HOUSE BILL 28

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2004

INTRODUCED BY

Jose A. Campos

AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES COMMEMORATING NEW MEXICO SCENIC BYWAYS; 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 SCENIC BYWAYS.--

          A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate with a logo as specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 commemorating New Mexico scenic byways.           B. The owner of a vehicle may apply for the issuance of a standardized special New Mexico scenic byways registration plate with a logo pursuant to the procedures of the division. The owner shall pay a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for initial issuance and the same fee for each subsequent year in which the owner wishes to retain and renew the special plate. The fee is in addition to regular applicable motor vehicle registration fees.

          C. The revenue from issuance of special New Mexico scenic byways registration plates shall be distributed as follows:

                (1) ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be retained by the division and is appropriated to the division for the manufacture and issuance of the registration plates; and

                (2) twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be distributed to the scenic byways program of the regional and metropolitan planning section of the transportation planning division of the department of transportation.

          D. The secretary shall approve the final logo design for the special registration plates for supporters of New Mexico scenic byways in accordance with New Mexico law."

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