2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles
Article 3 - Registration Laws; Security Interests; Anti-Theft Provisions; Bicycles; Equipment; Unsafe Vehicles; Off-Highway Motor Vehicles; Other Vehicles
Section 66-3-409 - Special registration plates; medal of honor recipients.
A. The department shall issue distinctive pale blue, white and gold registration plates to any person who has been awarded the medal of honor and who so requests and submits proof satisfactory to the department that the person has been awarded that medal. The plates shall each bear the inscription "Medal of Honor Recipient". No fee, including the regular registration fee applicable to the passenger motor vehicle, if any, shall be collected for the issuance of a special registration plate pursuant to this section.
B. No person shall falsely make any representation that the person is a medal of honor recipient in order to be eligible to be issued special registration plates pursuant to this section when the person is in fact not such a recipient. A person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a penalty assessment misdemeanor.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-3-12.4, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 199, § 1; 1988, ch. 10, § 1; 1993, ch. 180, § 2; 1995, ch. 8, § 1; 2018, ch. 74, § 11.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, reduced the penalty for falsely representing oneself as a medal of honor recipient in order to be eligible to be issued a special medal of honor registration plate, and made technical changes; in Subsection A, replaced each occurrence of "division" with "department"; and in Subsection B, after "No person shall falsely", deleted "represent himself to be" and added "make any representation that the person is".
The 1995 amendment, effective June 16, 1995, deleted former Subsection C which barred issuance of special registration plates under this section after July 1, 1995.
The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted "recipients" for "winners" in the catchline; inserted "including the regular registration fee applicable to the passenger motor vehicle, if any" in the third sentence of Subsection A; and added Subsection C.
The 1988 amendment, effective May 18, 1988, in Subsection A, substituted "division" for "department" twice and made a minor stylistic change in the first sentence, and, in the third sentence, deleted "in addition to the regular registration fee, applicable to the passenger motor vehicle if any" following "No fee"; and, in Subsection B, inserted "registration" in the first sentence.
