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HOUSE BILL 148
57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Dayan Hochman-Vigil
AN ACT
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; ENACTING THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
ACT; PROVIDING SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OPERATION OF
AUTONOMOUS MOTOR VEHICLES ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS; REQUIRING THAT A
HUMAN OPERATOR BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT BEHIND THE WHEEL OF AN
OPERATING AUTONOMOUS MOTOR VEHICLE PRIOR TO 2036; PROVIDING
REQUIREMENTS FOR A HUMAN OPERATOR OF AN AUTONOMOUS MOTOR
VEHICLE; REQUIRING TESTING AND SAFETY PLANS; PROVIDING
AUTONOMOUS MOTOR VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS; LIMITING THE OPERATION
OF AUTONOMOUS COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS;
PROVIDING FOR AUTONOMOUS MOTOR VEHICLE INCIDENT REPORTING;
PROVIDING A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ENDORSEMENT FOR DRIVING
AN AUTONOMOUS COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE; ADDING INSURANCE
REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTONOMOUS MOTOR VEHICLES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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SECTION 1. Section 66-1-4.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990,
Chapter 120, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
"66-1-4.1. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Motor Vehicle
Code:
A. "abandoned vehicle" means a vehicle or motor
vehicle that has been determined by a New Mexico law
enforcement agency:
(1) to have been left unattended on either
public or private property for at least thirty days;
(2) not to have been reported stolen;
(3) not to have been claimed by any person
asserting ownership; and
(4) not to have been shown by normal record-
checking procedures to be owned by any person;
B. "access aisle" means a space designed to allow a
person with a significant mobility limitation to safely exit
and enter a motor vehicle that is immediately adjacent to a
designated parking space for persons with significant mobility
limitation and that may be common to two such parking spaces of
at least sixty inches in width or, if the parking space is
designed for van accessibility, ninety-six inches in width, and
clearly marked and maintained with blue striping and, after
January 1, 2011, the words "NO PARKING" in capital letters,
each of which shall be at least one foot high and at least two
inches wide, placed at the rear of the access aisle so as to be
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close to where an adjacent vehicle's rear tires would be
placed;
C. "actual empty weight" means the weight of a
vehicle without a load;
D. "additional place of business", for dealers and
auto recyclers, means locations in addition to an established
place of business as defined in Section 66-1-4.5 NMSA 1978 and
meeting all the requirements of an established place of
business, except Paragraph (5) of Subsection C of Section
66-1-4.5 NMSA 1978, but "additional place of business" does not
mean a location used solely for storage and that is not used
for wrecking, dismantling, sale or resale of vehicles;
E. "alcoholic beverages" means any and all
distilled or rectified spirits, potable alcohol, brandy,
whiskey, rum, gin, aromatic bitters or any similar alcoholic
beverage, including all blended or fermented beverages,
dilutions or mixtures of one or more of the foregoing
containing more than one-half percent alcohol but excluding
medicinal bitters;
F. "authorized emergency vehicle" means any fire
department vehicle, police vehicle and ambulance and any
emergency vehicles of municipal departments or public utilities
that are designated or authorized as emergency vehicles by the
director of the New Mexico state police division of the
department of public safety or local authorities;
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G. "autocycle" means a three-wheeled motorcycle on
which the driver and all passengers ride in a completely or
partially enclosed seating area and that is manufactured to
comply with all applicable federal standards, regulations and
laws and is equipped with:
(1) non-straddle seating;
(2) rollover protection;
(3) safety belts for all occupants;
(4) antilock brakes;
(5) a steering wheel; and
(6) pedals;
H. "automated driving system" means the hardware
and software that are collectively capable of performing the
entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis, regardless of
whether it is limited to a specific operational design domain;
"automated driving system" is used specifically to describe a
level three, four or five driving automation system as defined
in society of automotive engineers standard J3016, as published
in the Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to Driving
Automation Systems for On-Road Motor Vehicles;
I. "automated driving system manufacturer" means a
person or entity that originally manufactures a vehicle and
equips the vehicle with an automated driving system or, in the
case of a vehicle not equipped with an automated driving system
