HOUSE BILL 907

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Elias Barela

AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR FREE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES FOR NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS.

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

     Section 1. Section 66-3-413 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1980, Chapter 45, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "66-3-413. SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES.--

          A. The division shall issue distinctive registration plates to any person who is a member of the New Mexico national guard, upon the submission by the person of proof satisfactory to the division that [he] the person is currently a member of the guard. No fee, including the regular registration fee applicable to passenger motor vehicles, shall be collected for issuance of a special registration plate pursuant to this section.

          B. No person shall falsely represent [himself to be] that the person is an active member of the New Mexico national guard so as to be eligible to be issued special registration plates pursuant to this section when [he] the person in fact is not a current member of the New Mexico national guard.

          C. Any person who violates the provisions of Subsection B of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor."

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