Section 66-3-424.41 - New Mexico miners special registration plateA. The division shall issue a standardized special registration plate with a logo as specified in Section 66-3-424 NMSA 1978 commemorating New Mexico miners.B. For an initial fee of twenty dollars ($20.00), which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees, a motor vehicle owner may apply for issuance of a New Mexico miners special registration plate. The owner shall pay a renewal fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) each year to retain and renew the New Mexico miners special registration plate.C. Revenue from the fees imposed by Subsection B of this section for a New Mexico miners special registration plate shall be distributed as follows: (1) twelve dollars ($12.00) of the initial fee collected shall be retained by the department and is appropriated to the department for the manufacture and issuance of the special registration plates; and(2) eight dollars ($8.00) of the initial fee and the entire renewal fee collected shall be distributed to the miners' hospital of New Mexico to be used for chronic illness research.D. Beginning on July 1, 2026, and on July 1 of each subsequent year, the department shall compare the number of New Mexico miners special registration plates issued or registration renewals for those plates in the previous fiscal year with the average of the number of those plates issued in fiscal years 2024 and 2025.E. By September 1 of a fiscal year in which the department determines that the number of New Mexico miners special registration plates issued or registration renewals for those plates in the previous fiscal year is less than fifty percent of the average number of those plates issued in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the department shall stop issuing New Mexico miners special registration plates.Added by 2023, c. 73,s. 2, eff. 7/1/2023.