by its original manufacturer, a person or entity that converts
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the vehicle into an autonomous motor vehicle by equipping it
with an automated driving system;
[I.] J. "autonomous commercial motor vehicle" means
a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in Subsection J of
Section 66-1-4.3 NMSA 1978, that is being controlled by an
automated driving system;
K. "autonomous disengagement" means the
deactivation of a vehicle's automated driving system while it
is operating:
(1) because of a failure or error of the
automated driving system;
(2) when the safe operation of the vehicle
requires a driver or remote operator to take manual control of
the vehicle;
(3) when a human operator or an autonomous
motor vehicle operator is prompted to take control of the
vehicle; or
(4) in any other instance in which the
automated driving system is deactivated due to a malfunction,
degradation or inability of the automated driving system;
[J.] L. "autonomous motor vehicle" means a motor
vehicle that is being controlled by an automated driving
system;
[K.] M. "autonomous motor vehicle operator" means
the person who engages the automated driving system of an
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autonomous motor vehicle or autonomous commercial motor
vehicle;
[L.] N. "autonomous motor vehicle testing" or
"autonomous commercial motor vehicle testing" means activities
taken in full or in part to evaluate and assess:
(1) the automated driving system's performance
of the dynamic driving task; and
(2) the automated driving system's performance
with respect to applicable safety areas as defined by the
[federal] national highway traffic safety administration for
autonomous vehicle operations; [and ]
O. "autonomous vehicle incident" means a crash,
near-crash, collision with a vehicle, person or object,
near-collision, autonomous disengagement, traffic violation,
unplanned stop or other failure of an automated driving system;
and
[M.] P. "auto recycler" means a person engaged in
this state in an established business that includes acquiring
vehicles that are required to be registered under the Motor
Vehicle Code for the purpose of dismantling, wrecking,
shredding, compacting, crushing or otherwise destroying
vehicles for reclaimable parts or scrap material to sell."
SECTION 2. Section 66-1-4.5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990,
Chapter 120, Section 6, as amended) is amended to read:
"66-1-4.5. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Motor Vehicle
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Code:
A. "electric-assisted bicycle" means a vehicle
having two or three wheels, fully operable pedals and an
electric motor. Electric-assisted bicycles are classified as
follows:
(1) "class 1 electric-assisted bicycle" means
an electric-assisted bicycle equipped with a motor not
exceeding seven hundred fifty watts of power that provides
assistance only when the rider is pedaling and that ceases to
provide assistance when the bicycle reaches a speed of twenty
miles per hour;
(2) "class 2 electric-assisted bicycle" means
an electric-assisted bicycle equipped with a motor not
exceeding seven hundred fifty watts of power that provides
assistance regardless of whether the rider is pedaling but
ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches a speed
of twenty miles per hour; and
(3) "class 3 electric-assisted bicycle" means
an electric-assisted bicycle equipped with a motor not
exceeding seven hundred fifty watts of power that provides
assistance only when the rider is pedaling and that ceases to
provide assistance when the bicycle reaches a speed of twenty-
eight miles per hour;
B. "electric mobility device" means a two- or
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does not meet the definition of an electric-assisted bicycle
and is capable of exceeding a speed of twenty miles per hour on
motor power alone;
C. "electric personal assistive mobility device"
means a self-balancing device having two nontandem wheels
designed to transport a single person by means of an electric
propulsion system with an average power of one horsepower and
with a maximum speed on a paved level surface of less than
twenty miles per hour when powered solely by its propulsion
system and while being ridden by an operator who weighs one
hundred seventy pounds;
D. "electronic credential" means an electronic
extension of the department-issued physical credential that
conveys identity and driving privilege information;
E. "electronic credential system" means a digital
process that includes a method for loading electronic
credentials onto a device, issuing electronic credentials,
requesting and transmitting electronic credential data elements
and performing tasks to maintain the system;
F. "essential parts" means all integral and body
parts of a vehicle of a type required to be registered by the
provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code, the removal, alteration
or substitution of which would tend to conceal the identity of
the vehicle or substantially alter its appearance, model, type
or mode of operation;
