SENATE BILL 265

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017

INTRODUCED BY

James P. White and Carl Trujillo

AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; CREATING A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE FOR SUPPORTERS OF RECREATIONAL AVIATION IN NEW MEXICO; 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] SUPPORT OF RECREATIONAL AVIATION IN NEW MEXICO SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE.--

          A. The department shall issue a standardized support of recreational aviation in New Mexico special registration plate with a logo specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating that the recipient supports recreational aviation in New Mexico.

           B. For a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, a motor vehicle owner who supports recreational aviation in New Mexico may apply for the issuance of a special registration plate as provided in Subsection A of this section. The owner of a motor vehicle who applies for the special registration plate shall pay the thirty-five-dollar ($35.00) fee for the first year and a fifteen-dollar ($15.00) fee for each subsequent year if the owner wishes to retain and renew the support of recreational aviation in New Mexico special registration plate. No two owners shall be issued identically lettered or numbered special registration plates.

          C. The revenue from the support of recreational aviation in New Mexico special registration plate fees imposed by Subsection B of this section shall be distributed as follows:

                (1) ten dollars ($10.00) of the initial fee collected for each special registration plate shall be retained by the department and is appropriated to the department for the manufacture and issuance of the special registration plates; and

                (2) twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of the initial fee collected for each special registration plate and the fifteen-dollar ($15.00) special plate renewal fee collected shall be distributed to the state aviation fund to support recreational aviation opportunities as part of the strategy of the New Mexico airstrip network."

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