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AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF

STATE GOVERNMENT REGISTRATION PLATES.

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

Section 1. Section 66-3-28 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,

Chapter 119, Section 14, as amended) is amended to read:

"66-3-28. STATE GOVERNMENT REGISTRATION PLATES--

ISSUANCE APPROVED.--No state government registration plates

shall be provided to a state agency unless approved by the

transportation services division of the general services

department. As used in this section, "state agency" means a

state department, agency, board or commission except the

legislative and judicial branches, solid waste authorities,

irrigation districts, mutual domestic water associations,

conservancy districts, public schools and institutions of

higher education."

Section 2. Section 66-6-15 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,

Chapter 35, Section 350, as amended) is amended to read:

"66-6-15. VEHICLES OF THE STATE, COUNTY OR

MUNICIPALITY.--

A. Vehicles or trailers owned by and used in the

service of this state, an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo

located wholly or partly in this state or a county,

municipality, irrigation district, solid waste authority,

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mutual domestic water association or conservancy district of

this state need not be registered but must continually display

plates furnished by the division.

B. Vehicles on loan from dealers and used in an

approved driver-training program by the public schools need

not be registered but must continually display plates

furnished by the division.

C. A state department or agency, an Indian nation,

tribe or pueblo, a county or a municipality, an irrigation

district, solid waste authority, mutual domestic water

association or conservancy district shall apply to the

division for a plate for each vehicle or trailer in its

service and shall provide identifying information concerning

each vehicle or trailer for which a plate is applied for.

D. The division shall issue plates for vehicles

and trailers in the service of this state, an Indian nation,

tribe or pueblo located wholly or partly in this state or a

county or municipality, an irrigation district, solid waste

authority, mutual domestic water association or conservancy

district of this state and keep a record of plates issued and

plates returned. The plates shall be permanent and need not

be renewed from year to year. The plates shall be numbered to

identify the state department or agency, the Indian nation,

tribe or pueblo, the county or municipality, the irrigation

district, solid waste authority, mutual domestic water

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association or conservancy district to which the plates are

issued. The plates shall be the same size as registration

plates issued to private vehicles but shall be different in

color from the registration plates issued to private vehicles.

E. A vehicle or trailer owned by and used in the

service of the state need not be registered with the division

but shall continually display a plate furnished by the

transportation services division of the general services

department. A state agency shall apply to the transportation

services division of the general services department for a

plate for each vehicle or trailer in its service, including

identifying information for each vehicle or trailer. The

transportation services division of the general services

department shall issue plates for state agency vehicles and

trailers and shall keep a record of plates issued and plates

returned. These plates shall be:

(1) permanent and shall not be renewed from

year to year;

(2) numbered to identify the state agency to

which they are issued; and

(3) the same size as but a different color

from registration plates issued to private vehicles or

trailers or from plates issued pursuant to Subsection D of

this section.

F. As used in Subsection E of this section, "state

agency" means a state department, agency, board or commission,

including the legislative and judicial branches of government,

but not including public schools and institutions of higher

education."

Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the

provisions of this act is July 1, 2007.

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