HOUSE BILL 420

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2011

INTRODUCED BY

Richard D. Vigil

AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR A SPECIAL WEST LAS VEGAS SCHOOLS 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:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] SPECIAL WEST LAS VEGAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS REGISTRATION PLATE.--

          A. The division shall issue a standardized special registration plate with a logo specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating support for west Las Vegas public schools.

          B. For a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, the owner of a vehicle may apply for the issuance of a special west Las Vegas public schools registration plate. The owner shall apply and pay the fee each year to retain and renew the special west Las Vegas public schools registration plate.

          C. Revenue from the additional fee for the special west Las Vegas public schools registration plate shall be distributed as follows:

                (1) ten dollars ($10.00) of the additional fee collected shall be retained by and is appropriated to the department to defray the cost of making and issuing the special registration plate with the west Las Vegas public schools logo; and

                (2) twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of the additional fee shall be distributed to and is appropriated to the west Las Vegas schools education foundation."

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