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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates HB237
Responses
Received From
Office
of Indian Affairs
Highway
and Transportation Department, Traffic Safety Bureau (SHTD)
No
Responses Received From
Taxation
and Revenue Department (TRD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
Senate Bill 175 amends and adds anew material to
the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Code to authorize the Motor Vehicle Division (MVD)
of the Taxation and Revenue Department (TRD) to enter into cooperative
agreements with the Navajo Nation in order to exchange information regarding
state residents who are adjudicated for motor vehicle offenses that occurred
within the jurisdiction of the Navajo Nation tribal court.
The effective date of the provisions of this
legislation is
Significant
Issues
The intent of this legislation is to bridge the
gap between the Navajo Nation and the State of New Mexico regarding motorists’
records so that drivers’ history, violations, license revocations and convictions
can be shared between both entities and can be properly updated and used when a
driver faces another offense. In order
to accomplish this goal, Senate Bill 175 makes the following changes to the New
Mexico Motor Vehicle Code:
DUPLICATION/RELATIONSHIP
HB237 duplicates
SB175.
HB278 duplicates the
amendments proposed by SB175 except it uses and defines the term “tribal court”
and “tribe” for clarification. HB278 is
broader in its application; it recognizes convictions for motor vehicle
offenses committed on tribal land, authorizes cooperative agreements
with tribes and provides for information sharing with tribal courts. SB175 applies only to the Navajo Nation and
the Navajo Nation tribal court.
TECHNICAL ISSUES
If the “Navajo Nation tribal court” does not
include all Native American tribes in