0001| HOUSE BILL 1275 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| DAVID M. PARSONS | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO MINORS; PROVIDING FOR LOSS OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES | 0012| UPON WITHDRAWAL FROM SCHOOL PRIOR TO GRADUATION; AMENDING AND | 0013| ENACTING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. [NEW MATERIAL] Any person under the age of | 0017| eighteen who is not in compliance with the attendance | 0018| requirements of the Compulsory School Attendance Law shall not | 0019| be included in the calculation of any other person's state or | 0020| federal public assistance, including food stamps, supplemental | 0021| security income, temporary assistance for needy families or | 0022| medicaid. | 0023| Section 2. A new section of the Compulsory School | 0024| Attendance Law is enacted to read: | 0025| "[NEW MATERIAL] DOCUMENTATION OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.-- | 0001| A. As used in this section, "withdraws from school" | 0002| means having more than ten consecutive or fifteen days total | 0003| unexcused absences during a single semester, including | 0004| unexcused absences due to suspension or expulsion. | 0005| B. The certified school administrator of a public | 0006| school or the chief administrator of a private or home school | 0007| shall provide upon request documentation of enrollment and | 0008| attendance status on a form approved by the motor vehicle | 0009| division of the taxation and revenue department to any student | 0010| under the age of eighteen who is properly enrolled for | 0011| presentation to the division on application for issuance or | 0012| reinstatement of an instruction permit or license to operate a | 0013| motor vehicle. | 0014| C. Whenever a student under the age of eighteen | 0015| withdraws from school, except as provided in Subsection A of | 0016| Section 22-12-2 NMSA 1978, the certified school administrator | 0017| or the chief administrator of the private or home school shall | 0018| notify the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue | 0019| department of the student's withdrawal from school." | 0020| Section 3. Section 51-1-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969, | 0021| Chapter 213, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read: | 0022| "51-1-5. BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS.-- | 0023| A. An unemployed individual shall be eligible to | 0024| receive benefits with respect to any week only if he: | 0025| (1) has made a claim for benefits with respect | 0001| to such week in accordance with such regulations as the | 0002| secretary may prescribe; | 0003| (2) has registered for work at, and thereafter | 0004| continued to report at, an employment office in accordance with | 0005| such regulations as the secretary may prescribe, except that | 0006| the secretary may, by regulation, waive or alter either or both | 0007| of the requirements of this paragraph as to individuals | 0008| attached to regular jobs and as to such other types of cases or | 0009| situations with respect to which he finds that compliance with | 0010| such requirements would be oppressive or would be inconsistent | 0011| with the purposes of the Unemployment Compensation Law. No | 0012| such regulation shall conflict with Subsection A of Section | 0013| 51-1-4 NMSA 1978; | 0014| (3) is able to work and is available for work | 0015| and is actively seeking permanent and substantially full-time | 0016| work in accordance with the terms, conditions and hours common | 0017| in the occupation or business in which the individual is | 0018| seeking work, except that the secretary may, by regulation, | 0019| waive this requirement for individuals who are on temporary | 0020| layoff status from their regular employment with an assurance | 0021| from their employers that the layoff shall not exceed four | 0022| weeks or who have an express offer in writing of substantially | 0023| full-time work that will begin within a period not exceeding | 0024| four weeks; | 0025| (4) has been unemployed for a waiting period | 0001| of one week. No week shall be counted as a week of | 0002| unemployment for the purposes of this paragraph: | 0003| (a) unless it occurs within the benefit | 0004| year that includes the week with respect to which he claims | 0005| payment of benefits; | 0006| (b) if benefits have been paid with | 0007| respect thereto; and | 0008| (c) unless the individual was eligible | 0009| for benefits with respect thereto as provided in this section | 0010| and Section 51-1-7 NMSA 1978, except for the requirements of | 0011| this subsection and of Subsection E of Section 51-1-7 NMSA | 0012| 1978; | 0013| (5) has, during his base period, been paid | 0014| wages for insured work totaling not less than one and | 0015| one-fourth his high-quarter wages; | 0016| (6) has reported to an office of the division | 0017| in accordance with the regulations of the secretary for the | 0018| purpose of an examination and review of the individual's | 0019| availability for and search for work, for employment | 0020| counseling, referral and placement and for participation in a | 0021| job finding or employability training and development