SENATE BILL 52

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017

INTRODUCED BY

Steven P. Neville

AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE FOR SUPPORTERS OF RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NEW MEXICO; 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 is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] SPECIAL RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE SUPPORT REGISTRATION PLATE.--

          A. The department shall issue a standardized special Ronald McDonald house support registration plate with a logo specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating that the recipient supports Ronald McDonald house charities of New Mexico.

           B. For a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, a motor vehicle owner who supports Ronald McDonald house charities of New Mexico may apply for the issuance of a special registration plate as provided in Subsection A of this section. No two owners shall be issued identically lettered or numbered registration plates.

          C. The thirty-five-dollar ($35.00) 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 Ronald McDonald house support registration plate.

          D. The revenue from the special Ronald McDonald house support 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 department and is appropriated to the department for the manufacture and issuance of the registration plates; and

                (2) twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be appropriated to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for expenditure by Carrie Tingley crippled children's hospital."

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