SB 377 — NM UNITED LICENSE PLATE

SENATE BILL 377 57TH LEGISLATURE -STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2025 INTRODUCED BY Antonio Maestas 6 8 10 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES;

167 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

e t 17 SECTION 1.

A new section of the Motor Vehicle Code is w l n d 18 enacted to read:

="SPECIAL = 19 a l "[NEW MATERIAL] SPECIAL NEW MEXICO UNITED REGISTRATION i a e r 20 PLATE.-- a t m m 21 A.

The division shall issue a standardized New d r e 22 Mexico united special registration plate that indicates that c e s k 23 the owner of the vehicle is a supporter of the New Mexico e a n b 24 united soccer team.

The plate shall have a logo designed u [ pursuant to Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 and shall use a format .228869.3 similar to the format the division uses on its chile vehicle registration plates with the registration numbers and letters in yellow on a field of black.

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(1) twelve dollars ($12.00) of the initial fee collected shall be retained by and is appropriated to the department to defray the cost of making and issuing the special e t 17 registration plate;

and w l n d 18 (2) thirty-eight dollars ($38.00) of the = = 19 a l initial registration fee and the entire twenty dollars ($20.00) i a e r 20 of subsequent renewal fees shall be distributed and are a t m m 21 appropriated to the tourism department to promote sports-sports-related d r e 22 related tourism.

c e s k 23 D.

Beginning on July 1, 2028, and on July 1 of each e a n b 24 subsequent year, the department shall compare the number of New u [ Mexico united special registration plates issued or .228869.3 - 2 - registration renewals for those plates in the previous fiscal year with the average of the number of those plates issued in fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

Beginning in fiscal year 2029, by September 1 of a fiscal year in which the department determines that the number of New Mexico united 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 those plates issued in fiscal years 2026 SB 377 and 2027, the department shall stop issuing New Mexico Page 2 united special registration plates." SECTION 2.

-SB 3377 -Page 163 e5 t7 179 w25 l n d 18 = = 19 a l i a e r 20 a t m m 21 d r e 22 c e s k 23 e a n b 24 u [ .228869.3