A. The department shall issue distinctive registration plates to any person who is a member of the New Mexico national guard, upon the submission by the person of proof satisfactory to the department that the person is currently a member of the guard. No fee, including the regular registration fee applicable to passenger motor vehicles, shall be collected for issuance of a special registration plate pursuant to this section. B. A person shall not falsely represent that the person is an active member of the New Mexico national guard so as to be eligible to be issued special registration plates pursuant to this section when the person in fact is not a current member of the New Mexico national guard. C. A person who violates the provisions of Subsection B of this section is guilty of a penalty assessment misdemeanor. History: Laws 1980, ch. 45, § 1; 1987, ch. 268, § 23; 2007, ch. 176, § 1; 2018, ch. 74, § 13. ANNOTATIONSThe 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, reduced the penalty for misrepresenting oneself as an active member of the New Mexico national guard so as to be eligible to be issued a special national guard registration plate, and made technical changes throughout the r misrepresenting oneself as an active member of the New Mexico national guard so as to be eligible to be issued a special national guard registration plate, and made technical changes throughout the section; in the catchline, added 'national guard members'; in Subsection A, replaced 'division' with 'department' throughout the subsection; and in Subsection C, after 'guilty of a', added 'penalty assessment'. The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, provided that the regular registration fee applicable to passenger motor vehicles shall not be collected from members of the national guard who are issued distinctive registration plates.
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