2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles
Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety
Part 4 - TRAFFIC LAWS GENERALLY
Section 66-7-352.2 - Legislative intent.
The policy and intent of this legislature is declared to be as follows:
A. that this legislature finds there is a significant safety hazard for persons with significant mobility limitation crossing through parking lots and that this hazard is greatly reduced when parking is provided adjacent to a building entrance;
B. that commercial and governmental establishments provide reserved parking for persons with significant mobility limitation, thus ensuring full and equal opportunity for those persons to maintain independence and self-respect; and
C. that ultimately society will benefit from the increased interaction of persons with significant mobility limitation with the mainstream that these parking spaces will provide.
History: Laws 1983, ch. 45, § 2; 2007, ch. 46, § 49; 2007, ch. 319, § 59.
ANNOTATIONS2007 amendments. — Laws 2007, ch. 46, § 49 and Laws 2007, ch. 319, § 59 both enacted amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2007, ch. 319, § 59. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
Laws 2007, ch. 319, § 59, effective June 15, 2007, changed "mobility-impaired persons" to "persons with significant mobility limitation".
Laws 2007, ch. 46, § 49, effective June 15, 2007, made non-substantive changes and provided:
"66-7-352.2. Legislative intent.
The policy and intent of the legislature is declared to be as follows:
A. that the legislature finds there is a significant safety hazard for persons with a physical disability crossing through parking lots and that this hazard is greatly reduced when parking is provided adjacent to a building entrance;
B. that many commercial and governmental establishments now provide reserved parking for persons with a disability, ensuring full and equal opportunity for persons with a disability to maintain independence and self-respect; and
C. that ultimately society will benefit from the increased interaction of persons with a disability with the mainstream that these parking spaces will provide."
Meaning of "this legislature". — The term, "this legislature," referred to in the introductory language and in Subsection A, apparently means the 36th legislature, 1st session, which enacted the Disabled Parking Standards and Enforcement Act (66-7-352.1 to 66-7-352.5 NMSA 1978).
