0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 89
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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|                          DELORES C. WRIGHT
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION TO DEVELOP A PERMANENT
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0012|     HANDICAPPED LICENSE PLATE FOR THOSE PEOPLE PERMANENTLY DISABLED
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0013|     TO AVOID BIENNIAL RENEWAL OF HANDICAPPED PARKING PERMITS.
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS, partially disabled drivers must renew their
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0016|     permits to park in handicapped parking spaces on a biennial
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0017|     basis; and
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0018|          WHEREAS, the current biennial renewal imposes unnecessary
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0019|     and unfair costs on those drivers who are permanently partially
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0020|     disabled; and
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0021|          WHEREAS, unnecessary and duplicative medical costs as well
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0022|     as bureaucratic costs are incurred by existing procedures;
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0023|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0024|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the motor vehicle division of the
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0025|     taxation and revenue department be requested to develop a
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0001|     handicapped parking license plate for those drivers who are
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0002|     certified by a medical professional to be permanently partially
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0003|     disabled; and
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0004|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the motor vehicle division
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0005|     report its progress in developing such a license plate to the
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0006|     appropriate interim legislative committee by December 1, 1997;
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0007|     and
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0008|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0009|     transmitted to the secretary of taxation and revenue.
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