It is the policy of this state to foster the development, coordination and preservation of a safe, sound and adequate motor carrier system, requiring financial responsibility and accountability on the part of motor carriers through state licensing and regulation of motor carriers.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 359, § 2; 2013, ch. 73, § 1; 2013, ch. 77, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, provided that the policy of the Motor Carrier Act is to promote a safe and adequate motor carrier system through licensing; and after "on the part of motor carriers", deleted "providing for economic regulation of motor carriers of persons and household goods and towing services performing nonconsensual tows and by streamlining and promoting uniformity of state" and added "through state licensing and".
Laws 2013, ch. 73, § 1 and Laws 2013, ch. 77, § 1, both effective July 1, 2013, enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2013, ch. 77, § 1. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.