45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2002

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS.

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

Section 1. A new section of Chapter 66, Article 3 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

"[NEW MATERIAL] SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS.--

A. The department shall issue special registration plates to any person who is a New Mexico emergency medical technician.

B. No person shall represent himself to be a New Mexico emergency medical technician if he is, in fact, not a New Mexico emergency medical technician. The secretary shall determine what constitutes satisfactory proof.

C. A person who violates the provisions of Subsection B of this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978.

D. A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee, shall be collected by the department for the original issuance of the special registration plate for a New Mexico emergency medical technician.

E. Ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee collected pursuant to Subsection D of this section shall be retained by the department and shall be appropriated to the department to defray the cost of making and issuing special registration plates for New Mexico emergency medical technicians.

F. The amount of the fee collected pursuant to this section less any amount distributed pursuant to Subsection E of this section shall be deposited in the motor vehicle suspense fund for distribution in accordance with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978.

G. The secretary shall approve the final plate design for the special registration plates for New Mexico emergency medical technicians in accordance with New Mexico law.

H. When a person holding a special registration plate ceases to be employed as a New Mexico emergency medical technician, he shall immediately remove the plate from the vehicle and return it to the department, at which time it shall be exchanged for a regular registration plate."