New Mexico HB 230: DISABLED VETERAN LICENSE PLATE OPTIONS

Bill Text

HB0230 

HOUSE BILL 230

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2018

INTRODUCED BY

Rick Little

AN ACT

RELATING TO SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES; PROVIDING INCREASED 
OPTIONS OF FREE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES FOR FIFTY PERCENT 
OR MORE DISABLED VETERANS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

 SECTION 1. Section 66-3-412 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1979, 
Chapter 299, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:

 "66-3-412. SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES--FIFTY PERCENT OR 
MORE DISABLED VETERANS--SUBMISSION OF PROOF--PENALTY.--

 A. The department shall issue distinctive 
registration plates for up to two vehicles, including 
motorcycles, to a person who is a veteran of the armed forces 
of the United States and was fifty percent or more disabled 
while serving in the armed forces of the United States, upon 
the submission by the person of proof satisfactory to the 
department that the person was fifty percent or more disabled 
while serving in the armed forces of the United States. No 
fee, including the regular registration fee applicable to the 
passenger motor vehicle or regular motorcycle registration 
fees, if any, shall be collected for issuance of [a] up to two 
special registration [plate] plates pursuant to this section. 
A person eligible for a special registration plate pursuant to 
this section and also eligible for one or more special 
registration plates pursuant to [Sections 66-3-406, 66-3-409, 
66-3-411 and 66-3-412.1 NMSA 1978] any other section of the 
Motor Vehicle Code shall be issued [only one] up to two special 
registration [plate] plates for which the person is eligible, 
in any combination of the person's choice, free of charge, 
notwithstanding any fee that would otherwise be charged for a 
special registration plate.

 B. No person shall falsely make any representation 
as having been fifty percent or more disabled while serving in 
the armed forces of the United States so as to be eligible to 
be issued special registration plates pursuant to this section 
when the person in fact was not fifty percent or more disabled 
while serving in the armed forces of the United States.

 C. A person who violates the provisions of 
Subsection B of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

 D. As used in this section, "veteran" means an 
individual who was regularly enlisted, drafted, inducted or 
commissioned, who was accepted for and assigned to active duty 
in the armed forces of the United States and who was not 
separated from such service under circumstances amounting to 
dishonorable discharge."

 SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the 
provisions of this act is July 1, 2018.

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