0001| SENATE BILL 109 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| LEONARD LEE RAWSON | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| FOR THE REVENUE STABILIZATION AND TAX POLICY COMMITTEE | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSES AND IDENTIFICATION CARDS; | 0012| AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. Section 66-5-20 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, | 0016| Chapter 35, Section 242) is amended to read: | 0017| "66-5-20. ~[DUPLICATE]~ |REPLACEMENT| LICENSES.--In the | 0018| event that a permit or driver's license issued under the | 0019| provisions of this article is lost, stolen, mutilated or | 0020| destroyed, or in the event of a name ~[and]~ |or| address | 0021| change, the person to whom the ~[same]~ |permit or driver's | 0022| license| was issued may, upon payment of the required fee, | 0023| obtain a ~[duplicate or substitute thereof]~ |replacement| | 0024| upon furnishing proof |of age and identity| satisfactory to | 0025| the ~[division]~ |department. Any person who loses a permit | - 1 - 0001| or driver's license and who, after obtaining a replacement, | 0002| finds the original permit or driver's license, shall | 0003| immediately surrender the original permit or driver's license | 0004| to the department|." | 0005| Section 2. Section 66-5-47 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, | 0006| Chapter 35, Section 269, as amended) is amended to read: | 0007| "66-5-47. PHOTOGRAPHS--EVIDENCE OF APPLICANT'S AGE.-- | 0008| A. The ~[division]~ |department| shall reproduce | 0009| the likeness of drivers, subject to the following conditions: | 0010| (1) photographs or other reproductions of the | 0011| likeness of all persons shall show a full face or front view; | 0012| and | 0013| (2) photographs or other reproductions of the | 0014| likeness of all persons under the age of twenty-one years | 0015| shall have a printed legend, indicating that the person is | 0016| under twenty-one, which shall be displayed in such manner as | 0017| to be easily read by any person inspecting the license. | 0018| B. Each applicant for an initial license |or a | 0019| replacement license| shall produce evidence of the applicant's | 0020| age. Proof of an applicant's age shall be a birth | 0021| certificate, copy of a birth certificate, ~[a church record | 0022| purporting to show the date of birth and baptism, an | 0023| acknowledged copy of the church record]~ |a valid passport| or | 0024| other evidence which the ~[director]~ |secretary| deems | 0025| sufficient. The date of birth shown on any driver's license | - 2 - 0001| or any instruction permit issued by the ~[division]~ | 0002| |department| shall coincide with the date of birth shown on | 0003| the proof of the applicant's age." | 0004| Section 3. Section 66-5-401 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, | 0005| Chapter 35, Section 328, as amended) is amended to read: | 0006| "66-5-401. IDENTIFICATION CARDS.--Any person ~[thirteen | 0007| years of age or older]~ who does not have a valid New Mexico | 0008| driver's license may be issued an identification card by the | 0009| ~[division]~ |department| certified by the ~[registrant and | 0010| attested to by the division]~ |applicant| as to true name, | 0011| correct age and other identifying data as the ~[division]~ | 0012| |department| may require. Every application for an | 0013| identification card shall be signed |by the applicant or, in | 0014| the case of a minor, by the applicant's parent or guardian|. | 0015| The ~[director]~ |secretary| may, for good cause ~[shown]~, | 0016| revoke or deny the issuance of an identification card." | 0017| Section 4. Section 66-5-402 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, | 0018| Chapter 35, Section 329, as amended) is amended to read: | 0019| "66-5-402. PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR IDENTIFICATION CARDS.-- | 0020| The department shall issue an identification card only to: | 0021| A. a person who is a New Mexico resident and who | 0022| does not have a valid New Mexico driver's license and only | 0023| upon the furnishing of a birth certificate, ~[a certificate of | 0024| baptism]~ |a copy of a birth certificate, a valid passport| or | 0025| other evidence that the department deems sufficient as | - 3 - 0001| documentary evidence of the age and identity of the person; or | 0002| B. a person over age sixty-five who is a New | 0003| Mexico resident and who is surrendering a valid New Mexico | 0004| driver's license, which license shall be sufficient | 0005| documentary evidence of the age and identity of the person." | 0006| Section 5. Section 66-5-404 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, | 0007| Chapter 35, Section 331) is amended to read: | 0008| "66-5-404. DUPLICATE CARDS.--In the event an | 0009| identification card |issued pursuant to the provisions of | 0010| Section 66-5-402 NMSA 1978| is lost, |stolen|, destroyed |or| | 0011| mutilated or ~[a new name is acquired]~ |in the event of a | 0012| name or address change|, the person to whom ~[it]~ |the | 0013| identification card| was issued ~[shall]~ |may, upon payment | 0014| of the required fee|, obtain a ~[duplicate]~ |replacement| | 0015| upon furnishing satisfactory proof of ~[such fact]~ |age and | 0016| identity| to the ~[division and paying the required fee]~ | 0017| |department|. Any person who loses an identification card and | 0018| who, after obtaining a ~[duplicate]~ |replacement|, finds the | 0019| original card shall immediately surrender the original card to | 0020| the ~[division]~ |department|. The same documentary evidence | 0021| shall be furnished for a ~[duplicate]~ |replacement| as for an | 0022| original identification card." | 0023| Section 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the | 0024| provisions of this act is July 1, 1998. | 0025|  | - 4 -