BILL ANALYSIS AND FISCAL IMPACT REPORT	Page 1 of  1

DATE: February 26, 2001	Submitted by: TAXATION AND REVENUE DEPT.       
	T. GLENN ELLINGTON, SECRETARY
BILL NUMBER:  SB-721

SPONSOR:  Senator Payne

BILL SHORT TITLE:  Harassment by Motor Vehicle

CONFLICTS, DUPLICATES, COMPANIONS:  

DESCRIPTION:  This bill adds “harassment by motor vehicle” to the list of offenses for which a driver’s license shall be revoked.  The offense is also added to the Harassment and Stalking Act and described as: “knowingly pursuing a pattern of conduct while operating a motor vehicle that is intended to annoy, seriously alarm or terrorize another person and that serves no lawful purpose.  The conduct must be such that it would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress”.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  July 1, 2001

FISCAL IMPACT:  No fiscal impact, although some marginal addition to driver’s license reinstatement fees could occur.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACT:  A minor adverse administrative impact on the department would result from the need to program the computer system to track the new offense. The changes can be accomplished with existing resources.  Additional driver’s license revocations are not expected to be numerous.

OTHER IMPACTS AND ISSUES:

•	Related Technical Issue:  Section 3 of the bill presents an opportunity to clean-up an unrelated issue requested by the Motor Vehicle Division.  Section 66-5-29, Subsection A NMSA 1978 (Section 3 of the bill on page 2, lines 12 and 13) provides “The division shall immediately revoke the instruction permit, driver’s license or provisional license …” for any of the specified offenses.  The Division requests that “limited or restricted license” be added to the list of licenses which may be revoked.