A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate with a logo specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating that the recipient is a person who is a retired New Mexico state police officer upon submission by the person of proof satisfactory to the department that the person is a retired New Mexico state police officer. The proof shall include the submission of a retirement commission from the New Mexico state police.
B. A person shall not falsely represent that the person is a retired New Mexico state police officer if that person is, in fact, not a retired New Mexico state police officer. The secretary shall determine what constitutes satisfactory proof that a person is a retired New Mexico state police officer.
C. A person who violates the provisions of Subsection B of this section is guilty of a penalty assessment misdemeanor.
D. A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), which is in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee, shall be collected by the department for the original issuance of the special registration plate for retired New Mexico state police officers.
E. Ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee collected pursuant to Subsection D of this section shall be retained by the department and is appropriated to the department to defray the cost of making and issuing special registration plates for retired New Mexico state police officers. The remaining fifteen dollars ($15.00) shall be deposited in the motor vehicle suspense fund for distribution pursuant to Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978.
F. The secretary shall approve the final logo design for the special registration plate for retired New Mexico state police officers. The logo shall be clearly marked as "retired New Mexico state police" for issuance to retired New Mexico state police officers.
History: 1978 Comp., § 66-3-424.1, enacted by Laws 2003, ch. 211, § 2; 2018, ch. 74, § 23.
Compiler's notes. — This section was originally enacted as 66-3-424.1 NMSA 1978, but was renumbered as 66-3-424.13 NMSA 1978 by the compiler to accommodate a similarly numbered section enacted by an earlier 2003 act.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, reduced the penalty for falsely representing oneself as a retired New Mexico state police officer to a penalty assessment misdemeanor, and made technical changes; replaced "division" with "department" throughout the section; in Subsection C, after "guilty of a", deleted "petty" and added "penalty assessment", and after "misdemeanor", deleted "and shall be sentenced pursuant to Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978"; and in Subsection F, after "'retired New Mexico state police'", added "for issuance to retired New Mexico state police officers".
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Part 5 - SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES
Section 66-3-401 - Operation of vehicles under dealer plates.
Section 66-3-401.1 - Use of vehicles with dealer plates by coaches and athletic directors.
Section 66-3-402 - Application for dealer plates.
Section 66-3-403 - Expiration of dealer plates.
Section 66-3-404 - Dealer plates not transferable.
Section 66-3-405 - Special plates for members of congress.
Section 66-3-406 - Special registration plates for private vehicles.
Section 66-3-407 - Special plates for private vehicles used in public service.
Section 66-3-407.1 - Special registration plates.
Section 66-3-408 - Special registration plates for recreational vehicles.
Section 66-3-409 - Special registration plates; medal of honor recipients.
Section 66-3-412.1 - Special motorcycle registration plates for armed forces veterans.
Section 66-3-413 - Special registration plates; national guard members.
Section 66-3-414 - Special registration plates for purple heart veterans.
Section 66-3-415 - Special registration plates; Pearl Harbor survivors.
Section 66-3-416 - Special collegiate registration plate; procedures; fee.
Section 66-3-417 - Radio station licensees; special registration plates; fee.
Section 66-3-419 - Special registration plates; armed forces veterans.
Section 66-3-420 - Special children's artwork registration plate; procedures; fee.
Section 66-3-422 - Special registration plates; firefighters and volunteer firefighters.
Section 66-3-423 - Year-of-manufacture license plates; procedures; fees.
Section 66-3-424 - Standardized special registration plates with logos.
Section 66-3-424.1 - Special registration plates for retired New Mexico letter carriers.
Section 66-3-424.2 - Repealed.
Section 66-3-424.3 - Special pet care registration plates.
Section 66-3-424.6 - Special wildlife artwork registration plates; procedures; fee.
Section 66-3-424.7 - Registration plates; members of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing.
Section 66-3-424.8 - Special route 66 commemorative registration plate.
Section 66-3-424.9 - Standardized special registration plates; retired firefighters.
Section 66-3-424.10 - Special registration plates for armed forces retirees.
Section 66-3-424.11 - Special registration plates for active duty uniform service members.
Section 66-3-424.12 - Special registration plates for search and rescue members.
Section 66-3-424.14 - Special registration plates; New Mexico high school rodeo association.
Section 66-3-424.15 - Special organ donation awareness registration plate; procedures; fee.
Section 66-3-424.16 - Special registration plates; emergency medical technicians.
Section 66-3-424.17 - Special patriot registration plate.
Section 66-3-424.18 - Special registration plates for adoption awareness.
Section 66-3-424.20 - Special registration plates for women armed forces veterans.
Section 66-3-424.21 - Special motorcycle registration plates for women armed forces veterans.
Section 66-3-424.22 - Special breast cancer awareness registration plate.
Section 66-3-424.23 - Special city of Las Cruces registration plate; procedures; fee; appropriation.
Section 66-3-424.24 - Registration plates; gold star families; submission of proof; penalty.
Section 66-3-424.25 - Special commemorative scouting registration plate; procedures; fee.
Section 66-3-424.26 - Special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plate.
Section 66-3-424.27 - Special bass fishing registration plates; procedures; fee.
Section 66-3-424.29 - Special New Mexico state 4-H registration plate.
Section 66-3-424.30 - Special farm and ranch community registration plate.
Section 66-3-424.31 - Special blood donor recognition registration plate.
Section 66-3-424.32 - Special New Mexico Amigos registration plate.
Section 66-3-424.33 - Special autism awareness registration plate.
Section 66-3-424.34 - Special New Mexico junior college registration plate.
Section 66-3-424.35 - Honoring fallen officers special registration plate.
Section 66-3-424.36 - Off-highway motor vehicle paved road use vehicle plate.
Section 66-3-424.37 - Special support of pollinator protection registration plate.
Section 66-3-424.38 - Childhood cancer family support special registration plate.