HOUSE BILL 635

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003

INTRODUCED BY

James G. Taylor







AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES FOR A NEW MEXICO MEMBER OF THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE.



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 A NEW MEXICO MEMBER OF THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE.--

A. The department shall issue special registration plates to a person who is a New Mexico member of the fraternal order of police.

B. No person shall represent himself to be a New Mexico member of the fraternal order of police if he is, in fact, not a New Mexico member of the fraternal order of police. 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 member of the fraternal order of police.

E. Ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee collected pursuant to Subsection D of this section shall be retained by the department and is appropriated to the department to defray the cost of making and issuing special registration plates for a New Mexico member of the fraternal order of police.

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 members of the fraternal order of police.

H. When a person holding a special plate ceases to be a New Mexico member of the fraternal order of police, he shall immediately remove the plate from the vehicle and return it to the secretary, at which time it shall be exchanged for a regular registration plate."

Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2003.

- 3 -