New Mexico Statutes
Part 5 - SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES
Section 66-3-424.26 - Special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plate.

A. Except as provided in Subsection E of this section, the department shall issue a special registration plate commemorating the four hundredth anniversary of the city of Santa Fe.
B. For a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00), which is in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee, the owner of a vehicle may apply for issuance of a special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plate. Until July 1, 2012, the owner shall apply for and pay the fee each year to retain and renew the special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plate. After June 30, 2012, a person may renew a special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plate by paying only the regular motor vehicle registration fee.
C. The revenue from the additional fee for the special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plate shall be distributed as follows:
(1) ten dollars ($10.00) of the additional fee shall be retained by and is appropriated to the department to defray the cost of making and issuing the special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plate; and
(2) twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of the additional fee collected is appropriated to the local government division of the department of finance and administration to be distributed to the city of Santa Fe to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary of the city of Santa Fe.
D. The design of the special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plate shall be left to the discretion of the department in consultation with the public purpose interest group requesting the plate.
E. The department shall only issue special Santa Fe four hundredth anniversary registration plates for applications received on or before June 30, 2012.
History: Laws 2009, ch. 120, § 1.
Effective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 120 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 19, 2009, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.

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