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G. "established place of business", for a dealer or
auto recycler, means a place:
(1) devoted exclusively to the business for
which the dealer or auto recycler is licensed and related
business;
(2) identified by a prominently displayed sign
giving the dealer's or auto recycler's trade name used by the
business;
(3) of sufficient size or space to permit the
display of one or more vehicles or to permit the parking or
storing of vehicles to be dismantled or wrecked for recycling;
(4) on which there is located an enclosed
building on a permanent foundation, which building meets the
building requirements of the community and is large enough to
accommodate the office or offices of the dealer or auto
recycler and large enough to provide a safe place to keep the
books and records of the dealer or auto recycler;
(5) where the principal portion of the
business of the dealer or auto recycler is conducted and where
the books and records of the business are kept and maintained;
and
(6) where vehicle sales are of new vehicles
only, such as a department store or a franchisee of a
department store, as long as the department store or franchisee
keeps the books and records of its vehicle business in a
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general office location at its place of business; as used in
this paragraph, "department store" means a business that offers
a variety of merchandise other than vehicles, and sales of the
merchandise other than vehicles constitute at least eighty
percent of the gross sales of the business; [and ]
H. "evidence of financial responsibility" means
evidence of the ability to respond in damages for liability, on
account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date
of the evidence, arising out of the ownership, maintenance or
use of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under state
laws; and
[H.] I. "explosives" means any chemical compound or
mechanical mixture that is commonly used or intended for the
purpose of producing an explosion and that contains any
oxidizing and combustive units or other ingredients in such
proportions, quantities or packing that an ignition by fire,
friction, concussion, percussion or detonator of any part of
the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of
highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are
capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects
or of destroying life or limb."
SECTION 3. Section 66-1-4.8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990,
Chapter 120, Section 9, as amended) is amended to read:
"66-1-4.8. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Motor Vehicle
Code:
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A. "hazardous material" means a substance or
material in a quantity and form that may pose an unreasonable
risk to health, safety or property when transported in
commerce;
B. "highway" or "street" means every way or place
generally open to the use of the public as a matter of right
for the purpose of vehicular travel, even though it may be
temporarily closed or restricted for the purpose of
construction, maintenance, repair or reconstruction;
C. "historic or special interest vehicle" means a
vehicle of any age that, because of its significance, is being
collected, preserved, restored or maintained by a collector as
a leisure pursuit;
D. "horseless carriage" means a motor vehicle at
least thirty-five years old that is owned as a collector's item
and used solely for exhibition and educational purposes; [and ]
E. "house trailer" means a manufactured home; and
F. "human operator" means, with regard to an
autonomous motor vehicle, the person who is seated in the
driver's seat of the vehicle, or, if there is no person in the
driver's seat, the person who causes the automated driving
system to engage."
SECTION 4. A new section of the Motor Vehicle Code,
Section 66-3A-1 NMSA 1978, is enacted to read:
"66-3A-1. [NEW MATERIAL ] SHORT TITLE.--Chapter 66,
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Article 3A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Autonomous Vehicle
Act"."
SECTION 5. A new section of the Motor Vehicle Code,
Section 66-3A-2 NMSA 1978, is enacted to read:
"66-3A-2. [NEW MATERIAL ] OPERATION OF AUTONOMOUS MOTOR
VEHICLES--HUMAN OPERATOR--PROHIBITIONS--EXCEPTIONS.--
A. Prior to 2036, an autonomous motor vehicle shall
not be operated on a public highway in New Mexico unless a
human operator is physically present behind the steering wheel
of the vehicle, the human operator has the ability at all times
to take immediate control of the vehicle and the human
operator:
(1) has the proper driver's license
classification and all proper endorsements required for the
type of vehicle being operated, including, for an autonomous
commercial motor vehicle, a license endorsement authorizing
operation of such a vehicle pursuant to Paragraph (9) of
Subsection D of Section 66-5-65 NMSA 1978;
(2) is competent to operate the vehicle and
the automated driving system; and
(3) for an autonomous commercial motor
vehicle, is an employee, contractor or other person designated
by the automated driving system manufacturer.
