New Mexico Statutes
Article 6 - Fees
Section 66-6-12 - Fees for school buses.

A. Registration fees for school buses used solely for the purpose of transportation of school children and other school activities shall be seven dollars ($7.00) a year, except that the fee for a school bus permanently registered pursuant to Subsection A of Section 1 [66-3-30 MSA 1978] of this 2007 act is:
(1) for a school bus initially registered at the time an original certificate of title is issued for that school bus, a one-time fee of one hundred forty dollars ($140); or
(2) for a school bus permanently registered subsequent to the issuance of the original certificate of title for that school bus, a one-time fee of one hundred dollars ($100).
B. The application for registration of a school bus shall be accompanied by the certificate of the director of transportation of the public education department stating that the bus is used solely and exclusively as a school bus.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-6-12, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 347; 2003 (1st S.S.), ch. 3, § 19; 2007, ch. 116, § 2.
The 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, prescribed registration fees for school buses permanently registered pursuant to Section 66-3-30 NMSA 1978.
The 2003 (1st S.S.) amendment, effective March 1, 2004, substituted "seven dollars ($7.00)" for "five dollars ($5.00)" in Subsection A and "public education department" for "state department of public education" in the first sentence and "no" for "a" at the beginning of the last sentence in Subsection B and inserted "not" following "shall", and deleted "as" following "considered" in the last sentence of that subsection.

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