2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles
Article 8 - Crimes, Penalties and Procedure
Section 66-8-116.3 - Penalty assessment misdemeanors; additional fees.
In addition to the penalty assessment established for each penalty assessment misdemeanor, there shall be assessed:
A. in a county without a metropolitan court, twenty dollars ($20.00) to help defray the costs of local government corrections;
B. a court automation fee of ten dollars ($10.00);
C. a traffic safety fee of three dollars ($3.00), which shall be credited to the traffic safety education and enforcement fund;
D. a judicial education fee of three dollars ($3.00), which shall be credited to the judicial education fund;
E. a jury and witness fee of five dollars ($5.00), which shall be credited to the jury and witness fee fund;
F. a juvenile adjudication fee of one dollar ($1.00), which shall be credited to the juvenile adjudication fund;
G. a brain injury services fee of five dollars ($5.00), which shall be credited to the brain injury services fund;
H. a court facilities fee as follows:
in a county with a metropolitan court $24.00;
in any other county 10.00; and
I. until May 31, 2014, a magistrate courts operations fee of four dollars ($4.00), which shall be credited to the magistrate courts operations fund.
History: 1978 Comp., § 66-8-116.3, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 318, § 35, Laws 1989, ch. 319, § 14 and Laws 1989, ch. 320, § 5; 1990, ch. 57, § 2; 1993, ch. 273, § 6; 1996, ch. 41, § 8; 1997, ch. 242, § 5; 1997, ch. 247, § 2; 1998 (1st S.S.), ch. 6, § 4; 2000, ch. 5, § 7; 2003, ch. 424, § 4; 2009, ch. 244, § 1; 2009, ch. 245, § 5; 2010, ch. 7, § 2; 2011, ch. 173, § 3.
Cross references. — For payment in foreign currency under the Motor Vehicle Code, see 66-6-36 NMSA 1978.
For traffic safety education and enforcement fund, see 66-7-512 NMSA 1978.
For brain injury services fund, see 24-1-24 NMSA 1978.
For the court automated fund, see 34-9-10 NMSA 1978.
The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, in Subsection A, inserted a comma after "court".
The 2010 amendment, effective May 19, 2010, added Subsection I.
2009 amendments. — Laws 2009, ch. 244, § 1 and Laws 2009, ch. 245, § 5 both amended 66-8-116.3 NMSA 1978. The section is set out as amended by Laws 2009, ch. 245, § 5. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
Laws 2009, ch. 245, § 5, effective July 1, 2009, in Subsection D, changed the fee from $2.00 to $3.00 and added a new Subsection E that provided for a jury and witness fee of $5.00 to be credited to the jury and witness fee fund.
Laws 2009, ch. 244, § 1, effective June 19, 2009, also amended the section as follows: in Subsection D, changed $2.00 to $3.00; and added a new Subsection E that provided for a juvenile adjudication fee of $1.00 to be credited to the juvenile adjudication fund.
The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, in Subsection A, increased the assessment from ten to twenty dollars; in Subsection D, increased the fee from one dollar to two dollars.
The 2000 amendment, effective February 15, 2000, in Subsection A, inserted "in a county without a metropolitan court" and, in Subsection F, substituted "24.00" for "14.00".
The 1998 amendment, effective July 1, 1998, added Subsection F and made minor related stylistic changes.
The 1997 amendment, effective July 1, 1997, added Subsection E.
The 1996 amendment, effective May 15, 1996, substituted "ten dollars (10.00)" for "three dollars ($3.00)" in Subsection B.
The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted "fees" for "fee" in the section heading; deleted "a penalty assessment fee of" from the end of the introductory language; and added Subsection D, making related grammatical changes.
The 1990 amendment, effective July 1, 1990, added Subsection C and made a minor stylistic change.