program. | 0022| No individual shall be denied benefits under this section for | 0023| any week that he is participating in a job finding or | 0024| employability training and development program; and | 0025| (7) participates in reemployment services, | 0001| such as job search assistance services, if the division | 0002| determines that the individual is likely to exhaust regular | 0003| benefits and need reemployment services pursuant to a profiling | 0004| system established by the division, unless the division | 0005| determines that: | 0006| (a) the individual has completed such | 0007| services; or | 0008| (b) there is justifiable cause for the | 0009| individual's failure to participate in the services. | 0010| B. A benefit year as provided in Section 51-1-4 | 0011| NMSA 1978 and Subsection P of Section 51-1-42 NMSA 1978 may be | 0012| established; provided no individual may receive benefits in a | 0013| benefit year unless, subsequent to the beginning of the | 0014| immediately preceding benefit year during which he received | 0015| benefits, he performed service in "employment", as defined in | 0016| Subsection F of Section 51-1-42 NMSA 1978, and earned | 0017| remuneration for such service in an amount equal to the lesser | 0018| of three-thirteenths of the individual's high-quarter wages and | 0019| six times his weekly benefit amount. | 0020| C. Benefits based on service in employment defined | 0021| in Paragraph (8) of Subsection F of Section 51-1-42 and Section | 0022| 51-1-43 NMSA 1978 are to be paid in the same amount, on the | 0023| same terms and subject to the same conditions as compensation | 0024| payable on the basis of other services subject to the | 0025| Unemployment Compensation Law except that: | 0001| (1) benefits based on services performed in an | 0002| instructional, research or principal administrative capacity | 0003| for an educational institution shall not be paid for any week | 0004| of unemployment commencing during the period between two | 0005| successive academic years or terms or, when an agreement | 0006| provides for a similar period between two regular but not | 0007| successive terms, during such period or during a period of paid | 0008| sabbatical leave provided for in the individual's contract, to | 0009| any individual if such individual performs such services in the | 0010| first of such academic years or terms and if there is a | 0011| contract or a reasonable assurance that such individual will | 0012| perform services in any such capacity for any educational | 0013| institution in the second of such academic years or terms; | 0014| (2) benefits based on services performed for | 0015| an educational institution other than in an instructional, | 0016| research or principal administrative capacity shall not be paid | 0017| for any week of unemployment commencing during a period between | 0018| two successive academic years or terms if such services are | 0019| performed in the first of such academic years or terms and | 0020| there is a reasonable assurance that such individual will | 0021| perform services for any educational institution in the second | 0022| of such academic years or terms. If compensation is denied to | 0023| any individual under this paragraph and the individual was not | 0024| offered an opportunity to perform such services for the | 0025| educational institution for the second of such academic years | 0001| or terms, the individual shall be entitled to a retroactive | 0002| payment of benefits for each week for which the individual | 0003| filed a claim and certified for benefits in accordance with the | 0004| regulations of the division and for which benefits were denied | 0005| solely by reason of this paragraph; | 0006| (3) benefits shall be denied to any individual | 0007| for any week that commences during an established and customary | 0008| vacation period or holiday recess if such individual performs | 0009| any services described in Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this | 0010| subsection in the period immediately before such period of | 0011| vacation or holiday recess and there is a reasonable assurance | 0012| that such individual will perform any such services in the | 0013| period immediately following such vacation period or holiday | 0014| recess; | 0015| (4) benefits shall not be payable on the basis | 0016| of services specified in Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this | 0017| subsection during the periods specified in Paragraphs (1), (2) | 0018| and (3) of this subsection to any individual who performed such | 0019| services in or to or on behalf of an educational institution | 0020| while in the employ of a state or local governmental | 0021| educational service agency or other governmental entity or | 0022| nonprofit organization; and | 0023| (5) for the purpose of this subsection, to the | 0024| extent permitted by federal law, "reasonable assurance" means a | 0025| reasonable expectation of employment in a similar capacity in | 0001| the second of such academic years or terms based upon a | 0002| consideration of all relevant factors, including the historical | 0003| pattern of reemployment in such capacity, a reasonable | 0004| anticipation that such employment will be available and a | 0005| reasonable notice or understanding that the individual will be | 0006| eligible for and offered employment in a similar capacity. | 0007| D. Paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of | 0008| Subsection C of this section shall apply to services performed | 0009| for all educational institutions, public or private, for profit | 0010| or nonprofit, which are operated in this state or subject to an | 0011| agreement for coverage under the Unemployment Compensation Law | 0012| of this state, unless otherwise exempt by law. | 0013| E. