0001| HOUSE BILL 288 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| PATSY TRUJILLO KNAUER | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR DEFENSIVE DRIVING | 0012| TRAINING IN LIEU OF CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THE MOTOR | 0013| VEHICLE CODE. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 66-8-116 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, | 0017| Chapter 35, Section 524, as amended) is amended to read: | 0018| "66-8-116. PENALTY ASSESSMENT MISDEMEANORS-- | 0019| DEFINITION--SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS--DEFENSIVE DRIVING | 0020| SCHOOL--ELIGIBILITY.-- | 0021| A. As used in the Motor Vehicle Code, "penalty | 0022| assessment misdemeanor" means violation of any of the | 0023| following listed sections of the NMSA 1978 for which the | 0024| listed penalty assessment is established: | 0025| COMMON NAME OF OFFENSE SECTION VIOLATED PENALTY ASSESSMENT | - 1 - 0001| Permitting unlicensed | 0002| minor to drive 66-5-40 $ 10.00 | 0003| Failure to obey sign 66-7-104 10.00 | 0004| Failure to obey signal 66-7-105 10.00 | 0005| Speeding 66-7-301 | 0006| (1) up to | 0007| and including ten | 0008| miles an hour | 0009| over speed limit 15.00 | 0010| (2) from eleven up to | 0011| and including fifteen | 0012| miles an hour | 0013| over speed limit 30.00 | 0014| (3) from sixteen up to | 0015| and including twenty | 0016| miles an hour over | 0017| speed limit 65.00 | 0018| (4) from twenty-one up to | 0019| and including twenty-five | 0020| miles an hour | 0021| over speed limit 100.00 | 0022| (5) from twenty-six up to | 0023| and including thirty | 0024| miles an hour over the | 0025| speed limit 125.00 | - 2 - 0001| (6) from thirty-one up to | 0002| and including thirty-five | 0003| miles an hour over the | 0004| speed limit 150.00 | 0005| (7) more than thirty-five | 0006| miles an hour over the | 0007| speed limit 200.00 | 0008| Unfastened safety belt 66-7-372 25.00 | 0009| Child not in restraint device | 0010| or seat belt 66-7-369 25.00 | 0011| Minimum speed 66-7-305 10.00 | 0012| Speeding 66-7-306 15.00 | 0013| Improper starting 66-7-324 10.00 | 0014| Improper backing 66-7-354 10.00 | 0015| Improper lane 66-7-308 10.00 | 0016| Improper lane 66-7-313 10.00 | 0017| Improper lane 66-7-316 10.00 | 0018| Improper lane 66-7-317 10.00 | 0019| Improper lane 66-7-319 10.00 | 0020| Improper passing 66-7-309 through 66-7-312 10.00 | 0021| Improper passing 66-7-315 10.00 | 0022| Controlled access | 0023| violation 66-7-320 10.00 | 0024| Controlled access | 0025| violation 66-7-321 10.00 | - 3 - 0001| Improper turning 66-7-322 10.00 | 0002| Improper turning 66-7-323 10.00 | 0003| Improper turning 66-7-325 10.00 | 0004| Following too closely 66-7-318 10.00 | 0005| Failure to yield 66-7-328 through 66-7-332 10.00 | 0006| Failure to yield 66-7-332.1 25.00 | 0007| Pedestrian violation 66-7-333 10.00 | 0008| Pedestrian violation 66-7-340 10.00 | 0009| Failure to stop 66-7-341 through 66-7-346 10.00 | 0010| Passing school bus 66-7-347 100.00 | 0011| Failure to signal 66-7-325 through 66-7-327 10.00 | 0012| Failure to secure load 66-7-407 100.00 | 0013| Operation without oversize- | 0014| overweight permit 66-7-413 50.00 | 0015| Improper equipment 66-3-801 10.00 | 0016| Improper equipment 66-3-901 20.00 | 0017| Improper emergency | 0018| signal 66-3-853 through 66-3-857 10.00 | 0019| Operation interference 66-7-357 5.00 | 0020| Litterbugging 30-8-4 50.00 | 0021| Litterbugging 30-8-10 100.00 | 0022| Litterbugging 66-7-364 100.00 | 0023| Improper parking 66-7-349 through | 0024| 66-7-352 and 66-7-353 5.00 | 0025| Improper parking 66-7-352.5 50.00 | - 4 - 0001| Improper parking 66-3-852 5.00 | 0002| Failure to dim lights 66-3-831 10.00 | 0003| Riding in or towing | 0004| occupied house trailer 66-7-366 5.00 | 0005| Improper opening of doors 66-7-367 5.00 | 0006| No slow-moving vehicle | 0007| emblem or flashing | 0008| amber light 66-3-887 5.00 | 0009| Open container--first | 0010| violation 66-8-138 25.00. | 0011| B. The term "penalty assessment misdemeanor" does | 0012| not include any violation that has caused or contributed to | 0013| the cause of an accident resulting in injury or death to any | 0014| person. | 0015| C. When an alleged violator of a penalty | 0016| assessment misdemeanor elects to accept a notice to appear in | 0017| lieu of a notice of penalty assessment, no fine imposed upon | 0018| later conviction shall exceed the penalty assessment | 0019| established for the particular penalty assessment misdemeanor | 0020| and no probation imposed upon a suspended or deferred sentence | 0021| shall exceed ninety days. | 0022| D. A court shall allow an individual who is | 0023| issued a citation for a civil traffic violation pursuant to | 0024| this section to attend a defensive driving school in lieu of | 0025| the civil penalties provided in this section. A person who | - 5 - 0001| attends a defensive driving school pursuant to this section is | 0002| not eligible at attend a defensive driving school again within | 0003| twenty-four months from the day of the last violation for | 0004| which the person was authorized by this section to attend a | 0005| defensive driving school. A person who commits a civil or | 0006| criminal traffic violation resulting in death or serious | 0007| physical injury is not eligible to attend a defensive driving | 0008| school, except that the court may order the individual to | 0009| attend a defensive driving school in addition to another | 0010| sentence imposed by the court on an adjudication or admission | 0011| of the traffic violation." | 0012| |