N.M. Stat. § 66-6-23
Disposition of fees.
A. After the necessary disbursements for refunds and other purposes have been
made, the money remaining in the motor vehicle suspense fund, except for remittances
received within the previous two months that are unidentified as to source or disposition,
shall be distributed as follows:
(1)
to each municipality, county or fee agent operating a motor vehicle field
office:
(a) an amount equal to six dollars ($6.00) per driver's license and five dollars
($5.00) per identification card or motor vehicle or motorboat registration or title
transaction performed;
(b) for each such agent determined by the secretary pursuant to Section 66-2-
16 NMSA 1978 to have performed ten thousand or more transactions in the preceding
fiscal year, other than a class A county with a population exceeding three hundred
thousand or a municipality with a population exceeding three hundred thousand that has
been designated as an agent pursuant to Section 66-2-14.1 NMSA 1978, an amount
equal to one dollar ($1.00) in addition to the amount distributed pursuant to
Subparagraph (a) of this paragraph for each driver's license, identification card, motor
vehicle registration, motorboat registration or title transaction performed; and
(c) to each military installation designated as a fee agent pursuant to Section
66-2-14.1 NMSA 1978, an amount equal to one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) in addition to
the amount distributed pursuant to Subparagraph (a) of this paragraph for each
administrative service fee remitted by the military installation to the department pursuant
to Subsection A of Section 66-2-16 NMSA 1978;
(2)
to each municipality or county, other than a class A county with a
population exceeding three hundred thousand or a municipality with a population
exceeding three hundred thousand that has been designated as an agent pursuant to
Section 66-2-14.1 NMSA 1978, operating a motor vehicle field office, an amount equal
to one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) for each administrative service fee remitted by that
county or municipality to the department pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of
Section 66-2-16 NMSA 1978;
(3)
to the state road fund:
(a) an amount equal to the fees collected pursuant to Sections 66-7-413 and
66-7-413.4 NMSA 1978;
(b) an amount equal to the fee collected pursuant to Section 66-3-417 NMSA
1978;
(c) the remainder of each driver's license fee collected by the department
employees from an applicant to whom a license is granted after deducting from the
driver's license fee the amount of the distribution authorized in Paragraph (1) of this
subsection with respect to that collected driver's license fee; and
(d) an amount equal to fifty percent of the fees collected pursuant to Section
66-6-19 NMSA 1978;
(4)
to the local governments road fund, the amount of the fees collected
pursuant to Subsection B of Section 66-5-33.1 NMSA 1978 and the remainder of the
fees collected pursuant to Subsection A of Section 66-5-408 NMSA 1978;
(5)
to the department:
(a) any amounts reimbursed to the department pursuant to Subsection D of
Section 66-2-14.1 NMSA 1978;
(b) an amount equal to two dollars ($2.00) of each motorcycle registration fee
collected pursuant to Section 66-6-1 NMSA 1978;
(c) an amount equal to the fees provided for in Subsection D of Section 66-2-
7 NMSA 1978, Subsection E of Section 66-2-16 NMSA 1978, Subsections K and L of
Section 66-3-6 NMSA 1978 other than the administrative fee, Subsection C of Section
66-5-44 NMSA 1978 and Subsection B of Section 66-5-408 NMSA 1978;
(d) the amounts due to the department for the manufacture and issuance of a
special registration plate collected pursuant to the section of law authorizing the
issuance of the specialty plate;
(e) an amount equal to the registration fees collected pursuant to Section 66-
6-6.1 NMSA 1978 for the purposes of enforcing the provisions of the Mandatory
Financial Responsibility Act [66-5-201 to 66-5-239 NMSA 1978] and for creating and
maintaining a multilanguage noncommercial driver's license testing program; and after
those purposes are met, the balance of the registration fees shall be distributed to the
department to defray the costs of operating the division;
(f) an amount equal to fifty cents ($.50) for each administrative fee remitted to
the department by a county or municipality operating a motor vehicle field office
