New Mexico § 66-2-16 - Administrative fees; collection; remittance; payment; optional fees; appropriation

§ 66-2-16. Administrative fees; collection; remittance; payment; optional fees; appropriation

A. The department and its agents shall collect an administrative fee to defray the

department's costs of operation and of rendering service to the public. The fee shall be two dollars ($2.00) for each transaction performed by an agent

or the department and shall be collected in addition to all other fees and taxes imposed. B. All sums collected by an agent or the department as administrative fees shall be

remitted as provided in Section 66-2-15 NMSA 1978 . C. Administrative fees remitted by department employees shall be deposited by the

state treasurer into the motor vehicle suspense fund and distributed in accordance

with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978 . D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections A through C of this section, a class

A county with a population exceeding three hundred thousand or municipality with a

population exceeding three hundred thousand within a class A county designated as

an agent pursuant to Section 66-2-14.1 NMSA 1978 shall not be paid the fee provided in Subparagraph (b) of Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978 . E. The secretary is authorized to establish by rule fees to cover the expense of providing

additional services for the convenience of the motoring public. Any service established for which a fee is adopted pursuant to this subsection shall

be optional, with the fee not being charged to any person not taking advantage of

the service. Amounts collected pursuant to this subsection are appropriated to the department

for the purpose of defraying the expense of providing the service and for the purposes

set forth in Subsection F of Section 66-6-13 NMSA 1978 . At the end of a fiscal year the unexpended and unencumbered balances of the fees

collected pursuant to this subsection shall not revert to the general fund but shall

be expended by the department in fiscal year 2010 and subsequent fiscal years. F. The secretary shall review, at the end of each fiscal year, the aggregate total

of motor vehicle transactions performed by each municipality, county or fee agent

operating a motor vehicle field office, and identify each office exceeding ten thousand

aggregate transactions per year.