Section 66-8-116 - Penalty assessment misdemeanors; definition; schedule of assessments. - New Mexico Statutes

66-8-116. Penalty assessment misdemeanors; definition; schedule of assessments.

A.     As used in the Motor Vehicle Code [66-1-1 NMSA 1978], "penalty assessment misdemeanor" means violation of any of the following listed sections of the NMSA 1978 for which, except as provided in Subsections D and E of this section, the listed penalty assessment is established: 

     COMMON NAME  SECTION  PENALTY   OF OFFENSE VIOLATED ASSESSMENT    Permitting unlicensed   minor to drive      66-5-40 $  10.00  Failure to obey sign      66-7-104 10.00  Failure to obey signal      66-7-105 10.00  Speeding      66-7-301   (1)     up to and including ten miles an hour over the speed limit 15.00  (2)     from eleven up to and including fifteen miles an hour over the speed limit 30.00  (3)     from sixteen up to and including twenty miles an hour over the speed limit 65.00  (4)     from twenty-one up to and including twenty-five miles an hour over the speed limit 100.00   (5)     from twenty-six up to and including thirty miles an hour over the speed limit  125.00  (6)     from thirty-one up to and including thirty-five miles an hour over the speed limit 150.00  (7)     more than thirty-five miles an hour over the speed limit 200.00  Unfastened safety belt      66-7-372 25.00  Child not in restraint   device or seat belt      66-7-369 25.00  Minimum speed      66-7-305 10.00  Speeding      66-7-306 15.00  Improper starting      66-7-324 10.00  Improper backing      66-7-354 10.00  Improper lane      66-7-308 10.00  Improper lane      66-7-313 10.00  Improper lane      66-7-316 10.00  Improper lane      66-7-317 10.00  Improper lane      66-7-319 10.00  Improper passing      66-7-309 through
     66-7-312 10.00  Improper passing      66-7-315 10.00  Controlled access violation      66-7-320 10.00  Controlled access violation      66-7-321 10.00  Improper turning      66-7-322 10.00  Improper turning      66-7-323 10.00  Improper turning      66-7-325 10.00  Following too closely      66-7-318 10.00  Failure to yield      66-7-328 through
     66-7-331
10.00  Failure to yield      66-7-332 50.00  Failure to yield      66-7-332.1 25.00  Pedestrian violation      66-7-333 10.00  Pedestrian violation      66-7-340 10.00  Failure to stop       66-7-342 and 66-7-344
       through 66-7-346 10.00  Railroad-highway grade   crossing violation      66-7-341 and 66-7-343 150.00  Passing school bus      66-7-347 100.00  Failure to signal      66-7-325 through
       66-7-327 10.00  Failure to secure load      66-7-407 100.00  Operation without oversize-   overweight permit      66-7-413 50.00  Improper equipment      66-3-801 10.00  Improper equipment      66-3-901 20.00  Improper emergency signal      66-3-853 through
     66-3-857 10.00  Operation interference      66-7-357 5.00  Littering      66-7-364 300.00  Improper parking      66-7-349 through
       66-7-352 and 66-7-353 5.00  Improper parking      66-3-852 5.00  Failure to dim lights      66-3-831 10.00  Riding in or towing occupied    house trailer      66-7-366 5.00  Improper opening of doors      66-7-367 5.00  No slow-moving vehicle   emblem or flashing amber light      66-3-887 5.00  Open container - first violation      66-8-138 25.00.   

B.     The term "penalty assessment misdemeanor" does not include a violation that has caused or contributed to the cause of an accident resulting in injury or death to a person.

C.     When an alleged violator of a penalty assessment misdemeanor elects to accept a notice to appear in lieu of a notice of penalty assessment, a fine imposed upon later conviction shall not exceed the penalty assessment established for the particular penalty assessment misdemeanor and probation imposed upon a suspended or deferred sentence shall not exceed ninety days.

D.     The penalty assessment for speeding in violation of Paragraph (4) of Subsection A of Section  66-7-301 NMSA 1978 is twice the penalty assessment established in Subsection A of this section for the equivalent miles per hour over the speed limit.

E.     Upon a second conviction for operation without a permit for excessive size or weight pursuant to Section 66-7-413 NMSA 1978, the penalty assessment shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250).  Upon a third or subsequent conviction, the penalty assessment shall be five hundred dollars ($500).