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NM Stat § 66-3-1019 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Registration Laws; Security Interests; Anti-Theft Provisions; Bicycles; Equipment; Unsafe Vehicles; Off-Highway Motor Vehicles; Other Vehicles|Part 11 - OFF-HIGHWAY MOTOR VEHICLES|Section 66-3-1019 - Fund created; disposition.

A. The "trail safety fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund is a nonreverting fund and consists of revenues from off-highway motor vehicle registration and user fees, grants and donations. No more than thirty percent of the fund may be used for administrative overhead, and at least fifty percent shall be devoted to law enforcement and education. Income from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The fund shall be administered by the department, and money in the fund is appropriated to the department to carry out the purposes of the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Act. Expenditures from the fund shall be by warrant of the secretary of finance and administration upon vouchers signed by the director of the department of game and fish or the director's authorized representative. B. The department shall make annual distributions from the fund for the following purposes: (1) administrative; (2) law enforcement; (3) education and training; (4) information system development and management; (5) resource monitoring and protection and trail building, maintenance and restoration; and (6) implementation of other provisions of the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Act. History: Laws 2005, ch. 325, § 21; 2009, ch. 53, § 11. ANNOTATIONSThe 2009 amendment, effective April 1, 2009, in Subsection A, added "consists of revenues from off-highway motor vehicle registration and user fees, grants and donations", added the third sentence, deleted "secretary of tourism or the secretary's" and added "director of the department of game and fish or the director's"; deleted former Subsection B, which required the tourism department to develop and maintain trails and staging areas, market safety programs and promote safety for off-highway vehicles; and added Subsection B.
NM Stat § 66-3-1021 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Registration Laws; Security Interests; Anti-Theft Provisions; Bicycles; Equipment; Unsafe Vehicles; Off-Highway Motor Vehicles; Other Vehicles|Part 11 - OFF-HIGHWAY MOTOR VEHICLES|Section 66-3-1021 - Legislative oversight.

In addition to reporting to the legislative finance committee pursuant to the performance review and budgeting process, the department shall report to the appropriate interim committee appointed by the New Mexico legislative council on the status of implementation of the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Act. The department shall report to the appropriate committee of the legislature on the status of existing and proposed rules and relevant enforcement issues. History: Laws 2009, ch. 53, § 13. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 2009, ch. 53, § 16 contained an emergency clause and was approved on April 1, 2009.
NM Stat § 66-3-1101 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Registration Laws; Security Interests; Anti-Theft Provisions; Bicycles; Equipment; Unsafe Vehicles; Off-Highway Motor Vehicles; Other Vehicles|Part 12 - OTHER VEHICLES|Section 66-3-1101 - Mopeds; standards; operator requirements; application of Motor Vehicle Code.

A. Mopeds shall comply with those motor vehicle safety standards deemed necessary and prescribed by the director of motor vehicles. B. Operators of mopeds shall have in their possession while operating a moped a valid driver's license of any class or permit, issued to them. C. Except as provided in Subsections A and B of this section, none of the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code [66-1-1 NMSA 1978] relating to motor vehicles or motorcycles as defined in that code shall apply to a moped. D. As used in this section, "moped" means a two-wheeled or three-wheeled vehicle with an automatic transmission and a motor having a piston displacement of less than fifty cubic centimeters, which is capable of propelling the vehicle at a maximum speed of not more than thirty miles per hour on level ground at sea level. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-3-1101, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 213; 1981, ch. 361, § 17. ANNOTATIONSMoped subject to prohibition against driving while intoxicated. — A "moped," as defined in Section 66-1-4.11E NMSA 1978 and regulated by this section, is a "vehicle" for the purpose of the prohibition against driving while intoxicated under Section 66-8-102 NMSA 1978. State v. Saiz, 2001-NMCA-035, 130 N.M. 333, 24 P.3d 365, cert. denied, 130 N.M. 459, 26 P.3d 103.
NM Stat § 66-3-1102 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Registration Laws; Security Interests; Anti-Theft Provisions; Bicycles; Equipment; Unsafe Vehicles; Off-Highway Motor Vehicles; Other Vehicles|Part 12 - OTHER VEHICLES|Section 66-3-1102 - Electric personal assistive mobility devices; standards; operator requirements; applicability; penalties.

