0001|                           SENATE BILL 338
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          MICHAEL S. SANCHEZ
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; REQUIRING THE ISSUANCE OF DRIVER'S
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0012|     LICENSES BY MAIL; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  Section 66-5-21 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
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0016|     Chapter 35, Section 243, as amended) is amended to read:
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0017|          "66-5-21.  EXPIRATION OF LICENSE--FOUR-YEAR ISSUANCE
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0018|     PERIOD.--All driver's licenses shall be issued for a period of
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0019|     four years, except those provided for in Section 66-5-19 NMSA
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0020|     1978 and as otherwise provided in Section 66-5-67 NMSA 1978,
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0021|     and each license shall expire thirty days after the
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0022|     applicant's birthday in the fourth year after the effective
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0023|     date of the license.  A license issued pursuant to Section
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0024|     66-5-19 NMSA 1978 shall expire thirty days after the
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0025|     applicant's birthday in the year in which the license expires. 
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0001|     Each license is renewable within ninety days prior to its
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0002|     expiration or at an earlier date approved by the department. 
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0003|     The fee for the license shall be as provided in Section
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0004|     66-5-44 NMSA 1978.  The department <s>[may]</s> <u>shall</u> provide for
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0005|     renewal by mail pursuant to rules adopted by the department
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0006|     and may require an examination upon renewal of the driver's
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0007|     license."
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0008|          Section 2.  APPROPRIATION.--Fifty thousand dollars
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0009|     ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the motor
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0010|     vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department for
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0011|     expenditure in fiscal year 1999 for the purpose of initiating
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0012|     a program providing for driver's license renewal by mail.  Any
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0013|     unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0014|     fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund.
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