This bill expands South Dakota's law to require vehicle owners to pay removal costs when their cars end up in bodies of water, not just when abandoned on roadsides. Owners are now liable for removal expenses if they intentionally drive into lakes or streams and the vehicle becomes disabled, or if they drive onto frozen water that breaks through the ice. Owners must also cover any storage costs for these water-recovered vehicles.
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Transportation Tabled Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 11
Transportation Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Transportation S.J. 161
Prime sponsor · Sen
R
Dist. SD-024
cosponsor · Sen
R
Dist. SD-003
cosponsor · Sen
R
Dist. SD-031
Tabled
Tabled