A. An electric personal assistive mobility device shall be equipped with: (1) front, rear and side reflectors; (2) a braking system that enables the operator to bring the device to a controlled stop; and (3) if operated at any time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, a lamp that emits a white light that sufficiently illuminates the area in front of the device. B. The secretary shall by rule prescribe motor vehicle safety standards applicable to electric personal assistive mobility devices. C. An operator of an electric personal assistive mobility device traveling on a sidewalk, roadway or bicycle path shall have the rights and duties of a pedestrian and shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with pedestrians. An operator shall yield the right of way to pedestrians. D. Except as provided in this section, no other provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code [66-1-1 NMSA 1978] shall apply to electric personal assistive mobility devices. E. An operator who violates a provision of this section shall receive a warning for the first offense. For a second offense, the operator shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars ($10.00). For a third or subsequent offense, in addition to the fine, the electric personal assistive mobility device shall be impounded for up to thirty days. F. This section does not apply to personal assistive mobility devices used by persons with disabilities. History: Laws 2002, ch. 38, § 1; 2007, ch. 319, § 38. ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, deleted former Subsection A to eliminate the definition of "electric personal assistive mobility device" and relettered Subsections B to F as Subsections A to E.
NM Stat § 66-3-1103 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 3 - Registration Laws; Security Interests; Anti-Theft Provisions; Bicycles; Equipment; Unsafe Vehicles; Off-Highway Motor Vehicles; Other Vehicles|Part 12 - OTHER VEHICLES|Section 66-3-1103 - Neighborhood electric cars.

A. A neighborhood electric car shall be equipped with head lamps, stop lamps, front and rear turn signal lamps, tail lamps, reflex reflectors, a parking brake, at least one interior and one exterior rear view mirror, a windshield, windshield wipers, a speedometer, an odometer, braking for each wheel, seat belts and a vehicle identification number. B. Except as provided in Subsection C or D of this section, a neighborhood electric car, properly registered pursuant to the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code [66-1-1 NMSA 1978], in compliance with the Mandatory Financial Responsibility Act [66-5-201 to 66-5-239 NMSA 1978] and driven by an individual with a valid driver's license, may be operated on any street, roadway or highway under the jurisdiction of either the state or a local authority if the posted maximum speed limit is thirty-five miles per hour or less; provided, a neighborhood electric car may cross at an intersection or permitted crossing point at any street, roadway or highway that has a posted maximum speed limit higher than thirty-five miles per hour. C. A local authority may prohibit the operation of neighborhood electric cars on any road under its jurisdiction if the governing body of the local authority determines that the prohibition is necessary in the interest of safety. D. The department of transportation may prohibit the operation of neighborhood electric cars on any road under its jurisdiction if it determines that the prohibition is necessary in the interest of safety. E. Neighborhood electric cars are exempt from the following provisions: (1) the emblems or flashing lights requirement for slow-moving vehicles in Section 66-3-887 NMSA 1978; (2) any requirement for vehicle emission inspections adopted by a local authority pursuant to Subsection C of Section 74-2-4 NMSA 1978; and (3) the minimum motor displacement requirement of Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of Section 66-7-405 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 2004, ch. 7, § 1; 2004, ch. 96, § 1; 2007, ch. 319, § 39. ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, deleted from the definition of a neighborhood electric car the characteristics that it is a four-wheeled electric motor vehicle that has a maximum speed of more that twenty miles per hour, but less than twenty-five miles per hour, and complies with the federal requirement specified in 49 CFR 571.500.
NM Stat § 66-5-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 5 - Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards|Part 1 - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES|Section 66-5-1 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1990, ch. 120, § 45 repealed 66-5-1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 223, relating to definitions of "suspension", "revocation", and "cancellation", effective July 1, 1990. For provisions of former section, see the 1989 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com. For present comparable provisions, see 66-1-4.1 to 66-1-4.20 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 66-5-1.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 5 - Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards|Part 1 - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES|Section 66-5-1.1 - Definition.

