Nothing contained in the Motor Transportation Act [Chapter 65, Articles 1, 3 and 5 NMSA 1978] relating to the full reciprocity registration of fleet vehicles shall be construed as requiring any vehicle to be registered pursuant to the international registration plan if it is otherwise registered in this state for the operation in which it is engaged, including, but not by way of limitation, registration, temporary registration permit or trip permit.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-34-14.10, enacted by Laws 1972, ch. 7, § 42; 1978 Comp., § 65-1-22, recompiled as 1978 Comp., § 66-3-2.10 by Laws 1998 (1st S.S.), ch. 10, § 10; 2007, ch. 319, § 15; 2015, ch. 9, § 13.
ANNOTATIONSRecompilations. — Laws 1998 (1st S.S.), ch. 10, § 10, recompiled former 65-1-22 NMSA 1978, relating to nonexclusivity of proportional registration, as 66-3-2.10 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 1998.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, clarified that registration under the international registration plan is not required of fleet vehicles if such vehicles are otherwise registered for operation in this state; in the catchline, deleted "Proportional" preceding "registration", and after "registration", added "under the international registration plan"; in the first sentence of the section, after "relating to the", deleted "proportional" and added "full reciprocity", after "any vehicle to be", deleted "proportionally", and after "registered", added "pursuant to the international registration plan".
The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, changed "regular registration" to "registration" and "temporary registration" to "temporary registration permit".