The color of every vehicle which transports ten or more students and is owned or operated by or for a school or school district used for transportation of school children shall be national school bus yellow in color, in accordance with the rules of the South Dakota Board of Education Standards. 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. A violation of this section is a petty offense.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 32-32-3

  • Children: includes children by birth and by adoption. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Petty offense: A federal misdemeanor punishable by six months or less in prison. Source: U.S. Courts

Source: SL 1963, ch 255, § 3; SL 1970, ch 175, § 33; SL 1986, ch 132, § 5; SL 1989, ch 255, § 222; SL 2017, ch 81, § 57.

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