SB 225 — AIR MEDAL LICENSE PLATE

SENATE BILL 225 54TH LEGISLATURE - STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2019 INTRODUCED BY Clemente Sanchez 6 8 10 AN ACT RELATING TO REGISTRATION PLATES;

CREATING A SPECIAL AIR MEDAL LICENSE PLATE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES AIR MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT WHILE 14 PARTICIPATING IN AERIAL FLIGHT.

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

e t 17 SECTION 1.

Section 66-3-419 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990, w l n d 18 Chapter 46, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:

= = 19 "66-3-419.

SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES--ARMED FORCES a l i a e r 20 VETERANS.-- a t m m 21 A.

The department shall issue distinctive d r e 22 registration plates indicating that the recipient is a veteran c e s k 23 of the armed forces of the United States or is retired from the e a n b 24 national guard or military reserves if that person submits u [ proof satisfactory to the department of honorable discharge .212329.1 from the armed forces or of retirement from the national guard or military reserves.

No two owners shall be issued identically lettered SB 225 Page 1 or numbered plates.

Each armed forces veteran may elect to receive a veteran-designation decal to be placed across the top of the e e 17 plate, centered above the registration number.

Replacement or e e n d 18 different veteran-designation decals shall be available for = = l ] 19 purchase from the department at a reasonable charge to be set a l r i 20 by the secretary.

The department shall furnish the following t e a t veteran-designation decals with the armed forces veteran plate m m 21 e d r e 22 to a:

c e r c 23 (1) medal of honor recipient;

e a n b 24 (2) silver star recipient;

u [ (3) bronze star recipient;

.212329.1 - 2 - (4) navy cross recipient;

[(7)] (8) ex-prisoner of war;

6 [(8)] (9) disabled veteran;

[(9)] (10) purple heart veteran;

[(10)] (11) atomic veteran;

[(11)]SB 225 Page 2 (12) Pearl Harbor survivor;

[(12)] (13) Navajo code talker;

[(13)] (14) Vietnam veteran;

[(14)] (15) Korean veteran;

[(15)] (16) disabled Korean veteran;

[(16)] (17) World War II veteran;

[(17)] (18) World War I veteran;

] (19) Grenada veteran;

[(18) e e 17 [(19)] (20) Panama veteran;

e e n d 18 [(20)] (21) Desert Storm veteran;

or = = l ] 19 [(21)] (22) Iraqi Freedom veteran.

a l r i 20 E.

The revenue from the special registration plates t e a t for the armed forces veterans fee imposed by Subsection B of m m 21 e d r e 22 this section shall be distributed as follows:

c e r c 23 (1) seven dollars ($7.00) of the fee collected e a n b 24 for each registration plate shall be retained by the department u [ and is appropriated to the department for the manufacture and .212329.1 - 3 - issuance of the registration plates;

A portion of the fee collected for each special registration plate for armed forces veterans, as provided in Subsection E of this section, SB 225 Page 3 shall be transferred to the state treasurer for the credit of the fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of any e e 17 fiscal year in the armed forces veterans license fund shall not e e n d 18 revert to the general fund.

= = l ] 19 G.

A person shall not falsely represent that the a l r i 20 person was honorably discharged from the armed forces or t e a t retired from the national guard or military reserves so as to m m 21 e d r e 22 be eligible to be issued a special registration plate pursuant c e r c 23 to this section.

A person who violates the provisions of this e a n b 24 subsection is guilty of a penalty assessment misdemeanor." u [ SECTION 2.

EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the .212329.1 - 4 - provisions of this act is July 1, 2019.