HOUSE BILL 164

51st legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2013

INTRODUCED BY

Eliseo Lee Alcon

AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; CLARIFYING THE USE OF CERTAIN SPEED LIMIT VIOLATIONS.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 66-7-302.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989, Chapter 318, Section 30 and also Laws 1989, Chapter 319, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:

     "66-7-302.1. SPEED LIMIT--CONVICTION--USE LIMITED.--

          A. The division shall not use a violation [under Paragraph (3) or (4) of Subsection A] of Section 66-7-301 NMSA 1978, where the posted speed limit is designated as fifty-five or sixty-five miles an hour, for the purpose of suspending or revoking a driver's license unless the driver was exceeding the speed of seventy-five miles an hour.

          B. An insurer shall not consider a violation [under Paragraph (3) or (4) of Subsection A] of Section 66-7-301 NMSA 1978, where the posted speed limit is designated as fifty-five or sixty-five miles an hour, as a moving traffic violation against a person unless the person was exceeding the speed of seventy-five miles an hour for the purpose of establishing rates of motor vehicle insurance charged by the insurer, [nor shall] and the insurer shall not cancel or refuse to renew any policy of insurance for such a violation."

     SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2013

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