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HOUSE BILL 480
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
OF
NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Gail Armstrong
AN ACT
RELATING TO LICENSE PLATES; CREATING A SUICIDE PREVENTION
SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE; ALLOWING FOR THE CESSATION OF
SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE ISSUANCE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; MAKING
AN APPROPRIATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of Chapter 66, Article 3 NMSA
1978 is enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] SUICIDE PREVENTION SPECIAL REGISTRATION
PLATE.--
A. Beginning January 1, 2026, the division shall
issue a standardized special registration plate with a logo
designed as specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 to express
support for suicide prevention.
B. For a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00), which
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shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration
fees, a motor vehicle owner may apply for issuance of a suicide
prevention special registration plate. The owner shall pay a
renewal fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) each year to retain and
renew the special registration plate.
C. Revenue from the fees imposed by Subsection B of
this section shall be distributed as follows:
(1) twelve dollars ($12.00) of the initial fee
collected for each registration plate shall be retained by the
department and is appropriated to the department for the
manufacture and issuance of the special registration plates;
and
(2) the remaining portion of the initial fee
and the entire renewal fee collected for each registration
plate shall be distributed to and is appropriated to the
behavioral health services division of the health care
authority to support suicide prevention efforts.
D. Beginning on July 1, 2031, and on July 1 of each
subsequent year, the department may compare the number of
suicide prevention special registration plates issued and
renewed in the previous fiscal year with the average number of
such plates issued and renewed annually between fiscal years
2026 through 2031. If the department determines that the
number of suicide prevention special registration plates issued
and renewed in the previous fiscal year is less than fifty
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percent of the average number of the plates issued and renewed
annually between fiscal years 2026 through 2031, the department
may stop issuing those special registration plates."
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