B. An autonomous motor vehicle shall not be
operated in autonomous mode and a human operator shall take
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control of the vehicle:
(1) when the vehicle is required by law to
yield to an emergency vehicle or school bus;
(2) within a school zone or a construction
zone;
(3) within any area designated for parking at
a public park, playground, school, library, swimming facility
or other sports facility; or
(4) outside of the operating conditions
approved by the department of transportation in its statement
of approval issued pursuant to Subsection B of Section 66-3A-3
NMSA 1978.
C. The operation of an autonomous commercial motor
vehicle on a public highway in New Mexico is prohibited except
for the purposes of testing performed in accordance with the
requirements of the Autonomous Vehicle Act until and unless
operation for purposes other than testing has been approved by
rule of the national highway traffic safety administration."
SECTION 6. A new section of the Motor Vehicle Code,
Section 66-3A-3 NMSA 1978, is enacted to read:
"66-3A-3. [NEW MATERIAL ] AUTONOMOUS MOTOR VEHICLES--
REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATION ON PUBLIC HIGHWAY.--
A. An autonomous motor vehicle shall not be
operated on a public highway in New Mexico unless the owner,
operator or automated driving system manufacturer:
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(1) provides certification to the department
of transportation that the make and model of vehicle being
tested or operated has been operated in autonomous mode with
the same automated driving system for at least ten thousand
miles without incident and provide supporting data to the
department of transportation; and
(2) submits a plan that is approved by the
department of transportation in the manner and form required by
that department. In addition to any other requirements that
the department of transportation adopts by rule, the plan
shall:
(a) describe how the owner or operator
of the vehicle will minimize safety risks to other road users;
(b) describe the operating conditions
and geographical locations where the testing will be conducted;
and
(c) demonstrate that the vehicle is
capable of operating in those conditions with limited human
intervention.
B. The department of transportation shall review
plans submitted pursuant to pursuant to Paragraph (2) of
Subsection A of this section and issue a statement of approval
only upon a finding that the requirements of that paragraph
have been met and the operating conditions described in the
plan do not present an unreasonable risk of harm to pedestrians
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and other motorists."
SECTION 7. A new section of the Motor Vehicle Code,
Section 66-3A-4 NMSA 1978, is enacted to read:
"66-3A-4. [NEW MATERIAL ] AUTONOMOUS MOTOR VEHICLES--
VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS.--An autonomous motor vehicle shall not be
operated on a public highway in New Mexico unless the vehicle:
A. has a mechanism that records and stores data
from the vehicle's sensors, including sensors for the automated
driving system. On the occurrence of an autonomous vehicle
incident or a malfunction, error, failure or degraded state of
operation by the automated driving system, the mechanism shall
capture, store and preserve for three years the sensor data
starting at least thirty seconds before and capturing the
entirety of the autonomous vehicle incident or malfunction,
error, failure or degraded state of operation;
B. is equipped with an inward- and outward-facing
dashboard camera that automatically records video footage of
any autonomous vehicle incident and stores the footage for no
less than three years;
C. has a visual indicator in the cabin to indicate
when the automated driving system is engaged;
D. has a mechanism to safely alert the human
operator of a failure of the automated driving system;
E. allows the human operator of the vehicle to take
control of the vehicle in multiple, safe and simple manners;
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F. if the vehicle is an autonomous commercial motor
vehicle, has a valid department of transportation number and
current operating authority as a motor carrier to perform
testing of autonomous commercial motor vehicles. Any testing
of that vehicle shall be under that operating authority."