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this | 0014| section or Section 51-1-7 NMSA 1978, no otherwise eligible | 0015| individual is to be denied benefits for any week because he is | 0016| in training with the approval of the division nor is such | 0017| individual to be denied benefits by reason of application of | 0018| provisions in Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of this section or | 0019| Subsection C of Section 51-1-7 NMSA 1978 with respect to any | 0020| week in which he is in training with the approval of the | 0021| division. The secretary shall provide, by regulation, | 0022| standards for approved training and the conditions for | 0023| approving such training for claimants, including any training | 0024| approved or authorized for approval pursuant to Section | 0025| 236(a)(1) and (2) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, or | 0001| required to be approved as a condition for certification of the | 0002| state's Unemployment Compensation Law by the United States | 0003| secretary of labor. | 0004| F. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this | 0005| section, benefits shall not be payable on the basis of services | 0006| performed by an alien unless such alien is an individual who | 0007| was lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time such | 0008| services were performed, was lawfully present for the purposes | 0009| of performing such services or was permanently residing in the | 0010| United States under color of law at the time such services were | 0011| performed, including an alien who was lawfully present in the | 0012| United States as a result of the application of the provisions | 0013| of Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; | 0014| provided that: | 0015| (1) any information required of individuals | 0016| applying for benefits to determine their eligibility for | 0017| benefits under this subsection shall be uniformly required from | 0018| all applicants for benefits; and | 0019| (2) no individual shall be denied benefits | 0020| because of his alien status except upon a preponderance of the | 0021| evidence. | 0022| G. Notwithstanding any other provision of this | 0023| section, benefits shall not be paid to any individual on the | 0024| basis of any services substantially all of which consist of | 0025| participating in sports or athletic events or training or | 0001| preparing to so participate for any week that commences during | 0002| the period between two successive sport seasons, or similar | 0003| periods, if such individual performed such services in the | 0004| first of such seasons, or similar periods, and there is a | 0005| reasonable assurance that such individual will perform such | 0006| services in the latter of such seasons or similar periods. | 0007| H. Students who are enrolled in a full-time course | 0008| schedule in an educational or training institution or program, | 0009| other than those persons in an approved vocational training | 0010| program in accordance with Subsection E of this section, shall | 0011| not be eligible for unemployment benefits except as provided by | 0012| regulations promulgated by the secretary. | 0013| I. As used in this subsection, "seasonal ski | 0014| employee" means an employee who has not worked for a ski area | 0015| operator for more than six consecutive months of the previous | 0016| twelve months or nine of the previous twelve months. Any | 0017| employee of a ski area operator who has worked for a ski area | 0018| operator for six consecutive months of the previous twelve | 0019| months or nine of the previous twelve months shall not be | 0020| considered a seasonal ski employee. The following benefit | 0021| eligibility conditions apply to a seasonal ski employee: | 0022| (1) except as provided in Paragraphs (2) and | 0023| (3) of this subsection, a seasonal ski employee employed by a | 0024| ski area operator on a regular seasonal basis shall be | 0025| ineligible for a week of unemployment benefits that commences | 0001| during a period between two successive ski seasons unless such | 0002| individual establishes to the satisfaction of the secretary | 0003| that he is available for and is making an active search for | 0004| permanent full-time work; | 0005| (2) a seasonal ski employee who has been | 0006| employed by a ski area operator during two successive ski | 0007| seasons shall be presumed to be unavailable for permanent new | 0008| work during a period after the second successive ski season | 0009| that he was employed as a seasonal ski employee; and | 0010| (3) the presumption described in Paragraph (2) | 0011| of this subsection shall