FIFTY-SECOND LEGISLATURESB 52/a
FIRST SESSION, 2015
February 13, 2015
Mr. President:
Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
SENATE BILL 52
has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
1. On page 1, line 12, before the period, insert "; EXPANDING WHEN THE STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION OR LOCAL AUTHORITIES MAY RESTRICT RIGHT TO USE STREETS".
2. On page 1, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following new section:
"SECTION 1. Section 66-7-415 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1955, Chapter 37, Section 12, as amended) is amended to read:
"66-7-415. WHEN THE STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION OR LOCAL AUTHORITIES MAY RESTRICT RIGHT TO USE STREETS.--
A. Local authorities, with respect to streets under their jurisdiction, may also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles or may impose limitations as to [the] size or weight [thereof], on designated streets in areas that are primarily residential or that pass by educational or medical facilities or on streets that are not designed or constructed for heavy weight vehicles, which prohibitions and limitations shall be designated by appropriate signs placed on [such] the street.
B. The local authority enacting an ordinance or resolution shall erect or cause to be erected and maintained signs designating the provisions of the ordinance or resolution at each end of that portion of [any] the street affected, and the ordinance or resolution shall not be effective [unless and] until [such] signs are erected and maintained and notice [thereof] given in writing to the nearest officer or employee of the motor transportation division of the department of public safety authorized to issue special permits.
C. The state transportation commission shall likewise have authority, as granted to local authorities in Subsections A and B of this section, to determine by resolution and to impose restrictions as to the size and weight of vehicles operated upon any highways under the jurisdiction of the commission, and such restrictions shall be effective [on and after] upon the passage of a resolution and when signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the highway or portion of any highway affected by [such] the resolution. The commission shall deliver a copy of all restrictions adopted by it to the motor transportation division of the department of public safety."".
3. Renumber the succeeding section accordingly.
4. On page 8, line 16, after "within", insert:
"six miles of the port of entry at the border with Mexico at Santa Teresa or within a circular quadrant starting at that port of entry with an east boundary line running due north twelve miles from the Santa Teresa port of entry to a point, then along an arc to the west with a twelve-mile radius and central angle of approximately ninety degrees to a point on the international boundary with Mexico, then returning due east twelve miles to the starting point at that port of entry, and"
5. On page 8, line 17 strike "a port" and insert in lieu thereof "other ports".
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Gerald Ortiz y Pino, Chairman
Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
(Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
Date ________________________
The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against
Yes: 8
No: 0
Excused: None
Absent: None
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