0001|                           SENATE BILL 801
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                              ROD ADAIR
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING
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0012|     LIQUOR OR DRUGS; PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL SIGNS ON CARS AND TRUCKS
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0013|     FOR ALL THIRD AND SUBSEQUENT OFFENDERS AND A PENALTY FOR
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0014|     REMOVAL; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE CODE.
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  A new section of the Motor Vehicle Code is
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0018|     enacted to read:  
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0019|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  SPECIAL SIGNS ON CARS FOR ALL THIRD AND
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0020|     SUBSEQUENT OFFENDERS--PENALTY FOR REMOVAL.--
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0021|               A.  After a third or subsequent conviction pursuant
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0022|     to Section 66-8-102 NMSA 1978, the offender shall not drive a
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0023|     motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, on the highways of this
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0024|     state unless there is a sign on the roof of the vehicle, as
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0025|     specified in Subsection B of this section.
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0001|               B.  Beginning with the reinstatement of the
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0002|     offender's driver's license, and continuing for a period of one
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0003|     year from that date, the offender shall place on any vehicle he
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0004|     drives a sign that reads substantially as follows:  "I am a
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0005|     convicted drunk driver".  The offender's driver's license shall
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0006|     indicate the period of time during which the offender is
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0007|     required to place the sign on any vehicle he drives.
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0008|               C.  The department shall provide the public with the
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0009|     signs referred to in Subsection A of this section at a fair
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0010|     price, pursuant to regulations adopted by the department.
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0011|               D.  A person convicted of a violation of Subsection
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0012|     A of this section shall be sentenced to a period of
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0013|     imprisonment for thirty days, and the sentence shall not be
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0014|     deferred, suspended or taken under advisement."
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0015|          Section 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0016|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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0019|                         FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0020|                           FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0023|                                                    February 28, 1997
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0025|   Mr. President:
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0002|       Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0003|   
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0004|                             SENATE BILL 801
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0006|   has had it under consideration and reports same WITHOUT
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0007|   RECOMMENDATION, and thence referred to the JUDICIARY
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0008|   COMMITTEE.
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0010|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0014|                                __________________________________
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0015|                                Shannon Robinson, Chairman 
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0018|   Adopted_______________________   Not Adopted_______________________
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0019|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0022|                     Date ________________________
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0025|   The roll call vote was <u> 7 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0001|           Yes:    7
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0002|           No:     0
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0003|                Excused:     Ingle, Vernon
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0004|           Absent: None
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0008|   S0801PA1                                                          
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