HOUSE BILL 172

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2021

INTRODUCED BY

Rachel A. Black and Luis Terrazas and Rebecca Dow and

Joy Garratt

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; REQUIRING THE TAXATION AND REVENUE DEPARTMENT TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN AN EMERGENCY CONTACT DATABASE.

 

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

     SECTION 1. A new section of the Motor Vehicle Code is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION.--

          A. The department shall create and maintain a database of emergency contact information for all individuals who choose to provide that information.

          B. Upon the issuance or renewal of a motor vehicle registration, the issuance or renewal of a driver's license or an identification card, the issuance of a new motor vehicle title or the transfer of a motor vehicle title to an individual, the department shall ask if the individual would like to provide, update or remove the individual's emergency contact information.

          C. Access to the database of emergency contact information shall be limited to:

                (1) law enforcement personnel; and

                (2) department personnel, but only for the purpose of adding, updating or removing an individual's emergency contact information from the database."

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