to the enforcement authority that issued the citation, by the date the person was required to appear in court or to pay a fine for the violation, that the person held a valid commercial learner's permit or commercial driver license on the date the citation was issued, is not guilty of a serious traffic violation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(m)    Driving a commercial motor vehicle without the proper class of commercial learner's permit, commercial driver license, or endorsement for the specific vehicle group being operated or for the passengers or type of cargo being transported in violation of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-12A-6"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">32-12A-6</span></a><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(n)    Violating a federal, state, or local law or rule prohibiting texting while driving a commercial motor vehicle;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000002"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(o)    Utilizing a hand-held mobile telephone while driving a commercial motor vehicle;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(32)    "State," a state of the United States and the District of Columbia;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal-000001"><span class="s2054455DefaultParagraphFont">(33)    "United States," the fifty states and the District of Columbia.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054455Normal"><span class="s2054455SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455SCL-000004"> SL 1989, ch 267, § 1; SL 1992, ch 220, §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=3-5"><span class="s2054455SCL-000004">3-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054455SCL-000004">; SL 1993, ch 231; SL 1994, ch 254, § 1; SL 1996, ch 201, § 1(21); SDCL § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-12-77"><span class="s2054455SCL-000004">32-12-77</span></a><span class="s2054455SCL-000004">; SL 2001, ch 171, §§ 71, 115; SL 2004, ch 17, § 134; SL 2005, ch 167, § 6, eff. Sept. 30, 2005; SL 2007, ch 182, § 1; SL 2010, ch 161, § 1; SL 2011, ch 144, § 1; SL 2013, ch 144, § 1; SL 2014, ch 149, § 1; SL 2015, ch 168, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>