SENATE BILL 447

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

INTRODUCED BY

Phil A. Griego

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS; CHANGING PROVISIONS OF THE MOTOR CARRIER ACT TO COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION ACT OF 2005; PRESCRIBING A PENALTY ASSESSMENT MISDEMEANOR FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER WITH A BASE STATE; PROVIDING FOR A CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE, WITH NOTIFICATION TO THE NEW MEXICO COMPILATION COMMISSION AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SERVICE.

 

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

     Section 1. Section 65-2A-16 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 359, Section 16) is amended to read:

     "65-2A-16. INTERSTATE MOTOR CARRIERS.--

          [A. A motor carrier engaged in interstate commerce shall not provide compensated interstate transportation of persons or property on the highways of this state without a single state registration receipt from a base state. The commission is authorized to issue single state registration receipts without notice or a public hearing.

          B. The commission is authorized to collect an annual per vehicle fee, enter into agreements with state agencies and other state governments and promulgate rules necessary to enable New Mexico to participate in the single state registration system or its successor system for interstate motor carriers either subject to regulation, or transporting commodities exempt from regulation, by the federal motor carrier safety administration pursuant to Section 4005 of the federal Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, and implementing regulations promulgated by the federal motor carrier safety administration.

          C. The commission shall require an application, proof of financial responsibility and a single state registration receipt showing that the annual per vehicle fee has been paid for New Mexico from an interstate motor carrier transporting commodities exempt from regulation by the federal motor carrier safety administration in interstate commerce on the highways of the state, but shall not require payment of duplicate annual per vehicle fees from an interstate motor carrier transporting both exempt and regulated commodities.]

          A. Foreign and domestic motor carriers, motor private carriers, leasing companies, brokers and freight forwarders shall not operate in interstate commerce in this state without first registering with a base state and paying all fees as required under the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005. The commission is authorized to register applicants and collect all fees without notice or a public hearing.

          B. The commission is authorized to follow rules and collect fee assessments set by the federal secretary of transportation from foreign and domestic motor carriers, motor private carriers, leasing companies, brokers and freight forwarders, and do all things necessary to enable New Mexico to participate in the federal unified carrier registration system pursuant to the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005, including the collection of an equal amount of revenue as was collected by the commission in the last registration year under Section 4005 of the federal Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and the collection of an equal amount of revenue annually from all other sources allowed under the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005 in the last year that such collections were not prohibited by federal law.

          C. The commission is the state agency in New Mexico responsible for operation of the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005, including participating in the development, implementation and administration of the unified carrier registration agreement. The commission is authorized to follow rules governing the unified carrier registration agreement issued under the unified carrier registration plan by its board of directors.

          D. Compliance by an interstate motor carrier with the provisions of the federal [Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991] Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005 shall not authorize a carrier to provide intrastate transportation services in New Mexico. An interstate motor carrier wishing to provide compensated transportation in intrastate commerce shall apply for the appropriate intrastate operating authority from the commission. A taxicab service or terminal shuttle service is engaged in nonexempt intrastate business within the state regardless of a prior exemption if its service provides, with regard to any service run, for both:

                (1) initiation of the transportation of one or more passengers within this state; and

                (2) delivery to a departure point within this state of one or more passengers whose transportation on that service run was initiated at a point within this state."

     Section 2. Section 66-8-116.2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989, Chapter 319, Section 13, as amended) is amended to read:

     "66-8-116.2. PENALTY ASSESSMENT MISDEMEANORS--MOTOR CARRIER ACT.--As used in the Motor Vehicle Code and the Motor Carrier Act, "penalty assessment misdemeanor" means, in addition to the definitions of that term in Sections 66-8-116 and 66-8-116.1 NMSA 1978, violation of the following listed sections of the NMSA 1978 for which the listed penalty is established:

          A. GENERAL

COMMON NAME OF OFFENSE SECTION VIOLATED PENALTY ASSESSMENT

Failure to register

  motor carrier               [65-1-12] 66-3-1.1    $100.00

Failure to carry

  identification card         65-1-26                 50.00

Failure to comply with

  public regulation

  commission rules and

  regulations                 [Section 7 of

                  the Motor Carrier Act] 65-2A-7       50.00

Failure to 

  carry single state 

  registration receipt issued

  by a base state              [Section 7 of

                  the Motor Carrier Act] 65-2A-7       50.00

Failure to register with

  a base state under the

  federal Unified Carrier

  Registration Act of 2005         65-2A-7              50.00

 Failure to stop at

  designated

  registration place           65-5-1                 100.00

Failure to obtain

  proper clearance

  certificates                65-5-3                 100.00.

