SENATE BILL 196

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Phil A. Griego

AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; REQUIRING SURRENDER OF AN UNDERAGE DRIVER'S LICENSE AT AGE TWENTY-ONE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 66-5-47 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, Chapter 35, Section 269, as amended) is amended to read:

     "66-5-47. PHOTOGRAPHS--EVIDENCE OF APPLICANT'S AGE.--

          A. The department shall reproduce the likeness of drivers, subject to the following conditions:

                (1) photographs or other reproductions of the likeness of all persons shall show a full face or front view; [and]

                (2) photographs or other reproductions of the likeness of all persons under the age of twenty-one years shall have a printed legend, indicating that the person is under twenty-one, which shall be displayed in such manner as to be easily read by any person inspecting the license; and

          (3) a license indicating that a driver is under age twenty-one shall be surrendered to the department within one month of the date the driver reaches age twenty-one, at the same time the department issues a new driver's license.

          B. Each applicant for an initial license or a replacement license shall produce evidence of the applicant's age. Proof of an applicant's age shall be a birth certificate, certified copy of a birth certificate, a church record purporting to show the date of birth and baptism, an acknowledged copy of the church record, a valid passport or other evidence [which] that the secretary deems sufficient. The date of birth shown on [any] a driver's license or [any] instruction permit issued by the department shall coincide with the date of birth shown on the proof of applicant's age."

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