SENATE BILL 219

51st legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2014

INTRODUCED BY

William E. Sharer

AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; REVISING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING PROVISIONS.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 66-4-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, Chapter 35, Section 222) is amended to read:

     "66-4-9. [PENALTY FOR] PENALTIES--LICENSING PROVISIONS-- DESTROYING OR DISMANTLING IN VIOLATION OF THE ACT.--

          A. Any person violating any provision of Sections [64-3-119 and 64-3-121, 64-3-123 through 64-3-125 and 64-4-1 through 64-4-9 NMSA 1953] 66-3-119, 66-3-121, 66-3-123 through 66-3-125, 66-4-1.1 and 66-4-3 through 66-4-5 NMSA 1978 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of three hundred dollars ($300) or by imprisonment for not less than thirty days or both. [B.] The penalty upon second conviction of [such offense shall be] a violation of any provision of those sections is that provided for a fourth degree felony.

          B. A person who violates any provision of Sections 66-4-1, 66-4-2, 66-4-2.2, 66-4-6 and 66-4-7 NMSA 1978 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for not less than thirty days, or both. The penalty upon second conviction of a violation of any provision of those sections is that provided for a fourth degree felony or a fine of five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both. The penalty upon third or subsequent conviction of a violation of any provision of those sections is that provided for a second degree felony or a fine of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both, and the person's dealer license shall be permanently revoked."

     SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2014.

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