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Garcia, M. |
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75/aHTC/aHFL#1 |
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Armed Forces Retirees Special License |
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APPROPRIATION
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Appropriation
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Additional Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY04 |
FY03 |
FY04 |
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$0.1
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Recurring |
OSF |
REVENUE
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Estimated Revenue |
Subsequent Years Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY03 |
FY04 |
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$0.1 |
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Recurring |
OSF |
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)
Relates to various specialty license plates
proposed by the House and Senate.
Responses
Received From
State
Highway and Transportation Department (SHTD)
Taxation
and Revenue Department (TRD)
Veteran’s
Service Commission (VSC)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of HFl Amendment
The
House Floor Amendment adds the requirement that a person must submit proof
satisfactory to the Taxation & Revenue Department of retirement from the
armed forces in order to have a standardized special registration plate.
Synopsis of HTC
Amendment
The House Transportation Committee amendment
creates standardized special registration plates with logos to show state
support for worthy public purposes. The amendment states the authorizing
statute shall provide for collection of fees that, at a minimum, will cover the
costs to the Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) of development, manufacture and
issuance of the special registration plates and logos.
Standardized special registration plates, on the
standardized areas, shall:
The HTC amendment states MVD will design the
balance of the plate in consultation with the public purpose interest group
requesting the special registration plate. This group shall provide evidence
acceptable to MVD that it will generate a minimum number of prepaid
applications as determined by the MVD for the special registration plate with
logo and give a prepayment to the MVD in an amount sufficient to cover the
plate and logo cost of the initial order.
Furthermore,
the interest group shall provide a sample of the
requested artwork design in a format specified by the plate manufacturer for
the specialized logo.
The standardized provisions of the amendment are
effective
Synopsis
of Original Bill
Senate Bill 75
requires the Taxation and Revenue Department to issue special registration license
plates to any person who is a retiree of the armed services of the
Significant
Issues
The Legislature may wish to grant retired
members of the armed forces of the
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
TRD is authorized to
charge a fee of $15.00 in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration
fee for the special registration plate for retirees from the armed forces of
the
The Motor Vehicle
Division is appropriated $7.00 of the fee collected to defray the cost of making
and issuing special registration plates for actively employed letter carriers.
MVD will need to provide the initial cost for the production of the plate.
The remaining $8.00
shall be deposited in the motor vehicle suspense fund for distribution to the
state road fund, the county general funds, the county road funds, the municipal
road uses and municipal general funds in accordance with current distribution
laws.
The $15.00 fee shall
be waived for each registration period in which a validating sticker is issued
in lieu of the issuance of a special armed forces retiree plate.
The Veterans Service Commission reports that as of
January 2003 there were approximately 35,000 Armed Force retirees in
The fiscal impact in the first couple of years
may involve a substantial number of plates if resident retirees switch from
other veteran plates to the new armed forces retiree plate. The recurring fiscal impact, beyond the first
couple of years, will probably be small.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
TRD will require some
staff resources to design and issue the license plates.
RELATIONSHIP
HB 201, Special Plates
for Retired Firefighters (duplicate of SB 496)
HB 378, Special Plates
for Retired NM Letter Carriers
HB 379, Special Plates
for Letter Carriers
HB 520, Special Plates
for National Guard Members
HB 566, Special Plates
for Supporting Spayed Pets
HB 602, Special Plates
for Retired NM National Guard (duplicate of SB 622)
HB 635, Special Plates
for NM Fraternal Order of Police
HB 656, Special Plates
for Wildlife Artwork
HB 704, License Plates
for Civil Air Patrol,
HB 760, Special
Commemorative Route 66 License Plate (duplicate of SB 770)
SB 197, License Plate for Active Duty Servicemen
SB 210, License Plates for
TECHNICAL ISSUES