A. A bus that has a normal seating capacity of forty passengers or less and that is used exclusively for the transportation of agricultural laborers may be registered upon payment to the division of a fee of thirty-three dollars ($33.00).
B. In addition to the registration fee imposed by this section, there is imposed at the time of registration an annual tire recycling fee of fifty cents ($.50) per wheel that is in contact with the ground on each vehicle subject to a registration fee pursuant to this section.
C. Application for registration of a bus pursuant to this section shall be made in the form prescribed by the division and shall be accompanied by an affidavit that the bus will be used exclusively for the transportation of agricultural laborers. Upon registration, the bus is exempt from tariff-filing requirements of the public regulation commission.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-6-8, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 343; 1994, ch. 117, § 22; 1994, ch. 126, § 22; 2003, ch. 270, § 5; 2003 (1st S.S.), ch. 3, § 16.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, substituted "fifty cents ($.50)" for "twenty-five cents ($.25)" following "recycling fee of" near the middle of Subsection B; and substituted "public regulation" for "state corporation" preceding "commission" near the end of Subsection C.
The 2003 (1st S.S.) amendment, effective March 1, 2004, substituted "thirty-three dollars ($33.00)" for "twenty-five dollars ($25.00)" at the end of Subsection A, and "pursuant to" for "under" near the beginning of the first sentence of Subsection C.
The 1994 amendment, effective March 8, 1994, added Subsection B and redesignated former Subsection B as Subsection C.
Duplicate amendments. — Laws 1994, ch. 117, § 22 and Laws 1994, ch. 126, § 22 enacted identical amendments to 66-6-8 NMSA 1978, effective March 8, 1994. The section was set out as amended by Laws 1994, ch. 126, § 22. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.