HOUSE BILL 204

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2010

INTRODUCED BY

W. Ken Martinez

FOR THE COURTS, CORRECTIONS AND JUSTICE COMMITTEE

AN ACT

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION; AMENDING SECTION 15-8-3 NMSA 1978 (BEING LAWS 1994, CHAPTER 119, SECTION 3, AS AMENDED) TO CLARIFY APPLICABILITY.

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

     Section 1. Section 15-8-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994, Chapter 119, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:

     "15-8-3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Transportation Services Act:

          A. "director" means the director of the division;

          B. "division" means the transportation services division of the general services department;

          C. "secretary" means the secretary of general services;

          D. "state agency" means a state department, agency, board or commission [including] but does not include the legislative and judicial branches, [but not including] public schools and institutions of higher education; and

          E. "state vehicle" means an automobile, van, sport-utility truck, pickup truck or other vehicle with a declared gross vehicle weight of less than ten thousand pounds used by a state agency to transport passengers or property."

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