SENATE BILL 248

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

INTRODUCED BY

Clemente Sanchez

AN ACT

AMENDING THE DRIVING SCHOOL LICENSING ACT; REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PERSON HOLD A VALID NEW MEXICO OPERATOR'S OR CHAUFFEUR'S LICENSE TO QUALIFY TO BE A DRIVER EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 66-10-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967, Chapter 185, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:

     "66-10-4. QUALIFICATIONS OF DRIVER EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS.--Every person in order to qualify as an instructor for a driver education school shall meet the following requirements:

          A. possess qualifications as prescribed by the bureau;

          B. be physically able to operate safely a motor vehicle and to train others in the operation of motor vehicles;

          C. hold a valid [New Mexico] operator's or chauffeur's license; and

          D. pay to the bureau an annual license fee to be set by regulation of the bureau."

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