South Dakota § 32-32-5 - Flashing red and amber lights required--Exception--Removal from buses formerly used.
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§ 32-32-5. Flashing red and amber lights required--Exception--Removal from buses formerly used.
Any school bus with a capacity for ten or more students, used to transport children to and from a public or nonpublic school, shall be equipped on the front and rear with alternately flashing amber caution lights and alternately flashing red signal lights. However, this section does not apply to those buses owned by a school district which are used for transporting children to and from school activities and which are not used to transport children from home to school and back.
Flashing red signal lights and flashing amber caution lights shall be of a type approved by the secretary of public safety. These signals shall be a complete system meeting minimum standards as prescribed by South Dakota Board of Education Standards rules. When a school bus loses its identity as a school bus pursuant to § 32-32-4, the flashing red and amber lights shall be removed.
Source: SL 1963, ch 255, § 3; SL 1970, ch 175, § 33; SL 1974, ch 228, § 1; SL 1984, ch 343, §§ 17, 18; SL 1985, ch 401, § 21, 1986, ch 132, § 7; SL 1989, ch 276, § 2; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 20, eff. Apr. 17, 2003; SL 2017, ch 81, § 57.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 32-32-5 ("Flashing red and amber lights required--Exception--Removal from buses formerly used.") is part of the South Dakota Codified Laws, the codified statutory law of South Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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