As used in Sections 66-5-8 and 66-5-9 NMSA 1978, "traffic violation" means: A. failure to obey traffic-control devices, as provided in Section 66-7-104 NMSA 1978; B. failure to obey traffic-control signals, as provided in Section 66-7-105 NMSA 1978; C. speeding, as provided in Section 66-7-301 NMSA 1978; D. failure to yield, as provided in Sections 66-7-328 through 66-7-332.1 NMSA 1978; E. child not in restraint device or seat belt, as provided in Section 66-7-369 NMSA 1978; F. failure to properly fasten safety belt, as provided in Section 66-7-372 NMSA 1978; G. homicide by vehicle, as provided in Section 66-8-101 NMSA 1978; H. injury to pregnant woman by vehicle, as provided in Section 66-8-101.1 NMSA 1978; I. driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, as provided in Section 66-8-102 NMSA 1978; J. refusal to submit to chemical tests, as provided in Section 66-8-111 NMSA 1978; K. reckless driving, as provided in Section 66-8-113 NMSA 1978; L. careless driving, as provided in Section 66-8-114 NMSA 1978; M. racing on highways, as provided in Section 66-8-115 NMSA 1978; N. using a mobile communication device while driving a motor vehicle, unless the driver holds a valid amateur radio operator license issued by the federal communications commission and is operating an amateur radio. As used in this subsection: (1) "driving" means being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle on a highway or street, except that "driving" does not include being lawfully parked; and (2) "mobile communication device" means a wireless communication device that is designed to receive and transmit voice, text or image communication; or O. buying, attempting to buy, receiving, possessing or permitting oneself to be served alcoholic beverages, as provided in Subsection C of Section 60-7B-1 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1999, ch. 175, § 1; 2011, ch. 143, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2011 amendment, effective June 17, 2011, added "child not in restraint device or seat belt", "failure to properly fasten safety belt", "using a mobile communication device while driving" and "buying, possessing or being served alcoholic beverages" to the list of traffic violations.
NM Stat § 66-5-1.2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 5 - Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards|Part 1 - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES|Section 66-5-1.2 - Definition; tribe.

As used in Sections 66-5-25, 66-5-26, 66-5-30 and 66-8-102 NMSA 1978, "tribe" means an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo that is located wholly or partially in New Mexico and that has executed an intergovernmental agreement with the state pursuant to Section 66-5-27.1 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 2003, ch. 164, § 4. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2003, ch. 164, § 11 made the section effective July 1, 2003.
NM Stat § 66-5-2.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 5 - Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards|Part 1 - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES|Section 66-5-2.1 - Consent to registration with the selective service system; applicability.

A. Every male citizen of the state of New Mexico and every other male person residing in the state of New Mexico who, on the day or days fixed for the first or any subsequent Selective Service Act registration, is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six shall consent to his registration in compliance with the requirements of the federal Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 453 et seq., when applying to receive or renew a driver's license or identification card. B. The division shall forward in an electronic format the necessary personal information required for registration of the applicants identified in Subsection A of this section to the selective service system. The applicant's submission of the application shall serve as an indication that the applicant has already registered with the selective service or that he is authorizing the division to forward to the selective service the necessary information for registration. The division shall notify the applicant on the application that his submission of the application will serve as his consent to be registered with the selective service system if he is required to do so by federal law. C. The provisions of this section shall apply to every male citizen of the state of New Mexico and every other male person residing in the state of New Mexico who, on the day or days fixed for the first or any subsequent Selective Service Act registration, is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six who are applying for issuance, renewal or duplication of an instruction permit, a driver's license, a provisional driver's license, a commercial driver's license or an identification card on or after the effective date of this act. D. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any alien lawfully admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant under Section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (66 Stat. 163; 8 U.S.C. 1101), for so long as he continues to maintain a lawful nonimmigrant status in the United States. History: Laws 2003, ch. 425, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the Selective Service Act, see 50 U.S.C. § 451 et seq. Effective dates. — Laws 2003, ch. 425, § 2 made the section effective July 1, 2003.
NM Stat § 66-5-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 5 - Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards|Part 1 - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES|Section 66-5-3 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1993, ch. 68, § 57 repealed 66-5-3 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 225 relating to exceptions for motorcycle driver education, effective June 18, 1993. For provisions of former section, see the 1992 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 66-5-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 5 - Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards|Part 1 - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES|Section 66-5-7 - Driver's license; classification; examinations.

