Section 66-13-4 – Guilty pleas; limitations.
When a complaint or information alleges a violation of Section 3 [66-13-3 NMSA 1978] of the Boating While Intoxicated Act, any plea of guilty thereafter entered in satisfaction of the charges shall include at least a plea of guilty to the violation of one of the subsections of Section 3 of that act, and no […]
Section 66-13-5 – Municipal and county ordinances; unlawful alcohol concentration level for boating while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
No municipal or county ordinance prohibiting the operation of a motorboat while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs shall be enacted that provides for an unlawful alcohol concentration level that is different than the alcohol concentration levels provided in Section 3 [66-13-3 NMSA] of the Boating While Intoxicated Act. History: Laws 2003, ch. […]
Section 66-13-6 – Blood-alcohol tests; persons qualified to perform tests; relief from civil and criminal liability.
Only a physician, licensed professional or practical nurse or laboratory technician or technologist employed by a hospital or physician shall withdraw blood from a person in the performance of a blood-alcohol or drug test. A physician, nurse, technician or technologist who withdraws blood from a person in the performance of a blood-alcohol or drug test […]
Section 66-13-7 – Blood-alcohol test; law enforcement, judicial or probation officer unauthorized to make arrest or direct test except in performance of official duties authorized by law.
Nothing in the Boating While Intoxicated Act is intended to authorize a law enforcement officer, or a judicial or probation officer, to make an arrest or direct the performance of a blood-alcohol or drug test, except in the performance of his official duties or as otherwise authorized by law. History: Laws 2003, ch. 241, § […]
Section 66-13-8 – Implied consent to submit to chemical test.
A. A person who operates a motorboat within this state shall be deemed to have given consent, subject to the provisions of the Boating While Intoxicated Act, to chemical tests of his blood or breath or both, approved by the scientific laboratory division of the department of health pursuant to the provisions of Section 24-1-22 […]
Section 66-12-18.1 – Safe boating rules.
The division shall adopt safe boating education rules that require that: A. a person born after January 1, 1989 who operates a motorboat on the waters of this state shall: (1) have completed a safe boating education course that is approved by the national association of state boating law administrators and certified by the division […]
Section 66-12-6.7 – Dealer license denial, suspension and revocation.
The motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department may deny, suspend or revoke a dealer license for: A. a material misrepresentation communicated by a dealer to the motor vehicle division; B. a lack of fitness as proscribed by rule of the motor vehicle division; or C. a willful violation of a federal or […]
Section 66-12-19 – Filing of regulations.
Regulations adopted by the state park and recreation division [state parks division] pursuant to the Boat Act shall be filed as provided by law. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-35-18, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 338, § 18; 1963, ch. 45, § 7; 1977, ch. 254, § 107. ANNOTATIONS Cross references. — For filing of agency […]
Section 66-12-6.8 – Dealer bonds; required insurance.
A person licensed as a dealer pursuant to the Boat Act shall file with the state parks division a bond in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) unless there is a bond on file with the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department for a motor vehicle dealer’s license and such proof […]
Section 66-12-20 – Disposition of fees.
The fees collected pursuant to the provisions of the Boat Act, less the administrative fee withheld pursuant to Section 1 [7-1-6.41 NMSA 1978] of this 1997 act, shall be covered [deposited] into the state park and recreation fund. History: 1953 Comp., § 75-35-19, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 338, § 19; 1983, ch. 41, § […]