The department may issue an identification card only to a person who is a New Mexico resident and who does not have a valid New Mexico license.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-5-402, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 329; 1987, ch. 10, § 1; 1993, ch. 328, § 3; 1999, ch. 76, § 4; 2016, ch. 79, § 10.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2016 amendment, effective May 18, 2016, removed certain eligibility requirements for persons applying for identification cards; after "The department", deleted "shall" and added "may", deleted the subsection designation "A", after "who does not have a valid New Mexico", deleted "driver's", after "license", deleted the remainder of former Subsection A; and deleted Subsection B.
The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, substituted "or its certified copy, a certificate of baptism, a valid passport" for "a certificate of baptism" in Subsection A.
The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted "department" for "division" in the introductory language and "that the department" for "which the director" in Subsection A.