Sections 66-7-501 through 66-7-513 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Traffic Safety Act”. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-501, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 488; 2003, ch. 148, § 1. ANNOTATIONS The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, substituted “66-7-501 through 66-7-513 NMSA 1978” for “64-7-501 through 64-7-511”. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and […]
A. The legislature declares that there should be accurate information about the causes of traffic accidents which result in fatalities and in serious injuries on the highways of this state. B. Special accident-investigation units have made valuable discoveries of the incidence of driver intoxication and of mechanical defects in motor vehicle accidents. The legislature intends […]
As used in the Traffic Safety Act: A. “bureau” means the traffic safety bureau of the department; B. “chief” means the administrative head of the bureau; C. “committee” means the advisory committee to the bureau; and D. “department” means the state highway and transportation department. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-503, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. […]
A. There is created within the department the “traffic safety bureau”. The chief shall receive no additional salary because of his activity as chief of the bureau. B. The department shall employ such personnel and hire such consultants as are required to carry out the provisions of the Traffic Safety Act. History: 1953 Comp., § […]
A. There is created a five-member advisory committee to the bureau. The chief is, ex officio, the chair and a voting member of the committee. The governor shall appoint three members, to terms coterminous with the governor’s tenure, who shall have the following qualifications: (1) one member who is representative of the law enforcement agencies […]
The bureau shall have the following powers and duties: A. organize, plan and conduct a statewide program of activities designed to prevent accidents and to reduce the incidence of DWI in New Mexico; B. coordinate activities and programs of the departments, divisions and agencies of this state now engaged in promoting traffic safety; C. provide […]
DWI prevention and education programs for instruction permits and driver’s licenses shall include information on organ donation and the provisions of the Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act [24-6B-1 to 24-6B-25 NMSA 1978]. History: Laws 2000, ch. 54, § 11; 2007, ch. 323, § 34. ANNOTATIONS The 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, changed […]
A. The bureau is authorized to conduct a study into the practices and procedures of accident-investigation units functioning in this state to determine whether such practices and procedures are aiding the citizens of this state in the discovery of the causes of motor vehicle accidents. If, at the conclusion of a study made of a […]
All records of an approved accident-investigation unit shall be confidential and shall not be available to any person other than a member or employee of the unit. A member or employee of the approved unit charged with the custody of the records and reports shall not be required to produce these records or reports or […]
An approved accident-investigation unit shall make an annual report to the bureau, the governor and the legislature not later than January 1 of the calendar year following such designation of approval, and this report shall contain the unit’s findings and recommendations as to the formulation of effective methods and means to reduce motor vehicle accidents […]
The chief, with the approval of the director, may request all information pertinent to the traffic safety program of the bureau in the performance of its duties and functions, and this information shall be furnished by any officer, agent or employee of the state. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-510, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, […]
A. The bureau, with the approval of the governor, may accept on behalf of the state any gift, grant or money given to the bureau for any and all purposes specified in the Traffic Safety Act. Any special grant shall be held by the state treasurer in a special fund and shall be expended in […]
A. There is created in the state treasury the “traffic safety education and enforcement 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 traffic safety education and enforcement fund shall be used to […]
A. The “safe routes to school program” is created within the department to increase and make safer a student’s ability to walk or ride a bicycle to school. B. The program may be established to: (1) provide assistance to the state, counties and municipalities to identify school route hazards and implement engineering improvements, including: (a) […]