SECTION 8. Section 66-7-12 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2021,
Chapter 114, Section 7) is recompiled as Section 66-3A-5 NMSA
1978 and is amended to read:
"66-3A-5. AUTONOMOUS MOTOR VEHICLES--NOTIFICATION AND
REGULATION OF TESTING.--
A. Prior to testing an autonomous motor vehicle [or
an autonomous commercial motor vehicle ] on a public highway in
New Mexico, a person owning or operating [such a ] the motor
vehicle shall notify the department of transportation at least
five calendar days in advance of such operation on a form
provided by rule by the department of at least the following
information:
(1) the serial number and type of each motor
vehicle to be tested;
(2) the routes to be used by the motor
vehicles;
(3) the level of automated driving systems to
be used by the motor vehicles; and
(4) such additional information as may be
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required by the department of transportation by rule.
B. The department of transportation shall
promulgate rules regarding the notification and regulation
process provided for in Subsection A of this section, including
forms to be used and information to be submitted by operators
of autonomous motor vehicles and autonomous commercial motor
vehicles when testing such motor vehicles on public highways in
New Mexico."
SECTION 9. Section 66-7-13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2021,
Chapter 114, Section 8) is recompiled as Section 66-3A-6 NMSA
1978 and is amended to read:
"66-3A-6. AUTONOMOUS MOTOR VEHICLES--STANDARDS--LOCAL
REGULATION.--
A. Autonomous motor vehicles [and autonomous
commercial motor vehicles ] shall meet all applicable state and
federal motor vehicle safety standards and performance
requirements. Additionally, autonomous motor vehicles and
autonomous commercial motor vehicles shall [be capable of being
operated] at all times operate in compliance with applicable
traffic and motor vehicle laws in New Mexico.
B. With regard to an autonomous motor vehicle
operated in the state, the performance of a safety system
required by state or federal law or regulation or the overall
safety of the vehicle shall not be disabled or degraded.
[B.] C. No political subdivision of the state may,
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by ordinance, resolution or any other means, prohibit the
testing or operation of an autonomous motor vehicle or
autonomous commercial motor vehicle within the jurisdictional
boundaries of the political subdivision solely on the basis of
the motor vehicle being equipped with an automated driving
system."
SECTION 10. A new section of the Motor Vehicle Code,
Section 66-3A-7 NMSA 1978, is enacted to read:
"66-3A-7. [NEW MATERIAL ] AUTONOMOUS MOTOR VEHICLES--
COLLISION, INJURY OR DAMAGE--REPORTING--AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
INCIDENT.--
A. The owner or operator of an autonomous motor
vehicle shall submit a report to the department of
transportation on January 1 and July 1 of every year that
details all autonomous vehicle incidents by the vehicle. The
report shall include the total number of collisions, rate of
collisions, total employees, change in employees since the
owner or operator began operating an autonomous motor vehicle
and, for an autonomous vehicle incident:
(1) the date, time and location;
(2) the vehicle identification number or other
identifying information if a vehicle identification number is
not available;
(3) general facts and circumstances of the
incident, including the number of passengers, passenger
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interactions, injuries, property damage, road conditions,
traffic and weather conditions and interactions with other road
users or obstacles;
(4) a detailed narrative of the incident
written in language that a nontechnical person can reasonably
understand;
(5) information related to the performance of
the autonomous driving system, including whether it was engaged
during or in the thirty seconds prior to the automated vehicle
incident, any errors, failures, malfunctions or inabilities of
the automated driving system, whether an autonomous
disengagement occurred and telematics data;
(6) the specific traffic law violated, if any;
(7) the existence of any known video footage
of the incident, including footage captured pursuant to Section
66-3A-4 NMSA 1978, the footage of which shall be submitted with
the report; and
(8) other information required by the
department of transportation.
B. If an autonomous motor vehicle or autonomous
commercial motor vehicle is involved in a collision on a public
road that results in property damage, bodily injury to a person
or the death of a person, the owner or operator of the vehicle
shall report the collision to the department of transportation
within forty-eight hours of the collision.
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C. By December of each year beginning in 2026, the
department of transportation shall submit a report to the
interim legislative committee that studies transportation. The
report shall evaluate the performance and impact of autonomous
motor vehicles on public safety and employment, including a
summary of the autonomous disengagements, autonomous vehicle
incidents, impact on transportation sector employees and a
recommendation on whether the legislature should modify
autonomous motor vehicle statutes."
