A. The department shall issue a standardized special registration plate with a logo specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 indicating that the recipient is a member of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing, upon the submission by the person of proof satisfactory to the department that the person is a member of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing. Such proof shall include the submission of a signed consent form from the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing.
B. A person shall not falsely represent that the person is a member of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing, if that person is, in fact, not a member of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing. The secretary shall determine what constitutes satisfactory proof that a person is a member of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing.
C. A person who violates the provisions of Subsection B of this section is guilty of a penalty assessment misdemeanor.
D. A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), which is in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee, shall be collected by the department for the original issuance of the special registration plate for a member of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing.
E. Ten dollars ($10.00) of the fee collected pursuant to Subsection D of this section shall be retained by the department and is appropriated to the department to defray the cost of making and issuing special registration plates for members of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing. The remaining fifteen dollars ($15.00) shall be deposited in the motor vehicle suspense fund for distribution in accordance with Section 66-6-23 NMSA 1978.
F. The secretary shall approve the final logo design for the special registration plates for members of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing, in accordance with New Mexico law. The secretary shall approve and issue a separate and distinctive logo clearly marked as "civil air patrol" for issuance to members of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing.
History: 1978 Comp., § 66-3-424.1, enacted by Laws 2003, ch. 179, § 2; 2018, ch. 74, § 21.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — This section was originally enacted as 66-3-424.1 NMSA 1978, but was renumbered as 66-3-424.7 NMSA 1978 by the compiler to accommodate a similarly numbered section enacted by an earlier 2003 act.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, reduced the penalty for falsely representing oneself as a member of the civil air patrol, New Mexico wing to a penalty assessment misdemeanor, and made technical changes; and in Subsection C , after "guilty of a", deleted "petty" and added "penalty assessment", and after "misdemeanor", deleted "and shall be sentenced pursuant to Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978".