New Mexico § 66-3-424.40 - Special look twice for motorcycles registration plate

§ 66-3-424.40. Special look twice for motorcycles registration plate

A. The division shall issue a standardized look twice for motorcycles special registration

plate with a logo designed pursuant to Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating that the recipient supports driver safety awareness for those who share

the road and remind drivers to look twice for motorcycles. B. For an initial fee of forty-five dollars ($45.00) that shall be in addition to

the regular motor vehicle registration fees, the owner of a motor vehicle may apply

for issuance of a look twice for motorcycles safety awareness special registration

plate. The vehicle owner shall pay a renewal fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) each year

to retain and renew the look twice for motorcycles special registration plate. C. The revenue from the additional fee for a look twice for motorcycles safety awareness

special registration plate shall be distributed as follows: (1) twelve dollars ($12.00) of the initial fee collected shall be retained by and

is appropriated to the department to defray the cost of making and issuing the special

registration plate with the look twice for motorcycles logo; and (2) thirty-three dollars ($33.00) of the initial registration fee and the entire fifteen

dollars ($15.00) of subsequent renewal fees shall be distributed and are appropriated

to the motorcycle training fund for the department of transportation to provide driver

awareness education and motorcycle training statewide. D. Beginning on July 1, 2026, and on July 1 of each subsequent year, the department

shall compare the number of look twice for motorcycles safety awareness special registration

plates issued or registration renewals for those plates in the previous fiscal year

with the average of the number of those plates issued in fiscal years 2024 and 2025. E. By September 1 of a fiscal year in which the department determines that the number

of look twice for motorcycles safety awareness special registration plates issued

or registration renewals for those plates in the previous fiscal year is less than

fifty percent of the average number of those plates issued in fiscal years 2024 and

2025, the department shall stop issuing look twice for motorcycles special registration

plates.