0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 53
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                             GARY K. KING
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE TO STUDY AND REPORT
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0012|     ON A CENTRALIZED MOTOR VEHICLE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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0013|     INSURANCE SYSTEM.
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS, New Mexico owners and drivers of motor vehicles 
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0016|     are currently required to maintain valid evidence of financial
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0017|     responsibility, which is most commonly done through liability
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0018|     insurance coverage; and
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0019|          WHEREAS, many New Mexico owners and drivers fail to
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0020|     maintain the minimum required insurance coverage or other
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0021|     evidence of financial responsibility, with resultant hardship
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0022|     to persons injured through their fault; and
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0023|          WHEREAS, more than one hundred insurers are authorized to
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0024|     issue motor vehicle liability insurance in New Mexico, making
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0025|     it impossible to assure that all persons are maintaining valid
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0001|     insurance; and
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0002|          WHEREAS, it is unknown how many New Mexico owners and
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0003|     drivers are uninsured, but estimates range as high as sixty
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0004|     percent; and
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0005|          WHEREAS, some New Mexico owners and drivers cannot afford
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0006|     the full cost of even the minimum required insurance coverage;
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0007|     and
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0008|          WHEREAS, a centralized insurance system providing minimum
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0009|     limits of liability coverage paid for annually as part of motor
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0010|     vehicle registration could realize substantial cost savings and
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0011|     assure that all New Mexico drivers are covered;
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0012|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0013|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the superintendent of insurance be
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0014|     requested to study and make recommendations by November 1, 1997
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0015|     to the second session of the forty-third legislature concerning
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0016|     the establishment of a centralized motor vehicle insurance
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0017|     company to write liability insurance in minimum financial
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0018|     responsibility liability limits on all registered motor
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0019|     vehicles in the state, paid for as part of registration fees;
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0020|     and as part of such study to consider various forms of central
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0021|     insurer organization and financing, various financial
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0022|     responsibility limits, a low-income pool to subsidize cost to
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0023|     low-income owners and drivers, the interface with and impact
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0024|     upon the motor vehicle insurance industry in the state, various
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0025|     cost-saving methods, estimated cost savings, the appropriate
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0001|     system for  collection and administration of the additional
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0002|     registration fee, exemption or non-exemption of commercial
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0003|     vehicles and all other relevant matters; and
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0004|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0005|     transmitted to the superintendent of insurance.
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0006|                                                         State of New Mexico
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0007|                      House of Representatives
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0008|   
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0009|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0010|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0012|   
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0013|                                                   March 4, 1997
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0016|   Mr. Speaker:
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0017|   
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0018|        Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom
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0019|   has been referred
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0020|   
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0021|                   HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 53
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0022|                               
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0023|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0024|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0025|   JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
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0002|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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0008|                                                              Fred Luna, Chairman
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0011|   Adopted                          Not Adopted                     
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0013|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0015|                        Date             
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0017|   The roll call vote was 7  For 0  Against
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0018|   Yes:      7
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0019|             Excused:  Alwin, Gubbels, Hobbs, Kissner, Rodella
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0020|             Absent:   Getty
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0023|   G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\HJ053                       State of New Mexico
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0024|                      House of Representatives
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0001|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0002|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0005|                                                  March 12, 1997
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0008|   Mr. Speaker:
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0009|   
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0010|        Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0011|   
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0012|                   HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 53
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0013|                               
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0014|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0015|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0017|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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0022|   
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0023|                                                              Thomas P. Foy, Chairman
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0001|   Adopted                          Not Adopted                     
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0002|    
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0003|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0005|                        Date             
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0007|   The roll call vote was 8  For 0  Against
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0008|   Yes:      8
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0009|             Excused:  Alwin, Garcia, Rios, Sanchez, Stewart 
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0010|             Absent:   None
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0015|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0016|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0019|                                                  March 18, 1997
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0021|   Mr. President:
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0022|   
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0023|       Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to
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0024|   whom has been referred
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0001|                      HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 53
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0002|   
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0003|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0004|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0006|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0011|   __________________________________
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0012|                                Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman 
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0016|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0017|   Adopted_______________________
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0018|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0022|                     Date ________________________
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0025|   The roll call vote was  6  For  1  Against
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0001|           Yes:    6
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0002|           No:     Leavell
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0003|                Excused:     Fidel, Howes, Robinson
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0004|           Absent: None
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