         B. VEHICLE OUT-OF-SERVICE VIOLATIONS

COMMON NAME OF OFFENSE SECTION VIOLATED PENALTY ASSESSMENT

Absence of braking action     65-3-9                $100.00

Damaged brake lining or pads  65-3-9                  50.00

Loose or missing brake

  components                   65-3-12                100.00

Inoperable breakaway braking

  system                       65-3-12                 50.00

Defective or damaged brake

  tubing                       65-3-12                 50.00

Inoperative low pressure

  warning device               65-3-9                  50.00

Reservoir pressure not

  maintained                   65-3-12                100.00

Inoperative tractor

  protection valve             65-3-9                 100.00

Damaged or loose air

  compressor                   65-3-12                100.00

Audible air leak at brake

  chamber                      65-3-12                 50.00

Defective safety devices--

  chains or hooks              65-3-9                 100.00

Defective towing or coupling

  devices                      65-3-9                 100.00

Defective exhaust systems     65-3-9                  30.00

Frame defects--trailers       65-3-12                100.00

Frame defects--other          65-3-9                 100.00

Defective fuel systems        65-3-9                  50.00

Missing or inoperative

  lamps                        65-3-9                  25.00

Missing lamps on projecting

  loads                        65-3-9                  50.00

Missing or inoperative

  turn signal                  65-3-9                  25.00

Unsafe loading                65-3-8                 100.00

Excessive steering wheel

  play                         65-3-9                 100.00

Steering column defects       65-3-9                 100.00

Steering box or steering

  system defects               65-3-9                 100.00

Suspension system defects     65-3-9                  50.00

Defective springs or spring

  assembly                     65-3-9                  50.00

Defective tires--steering

  axle                         65-3-9                 100.00

Defective tires--other axles  65-3-9                  30.00

Defective wheels and rims     65-3-9                  50.00

Defective or missing

  windshield wipers            65-3-9                  30.00

Defective or inoperative

  emergency exit--bus          65-3-9                 100.00.

         C. DRIVER OUT-OF-SERVICE VIOLATIONS

COMMON NAME OF OFFENSE SECTION VIOLATED PENALTY ASSESSMENT

Driver's age                  65-3-7              $30.00

Driver not licensed for

  type of vehicle being

  operated                     65-3-7                  30.00

Failure to have valid

  commercial driver's license

  in possession                66-5-59                 30.00

No waiver of physical

  disqualification

  in possession                65-3-7                  30.00

Sickness or fatigue           65-3-8                 100.00

Driver disqualification       65-3-7                 500.00

Exceeding the 10-hour

  driving rule                 65-3-11                100.00

Exceeding the 15-hour on

  duty rule                    65-3-11                100.00

Exceeding the 60 hours in 7

  days on duty rule            65-3-11                100.00

Exceeding 70 hours in 8

  days on duty rule            65-3-11                100.00

False log book                65-3-11                100.00.

         D. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OUT-OF-SERVICE VIOLATIONS

COMMON NAME OF OFFENSE SECTION VIOLATED PENALTY ASSESSMENT

Placarding violations         65-3-13             $250.00

Cargo tank not meeting

  specifications               65-3-13                250.00

Internal valve operation

  violations                   65-3-13                250.00

Hazardous materials

  packaging violations         65-3-13                250.00

Insecure load--hazardous

  materials                    65-3-13                250.00

Shipping papers violations    65-3-13                 30.00

Shipment of forbidden

  combination of hazardous

  materials                    65-3-13                250.00

No hazardous waste manifest   65-3-13                 30.00

Bulk packaging marking

  violations                   65-3-13                 30.00

Cargo tank marking violations 65-3-13             30.00."

    Section 3. CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE--NOTIFICATION.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is January 1, 2007, unless congress or the United States department of transportation delays the implementation of the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005. If implementation of that act is delayed, the effective date of the provisions of this act will be the date determined by the federal government. The public regulation commission shall notify the New Mexico compilation commission and the legislative council service if the effective date of this act is delayed and when this act becomes effective.

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