HOUSE BILL 704

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

INTRODUCED BY

Nick Tinnin







AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES FOR MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL, NEW MEXICO WING; IMPOSING A FEE; 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] REGISTRATION PLATES FOR MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL, NEW MEXICO WING.--

A. The department shall issue special registration plates to a person who is a member of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing upon the submission by the person of proof satisfactory to the department that he is a member of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing. Such proof shall include the submission of a signed consent form from the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing.

B. A person shall not represent himself to be a member of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing if that person is, in fact, not a member of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing. The secretary shall determine what constitutes satisfactory proof that a person is a member of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing.

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 member of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing.

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 members of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing. The remaining fifteen dollars ($15.00) shall be deposited in the motor vehicle suspense fund for distribution in accordance with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978.

F. The secretary shall approve the final plate design for the special registration plates for members of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing in accordance with New Mexico law. The secretary shall approve and issue a separate and distinctive plate clearly marked as "civil air patrol" for issuance to members of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing."

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