HOUSE BILL 36

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017

INTRODUCED BY

Alonzo Baldonado

AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE FOR SUPPORTERS OF THE FAMILIES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

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

     SECTION 1. A new section of the Motor Vehicle Code is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] SPECIAL NEW MEXICO FALLEN OFFICER FAMILY SUPPORT REGISTRATION PLATE.--

          A. The department shall issue a standardized special fallen officer family support registration plate with a logo specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating that the recipient supports the families of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty.

           B. For a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, a motor vehicle owner who supports the families of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty may apply for the issuance of a special registration plate as provided in Subsection A of this section. No two owners shall be issued identically lettered or numbered registration plates.         C. The twenty-five-dollar ($25.00) fee provided in Subsection B of this section shall be waived for each registration period in which a validating sticker is issued under the provisions of Section 66-3-17 NMSA 1978 in lieu of the issuance of a special fallen officer family support registration plate.

          D. The revenue from the special fallen officer family support registration plate fee imposed by Subsection B of this section shall be distributed as follows:

                (1) ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be retained by the department and is appropriated to the department for the manufacture and issuance of the registration plates; and

                (2) twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be paid to the state treasurer for credit to the peace officers', New Mexico mounted patrol members' and reserve police officers' survivors fund for distribution pursuant to the Peace Officers', New Mexico Mounted Patrol Members' and Reserve Police Officers' Survivors Supplemental Benefits Act."

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