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AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; DESIGNATING A SPECIAL CITY OF LAS

CRUCES REGISTRATION PLATE; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

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

Section 1. A new section of the Motor Vehicle Code is

enacted to read:

"SPECIAL CITY OF LAS CRUCES REGISTRATION PLATE--

PROCEDURES--FEE--APPROPRIATION.--

A. The department shall issue standardized special

"City of Las Cruces" registration plates with a logo pursuant

to Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating that the recipient is

a resident of the city of Las Cruces and shall adopt

procedures for application for and issuance of the special

City of Las Cruces registration plate. The secretary shall

approve the final logo design for the special City of Las

Cruces registration plate.

B. The owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident

of the city of Las Cruces may apply for the issuance of a

special registration plate as provided in Subsection A of this

section. The owner shall pay a fee of thirty-five dollars

($35.00) for the initial issuance of a special City of Las

Cruces registration plate and the same fee for each subsequent

year in which the owner wishes to retain and renew the special

City of Las Cruces registration plate. The fee specified in

this section is in addition to regular applicable motor

vehicle registration fees. No two owners shall be issued

identically lettered or numbered plates.

C. The revenue from the special City of Las Cruces

registration plate fee imposed by Subsection B of this section

shall be distributed as follows:

(1) ten dollars ($10.00) 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) twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of the fee

collected for each registration plate shall be paid to the

state treasurer and is appropriated to the city of Las Cruces

recreation fund 2130.

D. When a person holding a special City of Las

Cruces registration plate ceases to reside in Las Cruces, that

person shall immediately remove the special City of Las Cruces

registration plate from the vehicle and return it to the

department, at which time it shall be exchanged for a regular

registration plate."

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