2006 New Mexico Statutes - Section 66-2-16 — Administrative service fees; collection; remittance; payment; optional service fees; appropriation.

66-2-16. Administrative service fees; collection; remittance; payment; optional service fees; appropriation.

A.     The secretary is authorized to establish by regulation a schedule of administrative service fees to be collected by the agents or department to defray the costs of operation of the agents' or department's offices and of rendering service to the public.  Fees shall be two dollars ($2.00) for each transaction performed by the agent or department for the secretary and shall be collected in addition to all other fees and taxes imposed.

B.     All sums collected by an agent or the department as administrative service fees shall be remitted as provided in Section 66-2-15 NMSA 1978.

C.     Administrative service fees remitted by department employees shall be deposited by the state treasurer into the motor vehicle suspense fund and distributed in accordance with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978.

D.     Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections A through C of this section, a class A county with a population exceeding three hundred thousand or municipality with a population exceeding three hundred thousand within a class A county designated as an agent pursuant to Section 66-2-14.1 NMSA 1978 shall not be paid an administrative service fee.

E.     The secretary is authorized to establish by regulation fees to cover the expense of providing additional services for the convenience of the motoring public.  Any service established for which a fee is adopted pursuant to this subsection shall be optional, with the fee not being charged to any person not taking advantage of the service.  Amounts collected pursuant to this subsection are appropriated to the department for the purpose of defraying the expense of providing the service.

F.     The secretary shall review, at the end of each fiscal year, the aggregate total of motor vehicle transactions performed by each municipality, county or fee agent operating a motor vehicle field office, and identify each office exceeding ten thousand aggregate transactions per year.