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AN ACT
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
STATE GOVERNMENT REGISTRATION PLATES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 66-3-28 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994,
Chapter 119, Section 14, as amended) is amended to read:
"66-3-28. STATE GOVERNMENT REGISTRATION PLATES--
ISSUANCE APPROVED.--No state government registration plates
shall be provided to a state agency unless approved by the
transportation services division of the general services
department. As used in this section, "state agency" means a
state department, agency, board or commission except the
legislative and judicial branches, solid waste authorities,
irrigation districts, mutual domestic water associations,
conservancy districts, public schools and institutions of
higher education."
Section 2. Section 66-6-15 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
Chapter 35, Section 350, as amended) is amended to read:
"66-6-15. VEHICLES OF THE STATE, COUNTY OR
MUNICIPALITY.--
A. Vehicles or trailers owned by and used in the
service of this state, an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo
located wholly or partly in this state or a county,
municipality, irrigation district, solid waste authority,
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mutual domestic water association or conservancy district of
this state need not be registered but must continually
display plates furnished by the division.
B. Vehicles on loan from dealers and used in an
approved driver-training program by the public schools need
not be registered but must continually display plates
furnished by the division.
C. A state department or agency, an Indian
nation, tribe or pueblo, a county or a municipality, an
irrigation district, solid waste authority, mutual domestic
water association or conservancy district shall apply to the
division for a plate for each vehicle or trailer in its
service and shall provide identifying information concerning
each vehicle or trailer for which a plate is applied for.
D. The division shall issue plates for vehicles
and trailers in the service of this state, an Indian nation,
tribe or pueblo located wholly or partly in this state or a
county or municipality, an irrigation district, solid waste
authority, mutual domestic water association or conservancy
district of this state and keep a record of plates issued and
plates returned. The plates shall be permanent and need not
be renewed from year to year. The plates shall be numbered
to identify the state department or agency, the Indian
nation, tribe or pueblo, the county or the municipality, the
irrigation district, solid waste authority, mutual domestic
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water association or conservancy district to which the plates
are issued. The plates shall be the same size as
registration plates issued to private vehicles but shall be
different in color from the registration plates issued to
private vehicles.
E. A vehicle or trailer owned by and used in the
service of the state need not be registered with the division
but shall continually display a plate furnished by the
transportation services division of the general services
department. A state agency shall apply to the transportation
services division of the general services department for a
plate for each vehicle or trailer in its service, including
identifying information for each vehicle or trailer. The
transportation services division of the general services
department shall issue plates for state agency vehicles and
trailers and shall keep a record of plates issued and plates
returned. These plates shall be:
(1) permanent and shall not be renewed from
year to year;
(2) numbered to identify the state agency to
which they are issued; and
(3) the same size as but a different color
from registration plates issued to private vehicles or
trailers or from plates issued pursuant to Subsection D of
this section.
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F. As used in Subsection E of this section, "state
agency" means a state department, agency, board or
commission, including the legislative and judicial branches
of government, but not including public schools and
institutions of higher education."
Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
provisions of this act is July 1, 2007.