HOUSE BILL 221

56th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2024

INTRODUCED BY

Jason C. Harper and Michael Padilla

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A SUPPORT OF THE ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES BASEBALL TEAM SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE; PROVIDING FOR CESSATION OF ISSUANCE BASED ON NEW ISSUANCE AND RENEWALS; 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 SUPPORT OF THE ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES BASEBALL TEAM REGISTRATION PLATE.--

          A. The division shall issue a standardized support of the Albuquerque Isotopes baseball team special registration plate with a logo designed pursuant to Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating that the recipient supports the Albuquerque Isotopes baseball team.

          B. For an initial fee of thirty-two dollars ($32.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, the owner of a vehicle may apply for issuance of a support of the Albuquerque Isotopes baseball team special registration plate. The vehicle owner shall pay a renewal fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) each year to retain and renew the support of the Albuquerque Isotopes baseball team special registration plate.

          C. The revenue from the additional fee for a support of the Albuquerque Isotopes baseball team special registration plate shall be distributed as follows:

                (1) twelve dollars ($12.00) of the initial fee collected shall be retained by and is appropriated to the department to defray the cost of making and issuing the special registration plate with the support of the Albuquerque Isotopes baseball team logo; and

                 (2) the remaining portion of the initial registration fee and the entire portion of subsequent renewal fees remaining after payment of licensing fees shall be distributed to the board of regents of the university of New Mexico for the Carrie Tingley crippled children's hospital.

          D. Beginning on July 1, 2027, and on July 1 of each subsequent year, the department shall compare the number of the support of the Albuquerque Isotopes baseball team special registration plates issued, or registration renewals for those plates in the previous fiscal year, with the average of the number of such plates issued in fiscal years 2025 and 2026.

          E. By September 1 of a fiscal year in which the department determines that the number of support of the Albuquerque Isotopes baseball team special registration plates issued and registration renewals for those plates in the previous fiscal year is less than fifty percent of the average number of such plates issued in fiscal years 2025 and 2026, the department shall stop issuing support of the Albuquerque Isotopes baseball team special registration plates."

     SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2024.

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