HOUSE BILL 425

51st legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2013

INTRODUCED BY

William "Bill" R. Rehm

AN ACT

RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSES; REQUIRING PROFILE-VIEW PHOTOGRAPHS OF HOLDERS OF DRIVER'S LICENSES, COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES AND IDENTIFICATION CARDS.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 66-5-15 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, Chapter 35, Section 237, as amended) is amended to read:

     "66-5-15. LICENSES ISSUED TO APPLICANTS.--The department shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every qualified applicant a driver's license as applied for. The license shall bear the full name, date of birth, current New Mexico physical or mailing address, a full-face or front-view photograph and a profile-view photograph of the license holder and a brief description of the licensee and the signature of the licensee. A license shall not be valid unless it bears the signature of the licensee."

     SECTION 2. Section 66-5-64 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989, Chapter 14, Section 13, as amended) is amended to read:

     "66-5-64. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE--CONTENT.--The commercial driver's license shall be marked "commercial driver's license" or "CDL". It shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:

          A. the person's name and current New Mexico physical or mailing address;

          B. the person's full-face or front-view color photograph and a profile-view color photograph;

          C. a physical description of the person, including sex, height, weight and eye color;

          D. the person's date of birth;

          E. the person's signature;

          F. the class or type of commercial motor vehicle that the person is authorized to drive, together with any endorsements or restrictions;

          G. the name of this state; and

          H. the dates between which the license is valid."

     SECTION 3. Section 66-5-405 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, Chapter 35, Section 332, as amended) is amended to read:

     "66-5-405. CONTENTS OF CARD.--The identification card shall adequately describe the registrant and bear [his picture that shall show] a full-face or front-view [for all registrants] photograph and a profile-view photograph of the registrant and indicate donor status. All identification cards of persons under the age of twenty-one years shall have a printed legend indicating that the person is under twenty-one. The identification card shall bear the following statement:

                                  "STATE OF NEW MEXICO IDENTIFICATION

                                  CARD NO.____________

This card is provided solely for the purpose of establishing that the bearer described on the card was not the holder of a New Mexico driver's license as of the date of issuance of this card. This identification card is not a license. ISSUED FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY"."

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