SECTION 11. Section 66-5-65 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
Chapter 14, Section 14, as amended) is amended to read:
"66-5-65. CLASSIFICATIONS--ENDORSEMENTS--RESTRICTIONS.--
A. Commercial driver's licenses may be issued with
the classifications, endorsements and restrictions enumerated
in Subsections B, C and D of this section, provided that the
applicant has passed the knowledge and skills test required by
the department. The holder of a valid commercial driver's
license may drive all vehicles in the class for which that
license is issued and all lesser classes of vehicles except
motorcycles and vehicles that require an endorsement, unless
the proper endorsement appears on the license.
B. The following classifications shall apply to
commercial driver's licenses:
(1) class A - any combination of vehicles with
a gross combination weight rating of more than twenty-six
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thousand pounds, if the gross vehicle weight rating of the
vehicle or vehicles being towed is in excess of ten thousand
pounds;
(2) class B - any single vehicle with a gross
vehicle weight rating of more than twenty-six thousand pounds
and any such vehicle towing a vehicle with a gross vehicle
weight rating of ten thousand pounds or less; and
(3) class C - any single vehicle or
combination of vehicles that does not meet either the
definition of Paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection but is:
(a) designed to transport sixteen or
more passengers, including the driver; or
(b) used in the transportation of
hazardous materials, which requires the vehicle to be placarded
under applicable law.
C. The secretary, by regulation, may provide for
classifications in addition to those set forth in Subsection B
of this section.
D. The following endorsements and restrictions
shall apply to commercial driver's licenses:
(1) "H" - authorizes driving a vehicle
transporting hazardous material;
(2) "L" - restricts the driver to vehicles not
equipped with airbrakes;
(3) "T" - authorizes driving a vehicle towing
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more than one trailer;
(4) "P" - authorizes driving vehicles, other
than school buses, carrying passengers;
(5) "N" - authorizes driving tank vehicles;
(6) "X" - represents a combination of the
hazardous material ("H") and tank vehicle ("N") endorsements;
(7) "S" - authorizes driving a school bus;
[and]
(8) "K" - restricts the driver to driving a
commercial motor vehicle in intrastate commerce only; and
(9) "AV" - authorizes driving an autonomous
commercial motor vehicle .
E. The department shall require an applicant
requesting a hazardous material ("H") endorsement to be subject
to a background check pursuant to the federal Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required
to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001. Information
received pursuant to a background check required by the federal
transportation security administration of the department of
homeland security shall be kept confidential and shall be
released only to the subject of the background check and the
division. Fees charged for the background check shall be borne
by the subject of the background check or by the employer.
F. The department shall promulgate rules governing
the prerequisites for an applicant to receive the endorsement
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authorized by Paragraph (9) of Subsection D of this section,
which shall, at minimum, include certification to the
department by an automated driving system manufacturer or the
manufacturer's designated representative that the applicant has
successfully completed a training course provided by that
manufacturer or the manufacturer's designated representative. "
SECTION 12. Section 66-5-208 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
Chapter 35, Section 282, as amended) is amended to read:
"66-5-208. EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY--AMOUNTS
AND CONDITIONS.--Evidence of financial responsibility [as used
in the Mandatory Financial Responsibility Act, means evidence
of the ability to respond in damages for liability, on account
of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of the
evidence, arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a
vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of New
Mexico] shall be in the following amounts:
A. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) because
of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident;
B. subject to this limit for one person, fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000) because of bodily injury to or death
of two or more persons in any one accident;
C. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) because of injury
to or destruction of property of others in any one accident;
[and]
D. if evidence is in the form of a surety bond or a
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cash deposit, the total amount shall be sixty thousand dollars
($60,000);
E. for an autonomous motor vehicle, one hundred
fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) because of death, bodily
injury and property damage; and
F. for an autonomous commercial motor vehicle, five
million dollars ($5,000,000) because of death, bodily injury
and property damage."
SECTION 13. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
provisions of this act is January 1, 2026.
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