New Mexico Statutes
Part 5 - SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES
Section 66-3-424.6 - Special wildlife artwork registration plates; procedures; fee.

A. The department shall establish and issue a standardized special registration plate with a logo specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 featuring artwork of New Mexico wildlife for any private motor vehicle except a motorcycle. The department shall adopt procedures for application for and issuance of the special wildlife artwork registration plates.
B. The director of the department of game and fish shall designate a "share with wildlife" logo design committee that shall recommend to the director the color and design of the special wildlife artwork logo. The director in cooperation with the secretary shall determine the design of the special wildlife artwork logo. No personalized or vanity design variation of the special wildlife artwork registration plates shall be issued.
C. For a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, an owner of a motor vehicle may apply for the issuance of a special wildlife artwork registration plate. The owner of a motor vehicle shall apply for the plate and pay the twenty-five-dollar ($25.00) fee for the first year and ten dollars ($10.00) for each subsequent year if he wishes to retain and renew the special wildlife artwork registration plate.
D. The revenue from the additional fee for a special wildlife artwork registration plate shall be distributed as follows:
(1) ten dollars ($10.00) of the initial fee collected shall be retained by the division and is appropriated to the division to defray the cost of making and issuing special registration plates for wildlife artwork; and
(2) fifteen dollars ($15.00) of the initial fee and the entire renewal fee collected shall be distributed to the share with wildlife program of the game protection fund.
History: 1978 Comp., § 66-3-424.1, enacted by Laws 2003, ch. 178 § 2; 2004, ch. 59, § 9.
Compiler's notes. — This section was originally enacted as 66-3-424.1 NMSA 1978, but was renumbered as 66-3-424.6 NMSA 1978 by the compiler to accommodate a similarly numbered section enacted by an earlier 2003 act.
The 2004 amendment, effective March 4, 2004, amended Paragraph (1) of Subsection D to delete "paid to the state treasurer for credit to the motor vehicle suspense fund . . ." and inserted in its place: "retained by the division and is appropriated to the division to defray the cost of making and issuing special registration plates for wildlife artwork".

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