SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 284

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR A SPECIAL ORGAN DONATION LICENSE PLATE; 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] SPECIAL ORGAN DONATION AWARENESS REGISTRATION PLATE--PROCEDURES--FEE.--

          A. The division shall establish and issue special registration plates pursuant to Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 with a logo promoting awareness about the urgent need for organ and tissue donation in New Mexico and shall adopt procedures for application for and issuance of the special organ donation awareness registration plates.

          B. The division shall determine the design of the logo for the organ donation awareness registration plate in consultation with New Mexico donor services and other organizations with the purpose of promoting organ and tissue donation and education.

          C. For a one-time fee of ten dollars ($10.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, an owner of a motor vehicle may apply for the issuance of a special organ donation awareness registration plate. Thereafter, the owner of the motor vehicle shall pay the regular motor vehicle registration fees each year to retain and renew the special organ donation awareness registration plate.

          D. Of the revenue from the special organ donation awareness registration plates, the ten-dollar ($10.00) 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." 

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