2020 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
Part 5 - SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES
Section 66-3-424.38 - Childhood cancer family support special registration plate.

A. The department shall issue a standardized childhood cancer family support special registration plate with a logo specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating that the recipient supports families with a child with cancer.

B. For an initial fee of forty dollars ($40.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, a motor vehicle owner may apply for issuance of a special registration plate as provided in Subsection A of this section. The vehicle owner shall pay a renewal fee of forty dollars ($40.00) each year to retain and renew the childhood cancer family support special registration plate.

C. The revenue from the fees imposed by Subsection B of this section for the childhood cancer family support special registration plate shall be distributed as follows:

(1) ten dollars ($10.00) of the initial fee collected shall be retained by the department and is appropriated to the department for the manufacture and issuance of the special registration plate; and

(2) thirty dollars ($30.00) of the initial fee and the entire renewal fee collected shall be distributed to and are appropriated to the department of health for childhood cancer awareness, outreach and education.

D. Beginning on July 1, 2023, and on July 1 of each subsequent year, the department shall compare the number of childhood cancer family support special registration plates issued or registration renewals for those plates in the previous fiscal year with the average of the number of such plates issued in fiscal years 2021 and 2022.

E. By September 1 of a fiscal year in which the department determines that the number of childhood cancer family support special registration plates issued or registration renewals for those plates in the previous fiscal year is less than fifty percent of the average number of such plates issued in fiscal years 2021 and 2022, the department shall stop issuing childhood cancer family support special registration plates.

History: Laws 2020, ch. 76, § 1.

Effective dates. — Laws 2020, ch. 76, § 2 made Laws 2020, ch. 76, § 1 effective July 1, 2020.