not arise as to any seasonal ski | 0012| employee who has been employed by the same ski area operator | 0013| during two successive ski seasons and has resided continuously | 0014| for at least twelve successive months and continues to reside | 0015| in the county in which the ski area facility is located. | 0016| J. Notwithstanding any other provision of this | 0017| section, an otherwise eligible individual shall not be denied | 0018| benefits for any week by reason of the application of Paragraph | 0019| (3) of Subsection A of this section because he is before any | 0020| court of the United States or any state pursuant to a lawfully | 0021| issued summons to appear for jury duty. | 0022| K. Benefits shall not be paid to any individual | 0023| under eighteen years of age unless he is a graduate of a | 0024| secondary school or has obtained a general education | 0025| development certificate." | 0001| Section 4. Section 66-5-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, | 0002| Chapter 35, Section 227, as amended) is amended to read: | 0003| "66-5-5. PERSONS NOT TO BE LICENSED.--The division shall | 0004| not issue a driver's license under the Motor Vehicle Code to | 0005| any person: | 0006| A. who is under the age of sixteen years, except | 0007| the division may, in its discretion, issue: | 0008| (1) a restricted instruction permit or a | 0009| restricted license to students fourteen years of age or over, | 0010| enrolled in and attending a driver-education course that | 0011| includes a DWI education and prevention component approved by | 0012| the bureau or offered by a public school; | 0013| (2) a license to any person fifteen years of | 0014| age or older who has satisfactorily completed a driver- | 0015| education course that is approved by the bureau or offered by a | 0016| public school and that includes both a DWI education and | 0017| prevention component and practice driving; and | 0018| (3) to any person thirteen years of age or | 0019| older who passes an examination prescribed by the division, a | 0020| license restricted to the operation of a motorcycle, provided: | 0021| (a) the motor is not in excess of one | 0022| hundred cubic centimeters displacement; | 0023| (b) no holder of an initial license may | 0024| carry any other passenger while driving a motorcycle; and | 0025| (c) the director approves and certifies | 0001| motorcycles as not in excess of one hundred cubic centimeters | 0002| displacement and by regulation provides for a method of | 0003| identification of such motorcycles by all law enforcement | 0004| officers; | 0005| B. whose license or driving privilege has been | 0006| suspended or denied, during the period of suspension or denial, | 0007| or to any person whose license has been revoked, except as | 0008| provided in Section 66-5-32 NMSA 1978; | 0009| C. who is an habitual drunkard, an habitual user of | 0010| narcotic drugs or an habitual user of any drug to a degree | 0011| [which] that renders him incapable of safely driving a | 0012| motor vehicle; | 0013| D. who, within any ten-year period, is three times | 0014| convicted of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence | 0015| of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drug regardless of whether | 0016| the convictions are under the laws or ordinances of this state | 0017| or any municipality or county of this state or under the laws | 0018| or ordinances of any other state, the District of Columbia or | 0019| any governmental subdivision thereof. Ten years after being so | 0020| convicted for the third time, the person may apply to any | 0021| district court of this state for restoration of the license, | 0022| and the court, upon good cause being shown, may order | 0023| restoration of the license applied for; provided that the | 0024| person has not been subsequently convicted of driving a motor | 0025| vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or | 0001| drug in the ten-year period prior to his request for | 0002| restoration of his license. Upon issuance of the order of | 0003| restoration, a certified copy shall immediately be forwarded to | 0004| the division, and if the person is otherwise qualified for the | 0005| license applied for, the three previous convictions shall not | 0006| prohibit issuance of the license applied for. Should the | 0007| person be subsequently once convicted of driving a motor | 0008| vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or | 0009| drug, the division shall revoke his license for five years, | 0010| after which time he may apply for restoration of his license as | 0011| provided in this subsection; | 0012| E. who has previously been afflicted with or who is | 0013| suffering from any mental disability or disease [which] | 0014| that would render him unable to drive a motor vehicle with | 0015| safety upon the highways and who has not, at the time of | 0016| application, been restored to health; | 0017| F. who is required by the Motor Vehicle Code to | 0018| take an examination, unless he has successfully passed the | 0019| examination; | 0020| G. who is required under the laws of this state to | 0021| deposit proof of financial responsibility and who has not | 0022| deposited the proof; | 0023| H. when