0001| SENATE BILL 338 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| MICHAEL S. SANCHEZ | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; REQUIRING THE ISSUANCE OF DRIVER'S | 0012| LICENSES BY MAIL; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. Section 66-5-21 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, | 0016| Chapter 35, Section 243, as amended) is amended to read: | 0017| "66-5-21. EXPIRATION OF LICENSE--FOUR-YEAR ISSUANCE | 0018| PERIOD.--All driver's licenses shall be issued for a period of | 0019| four years, except those provided for in Section 66-5-19 NMSA | 0020| 1978 and as otherwise provided in Section 66-5-67 NMSA 1978, | 0021| and each license shall expire thirty days after the | 0022| applicant's birthday in the fourth year after the effective | 0023| date of the license. A license issued pursuant to Section | 0024| 66-5-19 NMSA 1978 shall expire thirty days after the | 0025| applicant's birthday in the year in which the license expires. |