New Mexico HB 172: MOTOR VEHICLE EMERGENCY CONTACT DATABASE

Status: DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted (as of 2021-02-25)

State: New Mexico · Session: 2021 · Bill: HB 172

Subjects: MOTOR VEHICLES (autos, trucks, buses, cycles), STATE AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS (including reorganization)

Sponsors: Black, Rachel A., Dow, Rebecca, Garratt, Joy, Terrazas, Luis M.

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HOUSE BILL 172
55TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2021
INTRODUCED BY
Rachel A. Black and Luis Terrazas and Rebecca Dow and
Joy Garratt
AN ACT
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; REQUIRING THE TAXATION AND REVENUE
DEPARTMENT TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN AN EMERGENCY CONTACT
DATABASE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the Motor Vehicle Code is
enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION.--
.218765.2AIC February 26, 2021 (10:14am)

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A. The department shall create and maintain a
database of emergency contact information for all individuals
who choose to provide that information.
B. Upon the issuance or renewal of a motor vehicle
registration, the issuance or renewal of a driver's license or
an identification card, the issuance of a new motor vehicle
title or the transfer of a motor vehicle title to an
individual, the department shall ask if the individual would
like to provide, update or remove the individual's emergency
contact information.
C. Access to the database of emergency contact
information shall be limited to:
(1) law enforcement personnel; and
(2) department personnel, but only for the
purpose of adding, updating or removing an individual's
emergency contact information from the database."
HTPWCºSECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of
the provisions of this act is January 1, 2022.»HTPWC
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