SENATE BILL 65

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

INTRODUCED BY

Phil A. Griego

ENDORSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; AMENDING MULTIPLE SECTIONS OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE CODE TO PROVIDE FOR AN ANNUAL DISABILITY FUND FEE IN ADDITION TO OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES TO ASSIST IN FUNDING DISABILITY-RELATED ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 66-6-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, Chapter 35, Section 336, as amended) is amended to read:

     "66-6-1. MOTORCYCLES--REGISTRATION FEES.--

          A. For the registration of motorcycles, the department shall collect the following fees for a twelve-month registration period:

                (1) for a motorcycle having not more than two wheels in contact with the ground, fifteen dollars ($15.00); and

                (2) for a motorcycle having three wheels in contact with the ground or having a sidecar, fifteen dollars ($15.00).

          B. In addition to other fees required by this section, the department shall collect for each motorcycle an annual tire recycling fee of one dollar ($1.00) for a twelve-month registration period.

          C. In addition to other fees required by this section, the department shall collect for each motorcycle an annual disability fund fee of five dollars ($5.00) for a twelve-month registration period. The division shall pay the fee it collects pursuant to this subsection to the state treasurer, who shall distribute four dollars ($4.00) of the fee to the disability fund and credit one dollar ($1.00) of the fee to the motor vehicle suspense fund, to be distributed in accordance with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978."

     SECTION 2. Section 66-6-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, Chapter 35, Section 337, as amended) is amended to read:

     "66-6-2. PASSENGER VEHICLES--REGISTRATION FEES.--For the registration of motor vehicles other than motorcycles, trucks, buses and tractors, the division shall collect the following fees for each twelve-month registration period:

          A. for a vehicle whose gross factory shipping weight is not more than two thousand pounds, twenty-seven dollars ($27.00); provided, however, that after five years of registration, calculated from the date when the vehicle was first registered in this or another state, the fee is twenty-one dollars ($21.00);

          B. for a vehicle whose gross factory shipping weight is more than two thousand but not more than three thousand pounds, thirty-nine dollars ($39.00); provided, however, that after five years of registration, calculated from the date when the vehicle was first registered in this or another state, the fee is thirty-one dollars ($31.00);

          C. for a vehicle whose gross factory shipping weight is more than three thousand pounds, fifty-six dollars ($56.00); provided, however, that after five years of registration, calculated from the date when the vehicle was first registered in this or another state, the fee is forty-five dollars ($45.00); [and]

          D. for a vehicle registered pursuant to the provisions of this section, a tire recycling fee of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50); and

          E. for a vehicle registered pursuant to the provisions of this section, an annual disability fund fee of five dollars ($5.00). The division shall pay the fee it collects pursuant to this subsection to the state treasurer, who shall distribute four dollars ($4.00) of the fee to the disability fund and credit one dollar ($1.00) of the fee to the motor vehicle suspense fund, to be distributed in accordance with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978."

     SECTION 3. Section 66-6-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, Chapter 35, Section 339, as amended) is amended to read:

     "66-6-4. REGISTRATION FEES--TRUCKS, TRUCK TRACTORS, ROAD TRACTORS AND BUSES.--

           A. Within their respective jurisdictions, the motor vehicle division, and the motor transportation division of the department of public safety, shall charge registration fees for trucks, truck tractors, road tractors and buses, except as otherwise provided by law, according to the schedule of Subsection B of this section.

           B. Declared Gross Weight              Fee

                001 to 4,000          $40

              4,001 to  6,000                     55

              6,001 to  8,000                    69

              8,001 to 10,000                    84

             10,001 to 12,000                     99

             12,001 to 14,000                    113

             14,001 to 16,000                    128

             16,001 to 18,000                    143

             18,001 to 20,000                    157

             20,001 to 22,000                    172

             22,001 to 24,000                    187

             24,001 to 26,000                    201

             26,001 to 48,000                    118

             48,001 and over                     172.

          C. All trucks whose declared gross weight or whose gross vehicle weight is less than twenty-six thousand pounds, after five years of registration, calculated from the date when the vehicle was first registered in this or another state, shall be charged registration fees at eighty percent of the rate set out in Subsection B of this section.

          D. All trucks with a gross vehicle weight of more than twenty-six thousand pounds and all truck tractors and road tractors used to tow freight trailers shall be registered on the basis of gross combination vehicle weight.

          E. All trucks with a gross vehicle weight of twenty-six thousand pounds or less shall be registered on the basis of gross vehicle weight. A trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer towed by a truck of such gross vehicle weight shall be classified as a utility trailer for registration purposes unless otherwise provided by law.

          F. All farm vehicles having a declared gross weight of more than six thousand pounds shall be charged registration fees of two-thirds of the rate of the respective fees provided in this section and shall be issued distinctive registration plates. "Farm vehicle" means a vehicle owned by a person whose principal occupation is farming or ranching and which vehicle is used principally in the transportation of farm and ranch products to market and farm and ranch supplies and livestock from the place of purchase to farms and ranches in this state; provided that the vehicle is not used for hire.

          G. In addition to other registration fees imposed by this section, beginning July 1, 1994, an annual tire recycling fee of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) is imposed at the time of registration on each vehicle subject to a registration fee pursuant to this section, except for vehicles with a declared gross weight of greater than twenty-six thousand pounds upon which registration fees are imposed by Subsection B of this section.

          H. Three percent of registration fees of trucks having from twenty-six thousand one pounds to forty-eight thousand pounds declared gross vehicle weight is to be transferred to the recycling and illegal dumping fund pursuant to the provisions of Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978.

          I. Three and seventy-five hundredths percent of registration fees of trucks in excess of forty-eight thousand pounds declared gross vehicle weight is to be transferred to the recycling and illegal dumping fund pursuant to the provisions of Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978.

          J. In addition to other registration fees imposed by this section, an annual disability fund fee of five dollars ($5.00) is imposed at the time of registration on each vehicle subject to a registration fee pursuant to this section. The division shall pay the fee it collects pursuant to this subsection to the state treasurer, who shall distribute four dollars ($4.00) of the fee to the disability fund and credit one dollar ($1.00) of the fee to the motor vehicle suspense fund, to be distributed in accordance with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978."

     SECTION 4. Section 66-6-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, Chapter 35, Section 340, as amended) is amended to read:

     "66-6-5. BUS REGISTRATION FEES.--

          A. All buses shall pay the registration fees provided in Section 66-6-4 NMSA 1978, except for school buses and buses operated by religious or nonprofit charitable organizations for the express purpose of the organization for which the annual registration fee is seven dollars ($7.00).

          B. In addition to other registration fees imposed by this section, beginning July 1, 1994, there is imposed at the time of registration an annual tire recycling fee of fifty cents ($.50) per wheel that is in contact with the ground on each vehicle subject to a registration fee pursuant to this section.

          C. In addition to other registration fees imposed by this section, an annual disability fund fee of five dollars ($5.00) is imposed at the time of registration on each bus subject to a registration fee pursuant to this section. The division shall pay the fee it collects pursuant to this subsection to the state treasurer, who shall distribute four dollars ($4.00) of the fee to the disability fund and credit one dollar ($1.00) of the fee to the motor vehicle suspense fund, to be distributed in accordance with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978."

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