South Dakota § 31-30-2 - Definitions.
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§ 31-30-2. Definitions.
Terms in this chapter mean:
(1) "Junk," old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled, or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material;
(2) "Automobile graveyard," any establishment or place of business which is maintained, used, or operated, for storing, keeping, buying, or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts;
(3) "Junk yard," an establishment or place of business that is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard. The term includes garbage dumps and sanitary fills;
(4) "Interstate system," that portion of the national system of interstate and defense highways located within this state, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the department, and approved by the United States secretary of transportation, pursuant to the provisions of Title 23, United States Code;
(5) "Primary system," that portion of connected main highways, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the department and approved by the United States secretary of transportation pursuant to the provisions of Title 23, United States Code;
(6) "Department," the South Dakota Department of Transportation.
Source: SL 1966, ch 86, § 3; SL 2010, ch 145, § 164.
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