SENATE BILL 255

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006

INTRODUCED BY

Mary Jane M. Garcia

AN ACT

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL MOTOR CARRIER VEHICLES; CREATING FEE-FREE ZONES NEAR THE MEXICO BORDER.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. A new section of the Trip Tax Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] EXEMPTION FROM TAX.--Exempted from imposition of the trip tax is the use of the highways of this state by commercial motor carrier vehicles that operate within ten miles of a border crossing with Mexico."

     Section 2. Section 7-15A-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1988, Chapter 73, Section 32) is amended to read:

     "7-15A-5. EXEMPTION FROM TAX.--Exempted from imposition of the weight distance tax is the use of the highways of this state by:

          A. school buses;

          B. buses used exclusively for the transportation of agricultural laborers; [and]

          C. buses operated by religious or nonprofit charitable organizations; and

          D. commercial motor carrier vehicles as defined in Subsection B of Section 7-15-2.1 NMSA 1978 that cross into this state from Mexico and operate in this state only within ten miles of a border crossing with Mexico."

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