The direction changes inspection priorities; it does not rewrite South Dakota's fuel-tax statutes. The governor's announcement says state law prevents him from unilaterally waiving taxes or penalties tied to non-exempt dyed-diesel use.
The state says legislation may be needed to provide retroactive relief from state taxes. Farmers, truckers and other operators should therefore retain fuel and mileage records and confirm their obligations with the South Dakota Department of Revenue instead of treating the enforcement change as a permanent tax exemption.
During the federal suspension, the Department of Public Safety is instructed to focus commercial-vehicle inspections on conditions that threaten public safety rather than dyed-diesel identification. A separate state order allows qualifying agricultural loads to exceed normal weight limits by 10 percent and suspends the $25 overweight trip permit.