The department of transportation shall have the authority to issue special permits at all ports of entry where registration stations or places where inspection and registration services are maintained by the department of transportation to all implements of husbandry using the highways, including farm tractors, and to the instrumentalities or vehicles that may be carrying the implements of husbandry, including farm tractors, when the securing of these permits is required by law.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-23-21.1, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 247, § 1; 1967, ch. 97, § 25; 1977, ch. 250, § 68; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 64-7-412, by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 483; 2003, ch. 141, § 3; 2015, ch. 3, § 37; 2021, ch. 59, § 12.
Cross references. — For definitions of "farm tractor" and "implement of husbandry", see 66-1-4.6 NMSA 1978 and 66-1-4.9 NMSA 1978, respectively.
The 2021 amendment, effective June 18, 2021, made conforming changes due to the transfer of certain authority from the department of public safety to the department of transportation; and after "The", deleted "New Mexico state police division of the department of public safety" and added "department of transportation", and after "maintained by the", deleted "New Mexico state police division" and added "department of transportation".
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, provided the New Mexico state police division of the department of public safety with the authority to issue special farm permits; after "The", deleted "motor transportation" and added "New Mexico state police", and after "maintained by the", deleted "motor transportation" and added "New Mexico state police".
The 2003 amendment, effective June 30, 2003, inserted "of the department of public safety" following "division", inserted "motor transportation" following "maintained by the"; and substituted "implements" for "instrumentalities".
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety
Part 5 - WEIGHT AND SIZE LIMITATIONS
Section 66-7-401 - Scope and effect of article [part].
Section 66-7-402 - Width of vehicles.
Section 66-7-403 - Projecting loads on passenger vehicles.
Section 66-7-404 - Height and length of vehicles and loads.
Section 66-7-405 - Minimum vehicle size.
Section 66-7-406 - Special load limits.
Section 66-7-407 - Loads on vehicles.
Section 66-7-408 - Trailers and towed vehicles.
Section 66-7-409 - Load limits on single axles, wheels and tires.
Section 66-7-410 - Gross weight of vehicles and loads.
Section 66-7-412 - Special farm permits.
Section 66-7-413.1 - Hay transportation; excessive size; special permit allowance.
Section 66-7-413.3 - Repealed.
Section 66-7-413.4 - Permits for excessive weight.
Section 66-7-413.5 - Exemption; vehicles used to transport seed cotton modules; limitations.
Section 66-7-413.8 - Multiple-trip permit for specialized haul vehicles.
Section 66-7-414 - Exemptions; implements of husbandry.
Section 66-7-416 - Liability for damage; unlawful use of highways; penalties.