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Begaye |
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02/04/02 |
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HJM-36 |
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Low-Income Motor Vehicle Insurance |
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Weber |
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( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Synopsis
of Bill
House Joint Memorial
36 resolves that the Human Services Department and the Motor Vehicle Division
of the Taxation and Revenue Department study ways to provide participants in
public assistance programs with motor vehicle insurance. The departments are to report to an
appropriate interim legislative committee by October 31, 2002.
Significant Issues
The memorial states
low-income and indigent residents of New Mexico must devote their resources to
essentials for day-to-day living.
Despite laws requiring drivers to maintain insurance, about one in seven
motorists nationwide remains uninsured.
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