FORTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION

March 16, 2009

HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT number ___1__ to SENATE FLOOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE CORPORATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

                                      SENATE BILL 379, as amended

Amendment sponsored by Representative Richard J. Berry

    1. On pages 5 and 6, strike Subsections C and D in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof:

         "C. except for an off-highway vehicle that is currently in compliance with another state's off-highway vehicle registration, user fee or similar law or rule demonstrated by certificate of registration, permit or similar evidence, the fees for a nonresident permit of an off-highway motor vehicle are either:

             (1) seventeen dollars ($17.00), of which five dollars ($5.00) is appropriated to the division to defray the cost of making and issuing registration certificates, validating stickers and nonresident permits for off-highway motor vehicles. The remaining twelve dollars ($12.00) shall be deposited in the motor vehicle suspense fund for distribution pursuant to Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978, and an amount determined by rule of the department not to exceed forty dollars ($40.00) for each off-highway motor vehicle, which shall be distributed to the fund; or

             (2) seventeen dollars ($17.00) for a ninety-day permit, of which five dollars ($5.00) is appropriated to the division to defray the cost of making and issuing registration certificates, validating stickers and nonresident permits for off-highway motor vehicles. The remaining twelve dollars ($12.00) shall be deposited in the motor vehicle suspense fund for distribution pursuant to Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978;

         D. except as provided in Paragraph (2) of Subsection C of this section, each nonresident permit shall be:

             (1) good for two years after the month in which the off-highway motor vehicle nonresident permit is issued; and

             (2) renewed every two years;".

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                                    Richard J. Berry

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          (Chief Clerk)                (Chief Clerk)

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