New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico Senate Bill SB128 Compare Versions

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28	28	SENATE BILL 128
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
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46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Katy M. Duhigg
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION; PROHIBITING SPECIAL REGISTRATION
50	50	PLATES FROM DISPLAYING CERTAIN CHARACTERS.
51	51	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
52	52	SECTION 1. Section 66-3-15 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
53	53	Chapter 35, Section 35, as amended) is amended to read:
54	54	"66-3-15. SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES--PROCEDURES--FEE.--
55	55	A. The division shall establish and issue special
56	56	registration plates, including motorcycle special prestige
57	57	registration plates, and [shall establish and ] may promulgate
58	58	[procedures] rules for applications for and issuance of special
59	59	registration plates.
60	60	B. For a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00), which fee
61	61	shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration
62	62	fees, any owner of a motor vehicle may apply for the issuance
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90	90	of a special registration plate as defined in Subsection A of
91	91	this section. No two owners will be issued identically
92	92	lettered or numbered plates or plates that cannot be easily
93	93	differentiated.
94	94	C. An owner [must] shall make a new application and
95	95	pay a new fee each year [he ] that the owner desires to obtain a
96	96	special registration plate; however, [he will ] the owner shall
97	97	have first priority on that plate for each subsequent year that
98	98	[he] the owner makes timely and appropriate application.
99	99	D. All fees collected shall be paid to the state
100	100	treasurer to the credit of the motor vehicle suspense fund with
101	101	distribution in accordance with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978.
102	102	E. No special registration plate shall be
103	103	established or issued that displays characters that the
104	104	division determines:
105	105	(1) to be derogatory, offensive or misleading;
106	106	(2) to be obscene, vulgar, sexually explicit
107	107	or profane;
108	108	(3) promotes drugs, alcohol or other
109	109	intoxicating substances; or
110	110	(4) promotes violence or gang affiliation. "
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