Chapter 66, Article 10 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Driving School Licensing Act”. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-35-1, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 185, § 1; 1993, ch. 68, § 45. ANNOTATIONS Cross references. — For instruction permits for student drivers, see 66-5-8 NMSA 1978. For vehicles on loan from dealers and used […]
A. There is created in the state treasury the “motorcycle training fund”. The fund shall be invested in accordance with the provisions of Section 6-10-10 NMSA 1978, and all income earned on the fund shall be credited to the fund. B. The motorcycle training fund shall be used to institute and provide a statewide system […]
In addition to other sentencing or penalty provisions of law, when a person is convicted of a penalty assessment misdemeanor or other misdemeanor committed while operating a motor vehicle, each court is authorized to and shall consider ordering that offender to take any driving safety course certified by the bureau but shall not specify a […]
The Driving School Licensing Act shall not apply to nonprofit corporations that provide motor vehicle accident prevention courses approved by the traffic safety bureau of the department of transportation and that are engaged in providing courses exclusively for drivers who are fifty years of age or older. History: Laws 1993, ch. 68, § 55; 2015, […]
No person, firm, association or corporation shall operate a driver education school or engage in the business of giving instruction for hire in the driving of motor vehicles or in the preparation of an applicant for examination for a Class D, E or M driver’s license unless a license has been secured from the bureau. […]
Every applicant in order to qualify to operate a driver education school shall meet the following requirements: A. maintain bodily injury and public damage liability insurance on all motor vehicles used in driving instruction in the amounts and form as prescribed by law or regulation of the bureau; B. have the equipment necessary to the […]
Every person in order to qualify as an instructor for a driver education school shall meet the following requirements: A. possess qualifications as prescribed by the bureau; B. be physically able to operate safely a motor vehicle and to train others in the operation of motor vehicles; C. hold a valid operator’s or chauffeur’s license; […]
A. The bureau shall issue a license certificate to each applicant to conduct a driver education school or to each driver education instructor when it is satisfied that the person has met the qualifications required under the Driving School Licensing Act and if a school complies with the minimum driver education program standards established by […]
A. prescribe the forms and procedures necessary for the making of applications and the licensing of driver education schools and driver education instructors pursuant to the provisions of the Driving School Licensing Act; B. require periodic and annual reports from the licensed schools on the number and types of pupils enrolled and trained and such […]
All fees received by the bureau for licenses or certificates issued pursuant to the Driving School Licensing Act [Chapter 66, Article 10 NMSA 1978] shall be deposited with the state treasurer and placed in the general fund. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-35-7, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 185, § 7; 1993, ch. 68, § 51. […]
The provisions of the Driving School Licensing Act shall not apply to authorized driver training programs conducted by any public, parochial, or other schools providing the curriculum and grade sequence that allows a student to secure a high school education. Other exemptions include state and federal agencies, or local political subdivisions, and the provisions shall […]
A. Any driver education school licensed under the Driving School Licensing Act may offer a motorcycle driver education program in accordance with regulations promulgated by the bureau. B. The bureau shall prescribe minimum motorcycle driver education program standards. C. The Driving School Licensing Act applies to any program offered under this section. History: 1953 Comp., […]
