32-20-4. Protective helmet required for minor–Violation as misdemeanor.
No person under eighteen years of age may operate or ride upon a motorcycle on the public streets or highways of this state unless the person wears a protective helmet of a type meeting Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 218 as in effect on January 1, 1984. No person may operate a motorcycle with any person under the age of eighteen as a passenger if the passenger is not wearing a protective helmet. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 1967, ch 215, §4; SL 1970, ch 176, §2; SL 1974, ch 219, §23; SL 1976, ch 194, §1; SL 1978, ch 230, §9; SL 1980, ch 224; SL 1984, ch 228, §8; SL 1987, ch 231, §2; SL 1989, ch 255, §93.