FIFTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURESB 186/a

FIRST SESSION, 2021

March 4, 2021

Mr. President:

    Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

SENATE BILL 186

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

    1. On page 1, line 16 through page 2, line 6, strike Section 1 in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof:

    "SECTION 1. Section 7-15-2.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1988, Chapter 73, Section 23, as amended) is amended to read:

    "7-15-2.1. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Trip Tax Act:

         A. "combination gross vehicle weight" means the sum total of the gross vehicle weights of all units of a combination;

         B. "commercial motor carrier vehicle" means any motor vehicle with a gross weight of twelve thousand pounds or more used or reserved for use in the transportation of persons, property or merchandise for hire, compensation or profit or in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise or any vehicle used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property or merchandise or for drawing other vehicles so used or maintained;

         C. "department" means the department of [public safety] transportation, the secretary of [public safety] transportation and any employee of [that] the department of transportation exercising authority lawfully delegated to that employee by the secretary;

         D. "gross vehicle weight" means the weight of a vehicle without load, plus the weight of any load [thereon];

         E. "motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from batteries or from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails;

         F. "registrant" means the person who has registered the vehicle pursuant to the laws of this state or another state;

         G. "trip tax" means the use fee imposed under the Trip Tax Act; and

         H. "vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including any frame, chassis or body of any vehicle or motor vehicle, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks."".

    2. On page 4, line 3, strike "of transportation".

    3. On page 4, line 4, after "department", insert "of transportation".

    4. On page 14, lines 23 and 24, remove the brackets and line-through and on line 24, before "transportation", insert "or the department of".

    5. On page 17, line 22, after "safety", insert "or the department of transportation".

                               Respectfully submitted,

                               ___________________________________

                               GEORGE MUÑOZ, CHAIRMAN

Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________

          (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)

                  Date ________________________

The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against

Yes:     9

No:      0

Excused: Diamond, Muñoz

Absent:  None

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