SENATE BILL 599

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003

INTRODUCED BY

Shannon Robinson







AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF AN IDENTIFICATION CARD.



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

Section 1. Section 66-5-402 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, Chapter 35, Section 329, as amended) is amended to read:

"66-5-402. PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR IDENTIFICATION CARDS.--The department shall issue an identification card [only] to:

A. a person who is a New Mexico resident and who [does not have a valid New Mexico driver's license and only upon the furnishing of] furnishes a birth certificate or its certified copy, a certificate of baptism, a valid passport or other evidence that the department deems sufficient as documentary evidence of the age and identity of the person; or

B. a person over age sixty-five who is a New Mexico resident and who is surrendering a valid New Mexico driver's license, which license shall be sufficient documentary evidence of the age and identity of the person."

- 2 -