New Mexico 2023 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB271 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE BILL 271
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42	42	FIRST SESSION
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45	45	2023
46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Joseph L. Sanchez
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; AMENDING SECTION 66-7-207 NMSA 1978
50	50	(BEING LAWS 1978, CHAPTER 35, SECTION 396, AS AMENDED); RAISING
51	51	THE APPARENT DAMAGE AMOUNT FOR A VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT REQUIRES
52	52	A WRITTEN REPORT OF THE ACCIDENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
53	53	TRANSPORTATION FROM FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500) TO ONE THOUSAND
54	54	DOLLARS ($1,000).
55	55	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
56	56	SECTION 1. Section 66-7-207 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
57	57	Chapter 35, Section 396, as amended) is amended to read:
58	58	"66-7-207. WRITTEN REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS.--
59	59	A. The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident
60	60	resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person or total
61	61	property damage to an apparent extent of [five hundred dollars
62	62	($500)] one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more shall, within
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90	90	five days after the accident, forward a written report of the
91	91	accident to the department of transportation.
92	92	B. The department of transportation may require any
93	93	driver of a vehicle involved in an accident of which report
94	94	must be made as provided in this section to file supplemental
95	95	reports whenever the original report is insufficient in the
96	96	opinion of the department of transportation and may require
97	97	witnesses of accidents to render reports concerning the
98	98	accidents to the department of transportation.
99	99	C. Every law enforcement officer who, in the
100	100	regular course of duty, investigates a motor vehicle accident
101	101	of which report must be made as required in this section,
102	102	either at the time of and at the scene of the accident or
103	103	thereafter by interviewing participants or witnesses, shall,
104	104	within twenty-four hours after completing the investigation,
105	105	forward a written report of the accident to the department of
106	106	transportation. A law enforcement officer shall also, within
107	107	twenty-four hours after completing the investigation, forward
108	108	the written report of the accident to the motor transportation
109	109	division of the department of public safety if the accident
110	110	involves a commercial motor vehicle and results in:
111	111	(1) bodily injury to any person and the person
112	112	is transported to a medical facility for immediate medical
113	113	attention;
114	114	(2) the death of any person; or
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143	143	(3) any vehicle involved in the accident being
144	144	towed from the scene due to disabling damage caused by the
145	145	accident."
146	146	SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
147	147	provisions of this act is July 1, 2023.
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