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New Mexico / State / 56th Legislature, 1st Session, 2023

Laws 2023, ch. 158 (HB 366) Allowed disabled veteran plates on two vehicles including motorcycles, any two special plates free, and more plates at standard fees

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Expands benefits Lets a disabled veteran rated 50 percent or more put free plates on two vehicles, including motorcycles, and buy more at standard fees.

Rewrote NMSA 1978, § 66-3-412 for veterans rated 50 percent or more: no plate or registration fee for up to two plates, which may be any combination of special plates the veteran qualifies for, and further disabled veteran plates at standard fees. The penalty in subsection D still refers to subsection B, the paid-plates paragraph, although the prohibition on false claims is now subsection C. Signed April 5, 2023.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done,
  2. In committee Done, House Labor, Veterans' and Military Affairs, then Taxation and Revenue
  3. Passed one chamber Done, House, 64-0
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Senate, 31-0
  5. Signed by the governor Done, Laws 2023, chapter 158
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Joanne J. FerrarySponsor, Democratic, House, District 37
  • Debra M. SariñanaSponsor, Democratic, House, District 21
  • Harry GarciaSponsor, House
  • Eliseo Lee AlconSponsor, Democratic, House, District 6

What it touches

  • NMSA 1978, § 66-3-412

Catalog entry

Official record

Read Laws 2023, ch. 158 (HB 366) on the jurisdiction's own record