SENATE BILL 211

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

INTRODUCED BY

Timothy Z. Jennings







AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES FOR NEW MEXICO MAIL CARRIERS; 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 NEW MEXICO MAIL CARRIERS.--

A. The department shall issue special registration plates to any person who is an active or retired mail carrier with the United States postal service upon the submission by the person of proof satisfactory to the department that he is currently an active mail carrier or has retired as a mail carrier. Such proof shall include the submission of a signed consent form from the postmaster.

B. No person shall represent himself to be a mail carrier or a retired mail carrier if that person is, in fact, not a mail carrier or a retired mail carrier. The secretary shall determine what constitutes satisfactory proof of employment as a mail carrier with the United States postal service.

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 ten dollars ($10.00), 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 mail carriers. The fee shall be retained by the department and is appropriated to the department to defray the cost of making and issuing special registration plates for mail carriers.

E. The secretary shall approve the final plate design for the special registration plates for mail carriers in accordance with law. The plate shall be clearly marked as "mail carrier".

F. When the mail carrier holding a special plate ceases to be employed as a mail carrier and has not retired, 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. When a mail carrier holding a special plate retires from his position as mail carrier, he may retain the special plate."

- 3 -