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§ 32-26-47 Use of handheld electronic wireless communication device for text-based communication on highway prohibited--Exceptions--Violation as petty offense.

SD Codified L § 32-26-47 (2019) (N/A)
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32-26-47. Use of handheld electronic wireless communication device for text-based communication on highway prohibited--Exceptions--Violation as petty offense. No person may operate a motor vehicle on a highway while using a handheld electronic wireless communication device to write, send, or read a text-based communication. This section does not apply to a person who is using a handheld electronic wireless communication device:

(1) While the vehicle is lawfully parked;

(2) To contact any emergency public safety answering point or dispatch center;

(3) To write, read, select, or enter a telephone number or name in an electronic wireless communications device for the purpose of making or receiving a telephone call; or

(4) When using voice operated or hands free technology.

State or local law enforcement agencies shall enforce this section as a secondary action. A violation of this section is a petty offense with a fine of one hundred dollars.

Source: SL 2014, ch 153, § 1.

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