FIFTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2015

February 20, 2015

Mr. Speaker:

    Your AGRICULTURE, WATER & WILDLIFE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 415

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

     1. On page 1, line 11, after the semicolon, insert "CLARIFYING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PET CARE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE FEE;".

     2. On page 2, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following new section:

     "SECTION 2. Section 66-3-424.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 175, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:

     "66-3-424.3. SPECIAL PET CARE REGISTRATION PLATES.--

          A. The division shall issue a standardized pet care special registration plate with a logo specified in

Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating that the recipient supports pet care.

          B. The division, with the advice and consultation of animal control offices and animal shelters in communities around the state, shall determine the color and design of the pet care special registration logo and provide for its issuance.

          C. For a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, an owner of a motor vehicle may apply for the issuance of a pet care special registration plate. The owner of a motor vehicle shall apply and pay the fee each year that the owner wishes to retain and renew a pet care special registration plate.

          D. The revenue from the pet care special registration plates shall be distributed as follows:

                (1) ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee collected for each pet care special registration plate shall be retained by and is appropriated to the division for the manufacture and issuance of the registration plates; and

                (2) twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of the fee collected for each pet care special registration plate shall be paid to the state treasurer for credit to the animal care and facility fund, statewide spay and neuter subaccount."".

     3. Renumber the succeeding sections accordingly.

     4. On page 7, line 9, strike "2" and insert in lieu thereof "3".,

and thence referred to the WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.