2023 New Mexico Statutes › Chapter 15 - Administration of Government › Article 8 - Transportation Services › Section 15-8-5 - Division; general powers and duties.

The division shall:
A. have control over state vehicles owned or leased by the division;
B. regulate the use of the state vehicles owned or leased by the division;
C. register all state vehicles owned or leased by the division;
D. control the issuance of state government plates assigned to a state agency and ensure that state government plates are used only on state vehicles;
E. maintain a complete and accurate inventory of state vehicles owned or leased by the division and the location of those vehicles;
F. establish and enforce maintenance standards for state vehicles owned or leased by the division;
G. require periodic use and maintenance reports from state agencies that have custody of state vehicles owned or leased by the division;
H. purchase or lease, through the state purchasing agent, state vehicles to be owned or leased by the division and assign their use;
I. perform periodic announced and unannounced inspections of state vehicles owned or leased by the division in the custody of state agencies;
J. establish a motor pool and provide a fleet of state vehicles for use by state agencies;
K. establish and enforce standards for drivers of state vehicles, including revoking driver privileges;
L. have access to individual state employee driver records maintained by the taxation and revenue department in order to ensure that drivers of state vehicles hold a current valid driver's license as defined by the rules of the division;
M. maintain a record of all accident reports and insurance claims for vehicles owned or leased by the division;
N. maintain a history of state vehicles owned or leased by the division, including purchases, maintenance and sales;
O. carry out the provisions of the Alternative Fuel Acquisition Act [Chapter 13, Article 1B NMSA 1978] as it applies to vehicles owned or leased by the division;
P. have the power to sell or otherwise dispose of vehicles owned or leased by the division pursuant to the provisions of Sections 13-6-1 and 13-6-2 NMSA 1978 after approval of the secretary; and
Q. administer the state's state and federal surplus property programs.
History:
Laws 1994, ch. 119, § 5; 2007, ch. 29, § 4.
ANNOTATIONS
The 2007 amendment,
effective July 1, 2007, deleted former Subsection C, which required the division to hold titles to all state vehicles and provide for the security of the titles; deleted former Subsection L, which required the division to provide for maintenance of state vehicles in the motor pool; relettered former Subsections C to K as Subsections C to J and former Subsections M to R as Subsections K to P; in Subsections A and B and new Subsections C, E, F, G, I, M, N, O and P, added the qualification that state vehicles be owned or leased by the division; in relettered Subsection C, deleted the requirements that the division register state vehicles in the custody of the division and ensure that state vehicles assigned to other state agencies have current and correct registration and added the qualification that the state vehicles be owned or leased by the division; in new Subsection H, added the authority to lease vehicles and added the qualification that the state vehicles be owned or leased by the division; in new Subsection L, deleted the provision that driver records include all tickets received by drivers of state vehicles for violations of the Motor Vehicle Code and granted the division access to employee driver records maintained by the taxation and revenue department to ensure that drivers of state vehicles hold a current valid driver's license as defined by the rules of the division; in new Subsection M, added the qualification that reports and claims be for vehicles owned or leased by the division; in new Subsection O, changed the name of "Alternative Fuel Conservation Act" to the "Alternative Fuel Acquisition Act" and added the qualification that the act be carried out as it applies to vehicles owned or leased by the division; and added a new Subsection Q to provide for administration by the division of the state's state and federal surplus property programs.