the director has good cause to believe that | 0024| the operation of a motor vehicle on the highways by the person | 0025| would be inimical to public safety or welfare; [or] | 0001| I. as a motorcycle driver who is less than eighteen | 0002| years of age and who has not presented a certificate or other | 0003| evidence of having successfully completed a motorcycle driver- | 0004| education program licensed or offered in conformance with | 0005| regulations of the bureau; or | 0006| J. who is under the age of eighteen and who does | 0007| not at the time of application present documentation acceptable | 0008| to the division that the person: | 0009| (1) has graduated from a secondary school of | 0010| this state or any other state; | 0011| (2) is enrolled in and regularly attending a | 0012| secondary school or home school of this state or any other | 0013| state; | 0014| (3) is enrolled in and making satisfactory | 0015| progress in a course leading to a general educational | 0016| development certificate or has obtained such certificate; or | 0017| (4) is excused from school pursuant to | 0018| Subsection A of Section 22-12-2 NMSA 1978." | 0019| Section 5. Section 66-5-30 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, | 0020| Chapter 35, Section 252, as amended) is amended to read: | 0021| "66-5-30. AUTHORITY OF DIVISION TO SUSPEND OR REVOKE | 0022| LICENSE.-- | 0023| A. The division is authorized to suspend the | 0024| license of a driver without preliminary hearing upon a showing | 0025| by its records or other sufficient evidence that the licensee: | 0001| (1) has been convicted of an offense for which | 0002| mandatory revocation of license is required upon conviction; | 0003| (2) has been convicted as a driver in any | 0004| accident resulting in the death or personal injury of another | 0005| or serious property damage; | 0006| (3) has been convicted with such frequency of | 0007| offenses against traffic laws or regulations governing motor | 0008| vehicles as to indicate a disrespect for traffic laws and a | 0009| disregard for the safety of other persons on the highways; | 0010| (4) is an habitually reckless or negligent | 0011| driver of a motor vehicle; | 0012| (5) is incompetent to drive a motor vehicle; | 0013| (6) has permitted an unlawful or fraudulent | 0014| use of the license; | 0015| (7) has been convicted of an offense in | 0016| another state which if committed in this state would be grounds | 0017| for suspension or revocation; | 0018| (8) has violated provisions stipulated by a | 0019| district court in limitation of certain driving privileges; | 0020| (9) has failed to fulfill a signed promise to | 0021| appear or notice to appear in court as evidenced by notice from | 0022| a court, whenever appearance is required by law or by the court | 0023| as a consequence of any charge or conviction under the Motor | 0024| Vehicle Code; | 0025| (10) has failed to pay a penalty assessment | 0001| within thirty days of the date of issuance; or | 0002| (11) has accumulated seven points, but less | 0003| than eleven points, and when the division has received a | 0004| recommendation from a municipal or magistrate judge that the | 0005| [licensee] license be suspended for a period not to exceed | 0006| three months. | 0007| B. Upon suspending the license of any person as | 0008| authorized in this section, the division shall immediately | 0009| notify the licensee in writing and upon his request shall | 0010| afford him an opportunity for a hearing as early as practicable | 0011| within not to exceed twenty days, not counting Saturdays, | 0012| Sundays and legal holidays, after receipt of the request in the | 0013| county wherein the licensee resides unless the division and the | 0014| licensee agree that the hearing may be held in some other | 0015| county; provided that the hearing request is received within | 0016| twenty days from the date that the suspension was deposited in | 0017| the United States mail. The director may, in his discretion, | 0018| extend the twenty-day period. Upon the hearing, the director | 0019| or his duly authorized agent may administer oaths and may issue | 0020| subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of | 0021| relevant books and papers and may require a reexamination of | 0022| the licensee. Upon the hearing, the division shall either | 0023| rescind its order of suspension or, good cause appearing | 0024| therefor, may continue, modify or extend the suspension of the | 0025| license or revoke the license. | 0001| C. The division is authorized to suspend the | 0002| license of a licensee under the age of eighteen without a | 0003| hearing whenever: | 0004| (1) the licensee withdraws from school as | 0005| defined in the Compulsory School Attendance Law; | 0006| (2) the division receives from the certified | 0007| school administrator or the chief administrator of the | 0008| licensee's school, notification that the student has withdrawn; | 0009| and | 0010| (3) the division within five days of receipt | 0011| of the notice from the certified school administrator or chief | 0012| administrator sends notice by certified mail, return receipt | 0013| requested, to the licensee that his license shall be | 0014| suspended." | 0015|  |