A. The division, upon issuing a driver's license, shall indicate on the license the type or general class of vehicles the licensee may drive. The division shall establish such qualifications, after public hearings, as it deems reasonably necessary for the safe operation of various types, sizes or combinations of vehicles and shall appropriately examine each applicant to determine his qualifications according to the type or general class of license for which he has applied. B. The division, in issuing the driver's license for certain types or general classes of vehicles, may waive any on-the-road examination for applicants except as provided in Section 66-5-6 NMSA 1978. The division may certify certain employers, governmental agencies or other appropriate organizations to train and test all applicants for the type or general class of licenses if the training and testing meet the standards established by the director. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-5-7, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 229; 1995, ch. 136, § 2. ANNOTATIONSThe 1995 amendment, effective June 16, 1995, substituted "on the license" for "thereon" in the first sentence in Subsection A; in Subsection B, added at the end of the first sentence "except as provided in Section 66-5-6 NMSA 1978", deleted "of the division" at the end of the subsection, and made minor stylistic changes throughout the subsection. When chauffeur's license not required — An employee whose principal employment is not driving and who does only incidental and limited driving in the course of a working day would not be required to have a chauffeur's license. 1956 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 56-6512. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 7A Am. Jur. 2d Automobiles and Highway Traffic § 111. 60 C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 156.
NM Stat § 66-5-10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 5 - Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards|Part 1 - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES|Section 66-5-10 - Application for license; information; transfer to license.

A. Within the forms prescribed by the department for applications and licenses of drivers of motor vehicles, a space shall be provided to show whether the applicant is a donor as provided in the Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act [24-6B-1 to 24-6B-25 NMSA 1978]. Anyone applying for a license may, if the applicant desires, indicate the applicant's donor status on the space provided on the application, and this information, if given by an applicant, shall be shown upon the license issued. The form and driver's license shall be signed by the donor in the presence of a witness who shall also sign the form in the donor's presence. The department shall, as soon as practicable, include the following donor statement on the application form: ||  "I,____________________________, hereby make   ||   (Name of applicant/donor)   ||  an anatomical gift effective upon my death. A  medical evaluation at the time of my death shall  determine the organs and tissues suitable for  donation.  ____________________________________  (Signature of donor) ____________________________________  (Signature of parent or guardian is required  if the donor is under fifteen years of age.)".   ||   |B. The department shall mark the donor status on each person's driver's license record and shall retain each application form or its image of a person who wishes to be a donor. The department shall create and maintain a statewide donor registry and shall provide on-line computer terminal access to the donor registry to organ procurement organizations and procurement organizations, as defined in the Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. Authorized hospital or organ and tissue donor program personnel, immediately prior to or after a donor's death, may request verification of the donor's status from the department and may obtain a copy of the application from the department. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-5-10, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 232; 1987, ch. 69, § 5; 1995, ch. 135, § 17; 2002, ch. 42, § 4; 2007, ch. 323, § 32. ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, changed the name of the act. The 2002 amendment, effective May 15, 2002, added the last sentence and form in Subsection A. The 1995 amendment, effective June 16, 1995, in Subsection A, deleted "and driver's license" following "sign the form", rewrote Subsection B, and, throughout the section, substituted "department" for "division" and made minor stylistic changes.
NM Stat § 66-5-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 5 - Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards|Part 1 - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES|Section 66-5-12 - Release from liability.

Any person who has signed the application of a minor for an instruction permit, a driver's license or provisional license may thereafter file with the division a verified written request that the license of the minor so granted be canceled. Thereupon, the division shall cancel the license of the minor, and the person who signed the application of the minor shall be relieved from the liability imposed under this article, by reason of having signed the application, on account of any subsequent negligence or willful misconduct of the minor in operating a motor vehicle. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-5-12, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 234; 1999, ch. 175, § 6. ANNOTATIONSThe 1999 amendment, effective January 1, 2000, in the first sentence inserted "an instruction permit", inserted "driver's" and inserted "or provisional license", and made minor stylistic changes.
NM Stat § 66-5-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 5 - Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards|Part 1 - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES|Section 66-5-13 - Cancellation of license upon death of person signing minor's application.

The division upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death of the person who signed the application of a minor for an instruction permit, a driver's license or provisional license shall cancel the license and shall not issue a new license until such time as a new application, duly signed and verified, is made as required by this article. This provision does not apply in the event the minor has attained the age of eighteen years. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-5-13, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 235; 1999, ch. 175, § 7. ANNOTATIONSThe 1999 amendment, effective January 1, 2000, in the first sentence inserted "an instruction permit", "driver's", and "or provisional license" and made minor stylistic changes.
NM Stat § 66-5-15.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 5 - Licensing of Operators and Chauffeurs; Financial Responsibility; Uninsured Motorists' Insurance; Identification Cards|Part 1 - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES|Section 66-5-15.1 - Notification by licensee.

Every licensee shall, as a condition of holding a driver's license, agree to notify the director of any change in his physical or mental condition that would impair the licensee's ability to operate a vehicle. History: 1978 Comp., § 66-5-15.1, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 318, § 16.