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26.403.12 101st Legislative Session 11
2026 South Dakota Legislature
Senate Bill 11
ENROLLED
AN ACT
ENTITLED An Act to increase reinstatement fees and abstract driver record fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 32-35-47.1 be AMENDED:
32-35-47.1. Any person whose license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle on
public highways is suspended pursuant to this chapter must pay the reinstatement fee,
pursuant to subsection 32-12-47.1(1)(f), to the department prior to the reinstatement of
the license.
Section 2. That § 32-35-101 be AMENDED:
32-35-101. The department shall furnish to any person, upon request, a certified
abstract of the operating record for the last three years of any person subject to the
provisions of this chapter. The three-year limit does not apply to a person requesting the
person's own abstract. The abstract must include enumeration of any motor vehicle
accidents in which the person has been involved and reference to any convictions of the
person for a violation of the motor vehicle laws, as reported to the department.
No accident may be entered on the driving record of a law enforcement officer,
firefighter, or emergency medical technician if the accident occurred while the law
enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical technician was lawfully engaged in
the performance of official duties and was driving an emergency vehicle. The accident
must be recorded separately.
No accident may be entered on the driving record of an operator of emergency
snow removal equipment if the accident resulted from the operator's response to an
emergency call of duty and the operator was lawfully engaged in the performance of
official duti es in support of an emergency call of duty by a law enforcement officer,
firefighter, or emergency medical technician and was driving official snow removal
equipment. The accident must be recorded separately.
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The department shall collect seven dollars for each abstract. The fee must be
credited to the state motor vehicle fund. Any governmental entity or subdivision is exempt
from this fee.
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An Act to increase reinstatement fees and abstract driver record fees.
I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:
Senate as Bill No. 11
Secretary of the Senate
President of the Senate
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate
Speaker of the House
Attest:
Chief Clerk of the House
Senate Bill No. 11
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______
Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________,
2026 at ____________M.
By
for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________, A.D., 2026
Governor
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________, 2026
at _________ o'clock __M.
Secretary of State
By
Asst. Secretary of State