pursuant to Subsection A of Section 66-2-16 NMSA 1978;
(g) an amount equal to one dollar twenty-five cents ($1.25) for each
administrative fee collected by the department or any of its agents other than a county
or municipality operating a motor vehicle field office pursuant to Subsection A of Section
66-2-16 NMSA 1978; and
(h) an amount equal to the royalties or other consideration paid by
commercial users of databases of motor vehicle-related records of the department
pursuant to Subsection C of Section 14-3-15.1 NMSA 1978 for the purpose of defraying
the costs of maintaining databases of motor vehicle-related records of the department;
and after that purpose is met, the balance of the royalties and other consideration shall
be distributed to the department to defray the costs of operating the division or for use
pursuant to Subsection F of Section 66-6-13 NMSA 1978;
(6)
to each New Mexico institution of higher education, an amount equal to
that part of the fees distributed pursuant to Paragraph (2) of Subsection D of Section
66-3-416 NMSA 1978 proportionate to the number of special registration plates issued
in the name of the institution to all such special registration plates issued in the name of
all institutions;
(7)
to the armed forces veterans license fund, the amount to be distributed
pursuant to Paragraph (2) of Subsection E of Section 66-3-419 NMSA 1978;
(8)
to the children's trust fund, the amount to be distributed pursuant to
Paragraph (2) of Subsection D of Section 66-3-420 NMSA 1978;
(9)
to the department of transportation, an amount equal to the fees collected
pursuant to Section 66-5-35 NMSA 1978;
(10)
to the state equalization guarantee distribution made annually pursuant to
the general appropriation act, an amount equal to one hundred percent of the driver
safety fee collected pursuant to Subsection D of Section 66-5-44 NMSA 1978;
(11)
to the motorcycle training fund, seven dollars ($7.00) of each motorcycle
registration fee collected pursuant to Section 66-6-1 NMSA 1978;
(12)
to the recycling and illegal dumping fund:
(a) fifty cents ($.50) of the tire recycling fee collected pursuant to the
provisions of Section 66-6-1 NMSA 1978;
(b) fifty cents ($.50) of each of the tire recycling fees collected pursuant to the
provisions of Sections 66-6-2 and 66-6-4 NMSA 1978; and
(c) twenty-five cents ($.25) of each of the tire recycling fees collected
pursuant to Sections 66-6-5 and 66-6-8 NMSA 1978;
(13)
to the highway infrastructure fund:
(a) fifty cents ($.50) of the tire recycling fee collected pursuant to the
provisions of Section 66-6-1 NMSA 1978;
(b) one dollar ($1.00) of each of the tire recycling fees collected pursuant to
the provisions of Sections 66-6-2 and 66-6-4 NMSA 1978; and
(c) twenty-five cents ($.25) of each of the tire recycling fees collected
pursuant to Sections 66-6-5 and 66-6-8 NMSA 1978;
(14)
to each county, an amount equal to fifty percent of the fees collected
pursuant to Section 66-6-19 NMSA 1978 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which
is the total mileage of public roads maintained by the county and the denominator of
which is the total mileage of public roads maintained by all counties in the state;
(15)
to the litter control and beautification fund, an amount equal to the fees
collected pursuant to Section 66-6-6.2 NMSA 1978;
(16)
to the local government division of the department of finance and
administration, an amount equal to the fees collected pursuant to Section 66-3-424.3
NMSA 1978 for distribution to each county to support animal control spaying and
neutering programs in an amount proportionate to the number of residents of that
county who have purchased pet care special registration plates pursuant to Section 66-
3-424.3 NMSA 1978; and
(17)
to the Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad commission, twenty-five dollars
($25.00) collected pursuant to the Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad special
registration plate.
B. The balance, exclusive of unidentified remittances, shall be distributed in
accordance with Section 66-6-23.1 NMSA 1978.
C. If any of the paragraphs, subsections or sections referred to in Subsection A of
this section are recompiled or otherwise redesignated without a corresponding change
to Subsection A of this section, the reference in Subsection A of this section shall be
construed to be the recompiled or redesignated paragraph, subsection or section.