SB 236 — LOOK TWICE FOR MOTORCYCLE LICENSE PLATE

SENATEAN BILLACT 236RELATING 57THTO LEGISLATUREMOTOR -VEHICLES; STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025 INTRODUCED BY Heather Berghmans and Leo Jaramillo 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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hAMENDING ANSECTION ACT66-3-424.40 gNMSA o1978 RELATING(BEING TOLAWS MOTOR2023, VEHICLES;CHAPTER 73, SECTION 1);

PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF LOOK t hr g e i k TWICE FOR MOTORCYCLES SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES FOR h r i s MOTORCYCLES;

AMENDING SECTION 66-3-424.40 NMSA 1978 (BEING LAWS h , t, 2023, CHAPTER 73, SECTION 1);

e7 u g e b l e e h n d d i = = o h BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

l ] b ,d i a º e SECTION 1.

Section 66-3-424.40 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2023, r i = r t e w d m a n o Chapter 73, Section 1) is amended to read:

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(1) forty-five dollars ($45.00) that shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, the owner of a motor vehicle may apply for issuance of SB 236 Page 1 a look twice for motorcycles [safety awareness ] special registration plate.

h The vehicle owner shall pay a renewal fee of fifteen dollars g o t hr ($15.00) each year to retain and renew the look twice for g e i k motorcycles special registration plate;

and h r i s (2) forty dollars ($40.00) that shall be in h , t, addition to the regular motorcycle registration fees, the owner e u g e b l e e h of a motorcycle may apply for issuance of a look twice for n d d i = = o h motorcycles special registration plate for motorcycles.

The l ] b ,d i a º e motorcycle owner shall pay a renewal fee of ten dollars r i = r t e w d m a n o ($10.00) each year to retain and renew the look twice for dmotorcycles mspecial :registration plate for motorcycles.

b e d s º o t n = .229691.2AIC February 26, 2025 (12:41pm) s k m e - 2 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d motorcycles special registration plate for motorcycles.

The revenue from the additional fee for a look twice for motorcycles [safety awareness ] special registration plate for motor vehicles shall be distributed as follows:

(1) twelve dollars ($12.00) of the initial fee collected shall be retained by and is appropriated to the [department ] division to defray the cost of making and issuing the special registration plate with the look twice for motorcycles logo;

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The revenue from the additional fee for a look h twice for motorcycles special registration plate for g o t hr motorcycles shall be distributed as follows:

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bE. e d s º o t n = .229691.2AIC February 26, 2025 (12:41pm) s k m e - 3 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d registration fee and the entire ten dollars ($10.00) of subsequent renewal fees shall be distributed and are appropriated to the motorcycle training fund for the department of transportation to provide driver awareness education and motorcycle training statewide.

[D.]Beginning E.on July 1, 2028, and on July 1 of each subsequent year, the division shall compare the number of new look twice for motorcycles special registration plates and registration renewals for those plates that were issued in the previous fiscal year with the average of the number of those plates issued in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 separately for motor vehicles and for motorcycles.

BeginningF. on July 1, STBTCº2026»STBTC STBTCº2028»STBTC , and on July 1 of each subsequent year, the [department] division shall compare the number of new look twice for motorcycles [safety awareness ] special registration plates [issued or registration renewals for those plates ] and registration renewals for those plates that were issued in the previous fiscal year with the average of the number of those plates issued in fiscal years STBTCº 2024 and 2025»STBTC STBTCº2026 and 2027»STBTC separately for motor vehicles and for motorcycles.

[E.By September 1 of a fiscal year in which the division determines that the number of new look twice for motorcycles special registration plates and registration renewals for those plates that were issued in the previous SB 236 Page 3 fiscal year is less than fifty percent of the average number of those plates issued in fiscal years 2026 and 2027:

](1) F.for motor vehicles, the division shall stop issuing look twice for motorcycles motor vehicle special registration plates;

By September 1 of a fiscal year in which h the [department ] division determines that the number of new g o t hr look twice for motorcycles [safety awareness] special g e i k registration plates [issued or registration renewals for those h r i s plates] and registration renewals for those plates that were h , t, e u g issued in the previous fiscal year is less than fifty percent e b l e e h of the average number of those plates issued in fiscal years n d d i = = o h STBTCº 2024 and 2025»STBTC STBTCº2026 and 2027»STBTC :

l ] b ,d i a º e (1) for motor vehicles, the [department] r i = r t e w d m a n o division shall stop issuing look twice for motorcycles motor d m :

b e d s º o t n = .229691.2AIC February 26, 2025 (12:41pm) s k m e - 4 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d vehicle special registration plates;

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