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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Chavez
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/19/07
HB 1293
SHORT TITLE Disabled Persons Plates and Placards
SB
ANALYST Earnest
REVENUE (dollars in thousands)
Estimated Revenue
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
FY09
($4,471)
($4,651) Recurring General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Taxation and Revenue Department (TRD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 1293 amends section 66-3-16 of the Motor Vehicle Code to expand eligibility for
special registration plates to include all disabled persons. All disabled persons would be issued a
placard or a plate after submitting a written application to the Motor Vehicle Division of TRD.
Currently, eligibility for the special registration plate is limited to those who have suffered the
loss or loss-of-use of one or both legs and/or one or both arms. The bill also removes the
requirement that proof be provided by a physician, instead inserting language that a licensed
physician has “attested to" a severe mobility impairment.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
According to TRD, this bill would increase the number of persons eligible to receive the
exemption from motor vehicle excise tax (Section 7-14-6 (D) NMSA 1978). The fiscal impact
estimate represents 3.4 percent of total motor vehicle excise tax collections projected for FY
2008 & 2009. Approximately 70,000 New Mexicans currently hold handicapped parking
placards. Also removing the requirement that proof be provided by a licensed physician would
increase the probability of abuse and could have a greater impact on revenues from the motor
vehicle excise tax.