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

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; EXCLUDING CERTAIN CONVICTIONS FROM BEING COUNTED IN ANY POINT SYSTEM USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER DRIVING PRIVILEGES SHOULD BE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED.

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] CERTAIN SPEEDING CONVICTIONS TO BE DISREGARDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OR APPLICATION OF ANY POINT SYSTEM.--In developing and applying a point system that is used as a basis for suspension or revocation of driving privileges, the division shall not assign points for convictions for speeding on rural highways of the state. As used in this section, "rural highway" means that part of a highway that is located at least two miles outside of the boundaries of an incorporated city, town or village, the measurement of the distance being from the point where the highway crosses the boundary, and if there is more than one such intersection, from the intersection most distant from the geographic center of the city, town or village."