HB 1050

 26.402.11  101st Legislative Session  1050
                                           2026 South Dakota Legislature
                                                    House Bill 1050
 Introduced by: The Chair of the Committee on Transportation at the request of the Department of Public Safety
1 An Act to increase civil penalties for commercial driver violations.
2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
3 Section 1. That § 32-12A-5.1 be AMENDED:
432-12A-5.1. The state's attorney for the county in which a violation of subdivision
5     32-12A-5(4) occurs shall commence a civil in rem proceeding of not more than twenty
6     thousand five hundred and thirty-seven twenty thousand five hundred thirty-nine dollars
7     against the employer.
8 Section 2. That § 32-12A-56 be AMENDED:
932-12A-56. In addition to disqualification, a driver who is convicted of violating
10     an out-of-service order pursuant to § 32-12A-8.1 is subject to a civil penalty of not less
11     than three thousand nine hundred and sixty-one three thousand nine hundred sixty-three
12     dollars for a first conviction and not less than seven thousand nine hundred and twenty-
13     four seven thousand nine hundred twenty-six dollars for a second or subsequent
14     conviction.
15 Section 3. That § 32-12A-57 be AMENDED:
1632-12A-57. The state's attorney for the county in which the violation of
17     subdivision 32-12A-5(3) occurs shall commence a civil in rem proceeding of not less than
18     seven thousand one hundred and fifty-five seven thousand one hundred fifty-seven dollars
19     and not more than thirty-nine thousand six hundred and fifteen thirty-nine thousand six
20     hundred seventeen dollars against the employer.
                                                                                            Underscores indicate new language.
                                                                                          Overstrikes indicate deleted language.