SENATE BILL 130

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2011

INTRODUCED BY

Carroll H. Leavell

AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE CODE TO PROVIDE FOR SPECIAL LEA COUNTY ENERGYPLEX REGISTRATION PLATES; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

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] SPECIAL LEA COUNTY ENERGYPLEX REGISTRATION PLATE--PROCEDURES--FEE--APPROPRIATION.--

          A. The department shall issue standardized special "Lea County EnergyPlex" registration plates with a logo pursuant to Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating that the recipient is a resident of Lea county and shall adopt procedures for application for and issuance of the special Lea county EnergyPlex registration plate. The secretary shall approve the final logo design for the special Lea county EnergyPlex registration plate.

          B. A resident of Lea county who is the owner of a motor vehicle may apply for the issuance of a special registration plate as provided in Subsection A of this section. The owner shall pay a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for the initial issuance of a special Lea county EnergyPlex registration plate and the same fee for each subsequent year in which the owner wishes to retain and renew the special Lea county EnergyPlex registration plate. The fee specified in this section is in addition to regular applicable motor vehicle registration fees. No two owners shall be issued identically lettered or numbered plates.

          C. The revenue from the special Lea county EnergyPlex registration plate fee imposed by Subsection B of this section shall be retained by the department and is appropriated to the department for the manufacture and issuance of the registration plates."

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