Except as otherwise provided in this section, a commercial motor carrier vehicle having a gross vehicle weight or combination gross vehicle weight of over twenty-six thousand pounds shall not travel on New Mexico highways without either proof that the trip tax has been paid for the movement of the vehicle or both evidence of registration and a tax identification permit issued by the department, unless that vehicle is exempt from the weight distance tax. The department may, by regulation, exempt portions of a highway from the requirements of this section if those portions are prior to reaching a port of entry where the trip tax may be paid.
History: 1941 Comp., § 68-1528, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 125, § 9; 1953 Comp., § 64-30-9; Laws 1967, ch. 97, § 38; 1977, ch. 250, § 97; 1983, ch. 142, § 2; 1987, ch. 272, § 1; 1992, ch. 106, § 19; 2007, ch. 209, § 3.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For definition of department, see 65-1-2 NMSA 1978.
The 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, changed "card" to "permit".
The 1992 amendment, effective July 1, 1992, rewrote this section to the extent that a detailed comparison would be impracticable.