HOUSE BILL 456
48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007
INTRODUCED BY
Rick Miera
AN ACT
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION; ESTABLISHING SPECIAL MOTORCYCLE COLLEGIATE AND PATRIOT REGISTRATION PLATES; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. A new section of the Motor Vehicle Code, Section 66-3-416.1 NMSA 1978, is enacted to read:
"66-3-416.1. [NEW MATERIAL] SPECIAL MOTORCYCLE COLLEGIATE REGISTRATION PLATES--PROCEDURES--FEE.--
A. The division shall establish and issue special collegiate motorcycle registration plates in accordance with the provisions of this section and shall adopt procedures for application for and issuance of the special collegiate motorcycle registration plates.
B. Any state-supported higher educational institution in New Mexico may request that the division issue a special collegiate motorcycle registration plate for that institution. Upon that request, the division, with the advice and consultation of the higher educational institution, shall determine the color and design of the special motorcycle registration plate and provide for its issuance.
C. For a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motorcycle registration fees, an owner of a motorcycle may apply for the issuance of a special collegiate motorcycle registration plate. No two owners shall be issued identically lettered or numbered registration plates. The owner of a motorcycle shall apply and pay a fee each year to retain and renew a special collegiate registration plate.
D. The revenue from the special collegiate registration plates shall be distributed as follows:
(1) five dollars ($5.00) of the fee collected for each special collegiate motorcycle registration plate shall be retained by the division in the first year of the issuance of each special collegiate motorcycle registration plate and is appropriated to the division for the manufacture and issuance of special collegiate motorcycle registration plates. Thereafter, that amount of each fee shall be paid to the state treasurer for credit to the motor vehicle suspense fund for distribution in accordance with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978; and
(2) fifteen dollars ($15.00) of the fee collected for each special collegiate motorcycle registration plate shall be distributed to the higher educational institution for which the registration plate is issued.
E. Revenues received by each higher educational institution from special collegiate motorcycle registration plate fees are appropriated to the higher educational institution to carry out any purpose of that institution."
Section 2. A new section of the Motor Vehicle Code, Section 66-3-424.18 NMSA 1978, is enacted to read:
"66-3-424.18. [NEW MATERIAL] SPECIAL PATRIOT MOTORCYCLE REGISTRATION PLATES--PROCEDURES--FEE.--
A. The division shall establish and issue special patriot motorcycle registration plates in accordance with the provisions of this section, with a logo specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating that the recipient is a patriot, and shall adopt procedures for application for and issuance of the special patriot motorcycle registration plates.
B. For a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motorcycle registration fees, an owner of a motorcycle who is a patriot may apply for the issuance of a special patriot motorcycle registration plate as provided in Subsection A of this section. No two owners shall be issued identically lettered or numbered registration plates.
C. The twenty-dollar ($20.00) fee provided in Subsection B of this section shall be waived for each registration period in which a validating sticker is issued under the provisions of Section 66-3-17 NMSA 1978, in lieu of the issuance of a special patriot motorcycle registration plate.
D. The revenue from the special patriot motorcycle registration plate fee imposed by Subsection B of this section shall be distributed as follows:
(1) ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be retained by the division and is appropriated to the division for the manufacture and issuance of the registration plates;
(2) five dollars ($5.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be paid to the state treasurer for credit to the motor vehicle suspense fund for distribution in accordance with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978; and
(3) five dollars ($5.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be paid to the state treasurer for credit to the armed forces veterans license fund for distribution pursuant to Section 66-3-419 NMSA 1978."
Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2007.
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