0001|                            HOUSE BILL 288
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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|                        PATSY TRUJILLO KNAUER
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR DEFENSIVE DRIVING
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0012|     TRAINING IN LIEU OF CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THE MOTOR
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0013|     VEHICLE CODE.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  Section 66-8-116 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
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0017|     Chapter 35, Section 524, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018|          "66-8-116.  PENALTY ASSESSMENT MISDEMEANORS--
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0019|     DEFINITION--SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS--|DEFENSIVE DRIVING
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0020|     SCHOOL--ELIGIBILITY|.--
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0021|               A.  As used in the Motor Vehicle Code, "penalty
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0022|     assessment misdemeanor" means violation of any of the
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0023|     following listed sections of the NMSA 1978 for which the
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0024|     listed penalty assessment is established:
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0025|     COMMON NAME OF OFFENSE     SECTION VIOLATED   PENALTY ASSESSMENT
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0001|     Permitting unlicensed
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0002|                     minor to drive             66-5-40            $ 10.00
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0003|     Failure to obey sign       66-7-104             10.00
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0004|     Failure to obey signal     66-7-105             10.00
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0005|     Speeding                   66-7-301
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0006|       (1) up to 
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0007|           and including ten
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0008|           miles an hour
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0009|           over speed limit                          15.00
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0010|       (2) from eleven up to
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0011|           and including fifteen
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0012|           miles an hour
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0013|           over speed limit                          30.00
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0014|       (3) from sixteen up to
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0015|           and including twenty
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0016|           miles an hour over
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0017|           speed limit                               65.00
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0018|       (4) from twenty-one up to
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0019|           and including twenty-five 
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0020|           miles an hour
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0021|           over speed limit                         100.00
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0022|       (5) from twenty-six up to
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0023|           and including thirty
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0024|           miles an hour over the
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0025|           speed limit                              125.00
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0001|       (6) from thirty-one up to
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0002|           and including thirty-five
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0003|           miles an hour over the
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0004|           speed limit                              150.00
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0005|       (7) more than thirty-five
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0006|           miles an hour over the
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0007|           speed limit                              200.00
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0008|     Unfastened safety belt     66-7-372             25.00
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0009|     Child not in restraint device   
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0010|       or seat belt             66-7-369             25.00
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0011|     Minimum speed              66-7-305             10.00
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0012|     Speeding                   66-7-306             15.00
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0013|     Improper starting          66-7-324             10.00
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0014|     Improper backing             66-7-354               10.00
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0015|     Improper lane              66-7-308             10.00
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0016|     Improper lane              66-7-313             10.00
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0017|     Improper lane              66-7-316             10.00
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0018|     Improper lane              66-7-317             10.00
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0019|     Improper lane              66-7-319             10.00
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0020|                                                            Improper passing     66-7-309 through 66-7-312           10.00
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0021|     Improper passing             66-7-315               10.00
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0022|     Controlled access
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0023|       violation                66-7-320             10.00
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0024|     Controlled access
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0025|       violation                66-7-321             10.00
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0001|     Improper turning             66-7-322               10.00
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0002|     Improper turning             66-7-323               10.00
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0003|     Improper turning             66-7-325               10.00
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0004|     Following too closely        66-7-318               10.00
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0005|                                Failure to yield           66-7-328 through 66-7-332     10.00
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0006|                                                       Failure to yield             66-7-332.1             25.00
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0007|     Pedestrian violation       66-7-333             10.00
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0008|     Pedestrian violation       66-7-340             10.00
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0009|                          Failure to stop      66-7-341 through 66-7-346      10.00
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0010|     Passing school bus         66-7-347            100.00
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0011|     Failure to signal    66-7-325 through 66-7-327      10.00
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0012|     Failure to secure load     66-7-407            100.00
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0013|     Operation without oversize-
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0014|       overweight permit        66-7-413             50.00
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0015|     Improper equipment         66-3-801             10.00
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0016|     Improper equipment         66-3-901             20.00
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0017|     Improper emergency
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0018|       signal             66-3-853 through 66-3-857      10.00
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0019|     Operation interference     66-7-357              5.00
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0020|     Litterbugging              30-8-4               50.00
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0021|     Litterbugging              30-8-10             100.00
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0022|     Litterbugging              66-7-364            100.00
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0023|     Improper parking             66-7-349 through 
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0024|                                                                            66-7-352 and 66-7-353           5.00
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0025|                                                       Improper parking             66-7-352.5             50.00
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0001|     Improper parking             66-3-852                5.00
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0002|     Failure to dim lights        66-3-831               10.00
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0003|     Riding in or towing
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0004|       occupied house trailer   66-7-366              5.00
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0005|     Improper opening of doors  66-7-367              5.00
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0006|     No slow-moving vehicle
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0007|       emblem or flashing
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0008|       amber light              66-3-887              5.00
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0009|     Open container--first
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0010|       violation                66-8-138             25.00.
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0011|           B.  The term "penalty assessment misdemeanor" does
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0012|     not include any violation that has caused or contributed to
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0013|     the cause of an accident resulting in injury or death to any
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0014|     person.
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0015|           C.  When an alleged violator of a penalty
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0016|     assessment misdemeanor elects to accept a notice to appear in
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0017|     lieu of a notice of penalty assessment, no fine imposed upon
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0018|     later conviction shall exceed the penalty assessment
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0019|     established for the particular penalty assessment misdemeanor
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0020|     and no probation imposed upon a suspended or deferred sentence
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0021|     shall exceed ninety days.
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0022|           |D.  A court shall allow an individual who is
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0023|     issued a citation for a civil traffic violation pursuant to
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0024|     this section to attend a defensive driving school in lieu of
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0025|     the civil penalties provided in this section.  A person who
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0001|     attends a defensive driving school pursuant to this section is
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0002|     not eligible at attend a defensive driving school again within
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0003|     twenty-four months from the day of the last violation for
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0004|     which the person was authorized by this section to attend a
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0005|     defensive driving school.  A person who commits a civil or
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0006|     criminal traffic violation resulting in death or serious
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0007|     physical injury is not eligible to attend a defensive driving 
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0008|     school, except that the court may order the individual to
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0009|     attend a defensive driving school in addition to another
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0010|     sentence imposed by the court on an adjudication or admission
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0011|     of the traffic violation.|"
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