SB 236
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AN ACT
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
LOOK TWICE FOR MOTORCYCLES SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES FOR
MOTORCYCLES; AMENDING SECTION 66-3-424.40 NMSA 1978 (BEING
LAWS 2023, CHAPTER 73, SECTION 1); MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 66-3-424.40 NMSA 1978 (being
Laws 2023, Chapter 73, Section 1) is amended to read:
"66-3-424.40. SPECIAL LOOK TWICE FOR MOTORCYCLES
REGISTRATION PLATE.--
A. The division shall issue:
(1) a standardized look twice for
motorcycles special registration plate for motor vehicles
with a logo designed pursuant to Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978
indicating that the recipient supports driver safety
awareness for those who share the road and remind drivers to
look twice for motorcycles; and
(2) a standardized look twice for
motorcycles motorcycle special registration plate for
motorcycles.
B. For an initial fee of:
(1) forty-five dollars ($45.00) that shall
be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration
fees, the owner of a motor vehicle may apply for issuance of SB 236
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a look twice for motorcycles special registration plate. The
vehicle owner shall pay a renewal fee of fifteen dollars
($15.00) each year to retain and renew the look twice for
motorcycles special registration plate; and
(2) forty dollars ($40.00) that shall be in
addition to the regular motorcycle registration fees, the
owner of a motorcycle may apply for issuance of a look twice
for motorcycles special registration plate for motorcycles.
The motorcycle owner shall pay a renewal fee of ten dollars
($10.00) each year to retain and renew the look twice for
motorcycles special registration plate for motorcycles.
C. The revenue from the additional fee for a look
twice for motorcycles special registration plate for motor
vehicles shall be distributed as follows:
(1) twelve dollars ($12.00) of the initial
fee collected shall be retained by and is appropriated to the
division to defray the cost of making and issuing the special
registration plate with the look twice for motorcycles logo;
and
(2) thirty-three dollars ($33.00) of the
initial registration fee and the entire fifteen dollars
($15.00) of subsequent renewal fees shall be distributed and
are appropriated to the motorcycle training fund for the
department of transportation to provide driver awareness
education and motorcycle training statewide. SB 236
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D. The revenue from the additional fee for a look
twice for motorcycles special registration plate for
motorcycles shall be distributed as follows:
(1) eight dollars ($8.00) of the initial fee
collected shall be retained by and is appropriated to the
division to defray the cost of making and issuing the special
registration plate with the look twice for motorcycles logo;
and
(2) thirty-two dollars ($32.00) of the
initial registration fee and the entire ten dollars ($10.00)
of subsequent renewal fees shall be distributed and are
appropriated to the motorcycle training fund for the
department of transportation to provide driver awareness
education and motorcycle training statewide.
E. Beginning on July 1, 2028, and on July 1 of
each subsequent year, the division shall compare the number
of new look twice for motorcycles special registration plates
and registration renewals for those plates that were issued
in the previous fiscal year with the average of the number of
those plates issued in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 separately
for motor vehicles and for motorcycles.
F. By September 1 of a fiscal year in which the
division determines that the number of new look twice for
motorcycles special registration plates and registration
renewals for those plates that were issued in the previous SB 236
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fiscal year is less than fifty percent of the average number
of those plates issued in fiscal years 2026 and 2027:
(1) for motor vehicles, the division shall
stop issuing look twice for motorcycles motor vehicle special
registration plates; or
(2) for motorcycles, the division shall stop
issuing look twice for motorcycles special registration
plates for motorcycles."
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.