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AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; ENACTING NEW SECTIONS OF CHAPTER

66, ARTICLE 3 NMSA 1978 TO PROVIDE FOR SPECIAL MOTOR VEHICLE

AND MOTORCYCLE REGISTRATION PLATES FOR WOMEN ARMED FORCES

VETERANS.

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

Section 1. A new section of Chapter 66, Article 3 NMSA

1978 is enacted to read:

"SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES FOR WOMEN ARMED FORCES

VETERANS.--

A. The department shall issue the distinctive

registration plate, "Women Veterans Serve Proudly", indicating

that the recipient is a woman veteran of the armed forces of

the United States, as defined in Section 9-22-3 NMSA 1978, or

is retired from the national guard or military reserves, if

that person submits proof satisfactory to the department of

honorable discharge from the armed forces or of retirement

from the national guard or military reserves.

B. For a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00), which

shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration

fees, any motor vehicle owner who is a woman veteran of the

armed forces of the United States or is retired from the

national guard or military reserves may apply for the issuance

of a special registration plate as defined in Subsection A of

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this section. No two owners shall be issued identically

lettered or numbered plates.

C. The fifteen-dollar ($15.00) fee provided in

Subsection B of this section shall be waived for each

registration period in which a validating sticker is issued

under the provisions of Section 66-3-17 NMSA 1978, in lieu of

the issuance of a special woman armed forces veteran plate.

D.

The revenue from the special registration

plates for the women armed forces veteran fee imposed by

Subsection B of this section shall be distributed as follows:

(1) seven dollars ($7.00) of the fee

collected for each registration plate shall be retained by the

department and is appropriated to the department for the

manufacture and issuance of the registration plates; and

(2) eight dollars ($8.00) of the fee

collected for each registration plate shall be transferred to

the state treasurer for credit to the armed forces veterans

license fund."

Section 2. A new section of Chapter 66, Article 3

NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

"SPECIAL MOTORCYCLE REGISTRATION PLATES FOR WOMEN ARMED

FORCES VETERANS.--

A. The department shall issue distinctive

motorcycle registration plates indicating that the recipient

is a woman veteran of the armed forces of the United States,

as defined in Section 9-22-3 NMSA 1978, or is retired from the

national guard or military reserves, if that person submits

proof satisfactory to the department of honorable discharge

from the armed forces or of retirement from the national guard

or military reserves.

B. For a fee of seven dollars ($7.00), which shall

be in addition to the regular motorcycle registration fees,

any motorcycle owner who is a woman veteran of the armed

forces of the United States or is retired from the national

guard or military reserves may apply for the issuance of a

special motorcycle registration plate as defined in Subsection

A of this section. No two owners shall be issued identically

lettered or numbered plates.

C. An owner shall make a new application and pay a

new fee for each year the owner desires to obtain a special

motorcycle registration plate. The owner will have first

priority on that plate for each subsequent year that the owner

makes a timely and appropriate application."

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

provision of this act is July 1, 2008.

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