SENATE BILL 185

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009

INTRODUCED BY

Mary Jane M. Garcia

AN ACT

RELATING TO SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES; PROVIDING FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF A PORTION OF SPECIAL PET CARE REGISTRATION PLATE FEES TO THE ANIMAL CARE AND FACILITY FUND; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE NMSA; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

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

     Section 1. Section 66-3-424.3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 175, Section 2) is amended to read:

     "66-3-424.3. SPECIAL PET CARE REGISTRATION PLATES.--

          A. The division shall issue a standardized pet care special registration plate with a logo specified in

Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating that the recipient supports pet care.

          B. The division, with the advice and consultation of animal control offices and animal shelters in communities around the state, shall determine the color and design of the pet care special registration logo and provide for its issuance.

          C. For a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, an owner of a motor vehicle may apply for the issuance of a pet care special registration plate. The owner of a motor vehicle shall apply and pay the fee each year that [he] the owner wishes to retain and renew [his] a pet care special registration plate.

          D. The revenue from the pet care special registration plates shall be distributed as follows:

                (1) ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee collected for each pet care special registration plate shall be retained by and is appropriated to the division for the manufacture and issuance of the registration plates; and

                (2) twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of the fee collected for each pet care special registration plate shall be paid to the state treasurer for credit to the [motor vehicle suspense fund for distribution in accordance with Section

66-6-23 NMSA 1978] animal care and facility fund."

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