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Special Plates Supporting Spayed Pets |
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Hayes |
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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 |
$0.1 |
Recurring
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Motor
Vehicle Division, General Fund |
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$0.1 |
$0.1 |
Recurring |
Motor
Vehicle Suspense Fund |
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases) $0.1
= Revenue estimate indeterminate
*Motor Vehicle
Suspense Fund includes local government funds for distribution to various county
general funds and roads funds, municipal road uses, and county and municipal
general funds.
Relates to various specialty license plates
proposed by the House and Senate.
Taxation and Revenue Department (TRD)
LFC files
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of HTC Amendments
The House Transportation Committee amendments to
HB 566 involve changing the request for developing a special license plate for
supporting spaying and neutering of pets to enacting a description of and
requirements for a standardized special registration plate with a logo. All references in the bill to the manufacture
of a special license plate supporting spaying and neutering of pets are changed
by amendment to read as “a standardized” plate or “a plate with a logo.”
During the 2003 session, approximately 20
license plate bills have been introduced, all requesting MVD to produce a
specialty plate for their group or organization. While all such requests are worthy of
consideration, the Motor Vehicle Division has neither the staff nor the funding
to manufacture all of these specialty license plates. Recognizing this problem, the House Transportation
Committee inserts a new section of the Motor Vehicle Code, Section 66-3-424
NMSA 1978, [NEW MATERIAL] STANDARDIZED SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES
WITH LOGOS:
A.
Standardized
special registration plates with logos may be authorized by statute to show
state support for worthy public purposes.
The authorizing statute shall provide for collection of fees that, at a
minimum, will cover the costs to the division of development, manufacture and
issuance of the special registration plates and logos.
B.
Standardized
special registration plates, on the standardized areas, shall:
(1)
display
the colors of the state flag, red lettering on a yellow background;
(2)
display
the phrases “
(3)
provide
a space for applying the special registration logo, centered at the left edge
of the plate, between the attachment holes, beginning one-fourth inch in from
the edge of the plate and having the following dimension: four and one-eighth inches in height and
three and one-eighth inches in width; and
(4)
provide
a vehicle registration number, to be assigned by the division, that consists of
five alphanumeric characters displayed to the right of the special logo area.
C.
Special
registration logos, except for the standard dimension specified in Paragraph
(3) of Subsection B of this section, shall be left to the design discretion of
the division, in consultation with the public purpose interest group that
requests the special registration plate.
D.
Standardized
special registration plates with logos, when authorized by statute for a
particular public purpose interest group, shall meet the requirements specified
in this subsection prior to plate issuance by the division. The public purpose interest group, no later
than the effective date of the authorizing statute:
(1)
shall
provide evidence acceptable to the division that it will generate a minimum
number of prepaid applications as determined by the division for the special
registration plate with logo;
(2)
shall
provide a prepayment to the division in an amount sufficient to cover the plate
and logo cost of the initial order;
(3)
shall
provide a sample of the requested artwork design in a format specified by the
plate manufacturer for the specialized logo; and
(4)
in
cases where the authorizing statute includes revenue-sharing with distribution
directed to a particular group or fund, shall show that the recipient is a
governmental entity of a fund authorized for the use of a governmental entity.
E.
The
division may promulgate rules for implementation of the provisions of this section.
In summary, one standard license plate will be
designed pursuant to subsection B above, which will have a 3 x 4 inch
rectangular space in the middle onto which a spaying/neutering logo or any other
specialized logo can be placed. The
group wanting the specialty logo must prepay and guarantee a minimum
order. The result will be that more
specialty logos can be ordered and produced without adversely affecting MVD’s budget.
Amendment #9 addresses revenue proceeds to
MVD. In the original bill, MVD receives
$10.00 of the fees collected per plate sold, however, only in fiscal years 2004
and 2005 only. The amendment strikes the
fiscal years limitation, meaning that fee revenue from sales of the logo would
be appropriated to MVD in perpetuum, or as long as
the specialty logo is produced and sold.
Lastly, amendment #13 addresses the effective
date of the bill. It now reads:
Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except for Section 1 of
this act, the effective date of the provisions of this act is
Synopsis
of Original Bill
House Bill 566 adds a
new section to the Motor Vehicle Code to direct the Taxation and Revenue
Department to issue a special design license plate to support spaying and
neutering of pets. TRD shall adopt
procedures regarding application for and issuance of the special license
plates.
MVD, with the advice
and consultation of animal control offices and animals shelters in communities
around the state, shall determine the color and design of the pet care special
registration plate.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
Of the $35 fee
collected for each pet care special registration plate, $10.00 shall be
retained by MVD in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 to defray the cost of manufacturing and
issuing these special registration plates.
In FY 2006 and subsequent years, the $10 will be deposited in the motor
vehicle suspense fund for distribution in accordance with
Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978.
The remaining $25 of the
fee will also be credited to the motor vehicle suspense fund. A new distribution formula is created from
the motor vehicle suspense fund to the local government division of the Department
of Finance and Administration in an amount equal to fees collected pursuant to
bill. Once DFA receives the funds, they
are distributed to each county to support animal control spaying and neutering
programs, in an amount proportionate to the number of residents of that county
who have purchased pet care special registration plates.
RELATIONSHIP
Other special
“prestige” license plates have been proposed during the 2003 session:
HB 75, Armed Forces Retirees Special License
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
SB 211, License Plates for
NM Mail Carriers
SB 493, Special Plates for
NM HS Rodeo Association
SB 496, Special Plates for
Retired Firefighters (duplicate of HB 201)
SB 549, Special Plates for
Search and Rescue Members
SB 622, Special Plates for
Retired NM National Guard (duplicate of HB 602)
SB 693, License Plates for
Disabled Veterans
SB 770, Special
Commemorative Route 66 License Plate (duplicate of HB 760)
CMH/yr