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

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; CREATING AN AFFIRMATIVE DUTY FOR DRIVERS TO REPORT DWI CONVICTIONS.

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

Section 1. AFFIRMATIVE DUTY TO REPORT.--A person licensed to drive in the state of New Mexico has an affirmative duty to report a conviction pursuant to Section 66-8-102 NMSA 1978 within two weeks of the conviction to the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department.

Section 2. PENALTY.--Failure to report a conviction pursuant to Section 66-8-102 NMSA 1978 within two weeks of the conviction is a misdemeanor, as provided in Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978, and the offender shall be fined one thousand dollars ($1,000) and sentenced up to three hundred sixty-four days in jail, thirty days of which shall not be suspended, deferred or taken under advisement. The offender's driver's license shall also be revoked for a one-year period.

Section 3. DEFINITION.--As used in Sections 1 and 2 of this act, "conviction" means an adjudication of guilt and does not include imposition of sentence.