HB 240 — ACEQUIA & COMMUNITY DITCH LICENSE PLATES

HOUSEAN BILLACT 240RELATING 56THTO LEGISLATUREMOTOR -VEHICLES; STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2023 INTRODUCED BY Kristina Ortez and Ambrose Castellano This document may incorporate amendments proposed by a committee, but not yet adopted, as well as amendments that have been adopted during the current legislative session.

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"[NEW MATERIAL] SPECIAL ACEQUIA AND COMMUNITY DITCH ASSOCIATIONS REGISTRATION PLATE.-- A.

Revenue from the fees imposed by Subsection B HB 240/a Page 1 of this section for a special acequia and community ditch h g associations registration plate shall be distributed as o t hr follows:

g e i k (1) HTPWCºtwelve ten dollars ($10.00)»HTPWC($12.00) h r i s h HTPWCºtwelve dollars ($12.00)»HTPWC of the initial fee , t, e u g collected for each registration plate shall be retained by the e b l e e h department and is appropriated to the department for the n d d i = = o h l ] b ,d manufacture and issuance of the special registration plates;

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If the department determines that the number of special acequia and community ditch associations registration plates issued and renewed in the previous fiscal year is less than fifty percent of the average number of the plates issued and renewed in fiscal year 2025 or 2026, the department may stop issuing special acequia and communityHB h240/a gPage o2 community ditch associations registration plates."»HTPWCplates." t hr g e SECTION 2.

EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the i k h r provisions of this act is January 1, 2024.

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