SENATE BILL 976

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Timothy Z. Jennings

AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; REMOVING RESTRICTIONS TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR RETIRED STATE POLICE OFFICERS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 66-3-424.2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 174, Section 2) is amended to read:

     "66-3-424.2. [STANDARDIZED] SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE FOR RETIRED NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE OFFICERS.--

          A. The division shall issue a [standardized] special registration plate [with a logo specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978] indicating that the recipient is a person who is a retired New Mexico state police officer upon submission by the person of proof satisfactory to the division that the person is a retired New Mexico state police officer. The proof shall include the submission of a retirement commission from the New Mexico state police.

          B. A person shall not represent himself to be a retired New Mexico state police officer if that person is not in fact a retired New Mexico state police officer. The secretary shall determine what constitutes satisfactory proof that a person is a retired New Mexico state police officer.

          C. A person who violates the provisions of Subsection B of this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978.

          D. A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), which is in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee, shall be collected by the division for the original issuance of the special registration plate for retired New Mexico state police officers.

          E. Ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee collected pursuant to Subsection D of this section shall be retained by the division and shall be appropriated to the division to defray the cost of making and issuing special registration plates for retired New Mexico state police officers. The remaining fifteen dollars ($15.00) shall be deposited in the motor vehicle suspense fund for distribution pursuant to Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978.

          [F. The secretary shall approve the final logo design for the special registration plates for retired New Mexico state police officers. The secretary shall approve and issue a separate and distinctive logo clearly marked as "retired New Mexico state police" for issuance to retired New Mexico state police officers.]

          F. The provisions of Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 shall not apply to special registration plates for retired New Mexico state police officers."

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