0001| SENATE BILL 744 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| L. SKIP VERNON | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; AMENDING THE MOTOR VEHICLE CODE | 0012| PERTAINING TO SPEED REGULATION. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. Section 66-7-301 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, | 0016| Chapter 35, Section 405, as amended) is amended to read: | 0017| "66-7-301. SPEED REGULATION.-- | 0018| A. No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at | 0019| a speed greater than: | 0020| (1) fifteen miles per hour on all highways | 0021| when passing a school while children are going to or leaving | 0022| school and when the school zone is properly posted; | 0023| (2) thirty miles per hour in any business or | 0024| residence district; | 0025| (3) seventy-five miles per hour, provided | 0001| that the maximum speed on interstate highways for commercial | 0002| motor vehicles and any motor vehicle towing a trailer, | 0003| manufactured home or another motor vehicle shall be sixty-five | 0004| miles an hour; and | 0005| (4) the posted speed limit in construction | 0006| zones, provided that the posted speed limit shall be determined | 0007| by an engineering study performed by the state highway and | 0008| transportation department. | 0009| B. In every event, speed shall be so controlled by | 0010| the driver as may be necessary: | 0011| (1) to avoid colliding with any person, | 0012| vehicle or other conveyance on or entering the highway; | 0013| (2) to comply with legal requirements as may | 0014| be established by the state highway and transportation | 0015| department or the New Mexico state police division of the | 0016| department of public safety and the duty of all persons to use | 0017| due care; and | 0018| (3) to protect workers in a construction zone. | 0019| C. The speed limits set forth in Subsection A of | 0020| this section may be altered as authorized in Section 66-7-303 | 0021| NMSA 1978." | 0022|  | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE SB 744/a | 0001| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| March 13, 1997 | 0005| | 0006| Mr. President: | 0007| | 0008| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0009| | 0010| SENATE BILL 744 | 0011| | 0012| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0013| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0014| | 0015| 1. On page 2, line 2, strike "trailer,". | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Respectfully submitted, | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| __________________________________ | 0024| Fernando R. Macias, Chairman | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0004| Adopted_______________________ | 0005| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Date ________________________ | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0012| Yes: 7 | 0013| No: 0 | 0014| Excused: Sanchez | 0015| Absent: None | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| S0744JU1 .118861.1 | 0019| | 0020| State of New Mexico | 0021| House of Representatives | 0022| | 0023| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0024| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| March 19, 1997 | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Mr. Speaker: | 0006| | 0007| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0008| | 0009| SENATE BILL 744, as amended | 0010| | 0011| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0012| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0013| | 0014| Respectfully submitted, | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Thomas P. Foy, Chairman | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| Adopted Not Adopted | 0023| | 0024| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0025| | 0001| Date | 0002| | 0003| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against | 0004| Yes: 8 | 0005| Excused: Alwin, M.P. Garcia, King, Mallory, Rios | 0006| Absent: None | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\S0744 |