New Mexico § 66-1-4.3 - Definitions

§ 66-1-4.3. Definitions

As used in the Motor Vehicle Code: A. “ camping body ” means a vehicle body primarily designed or converted for use as temporary living

quarters for recreational, camping or travel activities excluding recreational vehicles

unless used in commerce; B. “ camping trailer ” means a camping body, mounted on a chassis, or frame with wheels, designed to be

drawn by another vehicle and that has collapsible partial side walls that fold for

towing and unfold at the campsite; C. “ cancellation ” means that a driver's license is annulled and terminated because of some error or

defect or because the licensee is no longer entitled to the license, but cancellation

of a license is without prejudice, and application for a new license may be made at

any time after cancellation; D. “ casual sale ” means the sale of a motor vehicle by the registered owner of the vehicle if the

owner has not sold more than four vehicles in that calendar year; E. “ chassis ” means the complete motor vehicle, including standard factory equipment, exclusive

of the body and cab; F. “ collector ” means a person who is the owner of one or more vehicles of historic or special interest

who collects, purchases, acquires, trades or disposes of these vehicles or parts thereof

for the person's own use in order to preserve, restore and maintain a similar vehicle

for hobby purposes; G. “ combination ” means any connected assemblage of a motor vehicle and one or more semitrailers,

trailers or semitrailers converted to trailers by means of a converter gear; H. “ combination gross vehicle weight ” means the sum total of the gross vehicle weights of all units of a combination; I. “ commerce ” means the transportation of persons, property or merchandise for hire, compensation,

profit or in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise in this state or between New

Mexico and a place outside New Mexico, including a place outside the United States; J. “ commercial motor vehicle ” means a self-propelled or towed vehicle, other than special mobile equipment, used

on public highways in commerce to transport passengers or property when the vehicle: (1) is operated interstate and has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination

weight rating, or gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight, of four thousand

five hundred thirty-six kilograms, or ten thousand one pounds or more; or is operated

only in intrastate commerce and has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination

weight rating, or gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight, of twenty-six

thousand one or more pounds; (2) is designed or used to transport more than eight passengers, including the driver,

and is used to transport passengers for compensation; (3) is designed or used to transport sixteen or more passengers, including the driver,

and is not used to transport passengers for compensation; or (4) is used to transport hazardous materials of the type or quantity requiring placarding

under rules prescribed by applicable federal or state law; K. “ controlled-access highway ” means every highway, street or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of

abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the highway,

street or roadway except at those points only and in the manner as may be determined

by the public authority having jurisdiction over the highway, street or roadway; L. “ controlled substance ” means any substance defined in Section 30-31-2 NMSA 1978 as a controlled substance; M. “ converter gear ” means any assemblage of one or more axles with a fifth wheel mounted thereon, designed

for use in a combination to support the front end of a semitrailer but not permanently

attached thereto. A converter gear shall not be considered a vehicle, as that term is defined in Section 66-1-4.19 NMSA 1978 , but weight attributable thereto shall be included in declared gross weight; N. “conviction”: (1) means: (a) a finding of guilt in the trial court in regard to which the violator has waived

or exhausted all rights to appeal; (b) a plea of guilty or nolo contendere accepted by the court; (c) an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure a person's appearance

in court; or (d) the promise to mail a payment on a penalty assessment; and (2) does not include a conditional discharge as provided in Section 31-20-13 NMSA 1978 or a deferred sentence when the terms of the deferred sentence are met; O. “ crosswalk ” means: (1) that part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the

lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the

curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway; and (2) any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated

for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface; and P. “ curb cut ” means a short ramp through a curb or built up to the curb.