HB 360 — NATIONAL FFA LICENSE PLATE SUPPORT

HOUSEAN BILLACT 360RELATING 56THTO LEGISLATUREMOTOR -VEHICLES; STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2023 INTRODUCED BY Jimmy G.

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Martinez7 andBE JamesIT G.ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

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AN"SPECIAL ACTSUPPORT hFOR RELATINGTHE TONATIONAL MOTORFFA VEHICLES;ORGANIZATION REGISTRATION PLATE.-- A.

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n d d i = = o h l ] b ,d i a º e BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

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"[NEW MATERIAL ] SPECIAL SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL FFA ORGANIZATION REGISTRATION PLATE.-- A.

Revenue from the additional fees for a special support for the national FFA organization registration plate HB 360/a Page 1 shall be distributed as follows:

h (1) HAFCºtwelve ten dollars ($10.00)»HAFC($12.00) u » r HAFCºtwelve dollars ($12.00)»HAFC of the initial fee collected t h g e l i shall be retained by and is appropriated to the department to h r i s defray the cost of making and issuing the special registration h , e h plate with the support for the national FFA logo;

and t u g e b l e e , gh (2) HAFCºtwenty-three twenty-five dollars ($25.00)»HAFC($23.00) n d d i = = o h HAFCºtwenty-three dollars ($23.00)»HAFC of the initial fee and l ] b ,d i a º r all of the fee for retention and renewal shall be distributed e r = t e w d m a n o and is appropriated to the board of regents of New Mexico state duniversity mfor :the New Mexico department of agriculture to fund statewide programs for active national FFA chapters.

b r e t º o t n = .224704.1AIC February 28, 2023 (1:33pm) s k m e - 2 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d university for the New Mexico department of agriculture to fund statewide programs for active national FFA chapters.

Beginning on July 1, 2026, and on July 1 of each subsequent year, the department shall compare the number of the special support for the national FFA organization registration plates issued or renewed in the previous fiscal year with the average of the number of such plates issued in fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

By September 1 of a fiscal year in which the department determines that the number of special support for the national FFA organization registration plates issued or renewed in the previous fiscal year is less than fifty percent of the average number of such plates issued in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the department shall stop issuing special support for the national FFA organization HB 360/a Page 2 registration plates." SECTION 2.

EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the h provisions of this act is July 1, 2023.

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