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New Mexico House Bill HB270

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28+HOUSE BILL 270
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30+TH LEGISLATURE
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35+OF
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39+MEXICO
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42+ FIRST SESSION
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45+2023
46+INTRODUCED BY
47+Harry Garcia
2848 AN ACT
29-RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; AMENDING SECTION 66-7-401 NMSA
30-1978 (BEING LAWS 1978, CHAPTER 35, SECTION 472) TO AUTHORIZE
31-THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION TO ISSUE ORDERS SUSPENDING OR
32-MODIFYING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR VEHICULAR SIZE, WEIGHT AND
33-LOAD PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 66, ARTICLE 7 NMSA 1978 FOR THE
34-DURATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL
35-LAW OR AN EMERGENCY DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO THE
36-EMERGENCY POWERS CODE; PROVIDING THAT THE ORDERS ARE REQUIRED
37-TO BE PUBLISHED ON THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S
38-WEBSITE.
49+RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; AMENDING SECTION 66-7-401 NMSA 1978
50+(BEING LAWS 1978, CHAPTER 35, SECTION 472) TO AUTHORIZE THE
51+SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION TO ISSUE ORDERS SUSPENDING OR
52+MODIFYING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR VEHICULAR SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD
53+PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 66, ARTICLE 7 NMSA 1978 FOR THE DURATION OF
54+A NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL LAW OR AN
55+EMERGENCY DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO THE EMERGENCY
56+POWERS CODE; PROVIDING THAT THE ORDERS ARE REQUIRED TO BE
57+PUBLISHED ON THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S WEBSITE.
3958 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
4059 SECTION 1. Section 66-7-401 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
4160 Chapter 35, Section 472) is amended to read:
42-"66-7-401. SCOPE AND EFFECT.--
61+"66-7-401. SCOPE AND EFFECT [OF ARTICLE ].--
4362 A. It is a misdemeanor for any person to drive or
44-move or for the owner, lessee or other person directing the
45-operation to cause or permit to be driven or moved on any
46-highway any vehicle of a size or weight exceeding the
47-limitations stated in Sections 66-7-401 through 66-7-416 NMSA
48-1978 or otherwise in violation of those sections, and the
49-maximum size and weight of vehicles herein specified shall be
50-lawful throughout this state, and local authorities shall
51-have no power or authority to alter the limitations except as HB 270
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78-express authority may be granted in Sections 66-7-401 through
79-66-7-416 NMSA 1978.
80-B. The provisions of Sections 66-7-401 through
81-66-7-416 NMSA 1978 governing size, weight and load shall not
82-apply to fire apparatus, road machinery engaged in highway
83-construction or maintenance or to implements of husbandry,
84-including farm tractors, temporarily moved upon a highway or
85-to a vehicle operated under the terms of a special permit
86-issued as herein provided.
90+move or for the owner, lessee or other person directing the
91+operation to cause or permit to be driven or moved on any
92+highway any vehicle [or vehicles ] of a size or weight exceeding
93+the limitations stated in Sections [64-7-401 through 64-7-416
94+NMSA 1953] 66-7-401 through 66-7-416 NMSA 1978 or otherwise in
95+violation of [said] those sections, and the maximum size and
96+weight of vehicles herein specified shall be lawful
97+[thoroughout] throughout this state, and local authorities
98+shall have no power or authority to alter [said ] the
99+limitations except as express authority may be granted in
100+[said] Sections 66-7-401 through 66-7-416 NMSA 1978 .
101+B. The provisions of Sections [64-7-401 through
102+64-7-416 NMSA 1953] 66-7-401 through 66-7-416 NMSA 1978
103+governing size, weight and load shall not apply to fire
104+apparatus, road machinery engaged in highway construction or
105+maintenance or to implements of husbandry, including farm
106+tractors, temporarily moved upon a highway or to a vehicle
107+operated under the terms of a special permit issued as herein
108+provided.
87109 C. Upon the declaration of a national emergency
88-pursuant to federal law or a declaration by the governor of
89-an emergency pursuant to the Emergency Powers Code, the
90-secretary of transportation may issue an order suspending or
91-modifying the requirements for vehicular size, weight and
92-load pursuant to Sections 66-7-401 through 66-7-416 NMSA 1978
93-for the duration of the emergency; provided that the order
94-shall be published on the department of transportation's
95-website."
110+pursuant to federal law or a declaration by the governor of an
111+emergency pursuant to the Emergency Powers Code, the secretary
112+of transportation may issue an order suspending or modifying
113+the requirements for vehicular size, weight and load pursuant
114+to Sections 66-7-401 through 66-7-416 NMSA 1978 for the
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143+duration of the emergency; provided that the order shall be
144+published on the department of transportation's website. "
96145 SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
97146 provisions of this act is July 1, 2023.
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