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SPONSOR: |
Smith |
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HB |
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SHORT TITLE: |
License Plates for Search and Rescue Members |
SB |
549/aHTC |
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ANALYST: |
Hayes |
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REVENUE
Estimated Revenue |
Subsequent Years Impact |
Recurring or
Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY03 |
FY04 |
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|
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$0.1 |
$0.1 |
Recurring |
Motor
Vehicle Division, General Fund: $10 per plate |
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$0.1 |
$0.1 |
Recurring |
State
Road Fund: $9.98 per plate |
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$0.1 |
$0.1 |
Recurring |
*Local
Govts: $5.02
per plate |
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)
*Local
Government funds include distributions to various county general funds and
roads funds, municipal road uses, and
county and municipal general funds.
Relates to various specialty plates proposed by
the House and Senate.
Responses
Received From
Taxation
and Revenue Department (TRD)
State
Highway and Transportation Department (SHTD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of HTC Amendments
The House Transportation Committee amendments to
Senate Bill 549 focus on changing the request for developing a special license
plate for search and rescue members to providing for a standardized special
registration plate with a logo for search and rescue members. All references in the bill to the manufacture
of a special license plate for search and rescue members 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 search and rescue logo or any
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.
Amendments #8-11 address the fee for the search
and rescue plate with logo, along with its distribution. The fee is increased from $15
to $25, of which $10 is to be retained by the Motor Vehicle Division to defray
the costs of production and issuance of the search and rescue plate. The remaining $15 shall be paid to the
state treasurer for credit to the motor vehicle suspense fund for distribution
in accordance with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978.
Lastly, amendment #13 changes 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 Bill
Senate Bill 549 adds a
new section to the Motor Vehicle Code, Section 66-3-424 in order to create a
special design license plate for search and rescue member.
The effective date of
the provisions of this act is
Significant
Issues
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
According to SB 549,
the portion of the fee that MVD receives, $7.00, represents an amount to cover
the cost of the license plate.
Typically, all specialty license plate legislation designates $10 minimum
to cover the cost of production since the revenue must cover design, artwork,
sheeting and labor.
LFC could not obtain
the number of search and rescue members in the State of
RELATIONSHIP
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 464, Special Plates
for Retired State Police (duplicate of SB 210)
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
HB 635, Special Plates
for NM Fraternal Order of Police
HB 656, Special Plates
for Wildlife Artwork
HB 704, Special Plates
for Civil Air Patrol,
SB 197, License Plate for Active Duty Servicemen
SB 210, License Plates for Retired State Police (duplicate
of HB 464)
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 622, Special Plates for Retired NM National Guard
(duplicate of HB 602)
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