N.M. Admin. Code § 1.5.3.15

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 17, September 10, 2024

Section 1.5.3.15 - SUSPENSION OF STATE VEHICLE OPERATOR PRIVILEGES

A. The director or designee shall automatically suspend a state employee's authorization to operate a state vehicle if the state employee's New Mexico driver's license or an approved out-of-state driver's license is expired, revoked, or suspended. This extends to include disqualifications or administrative actions on driver's licenses. An employee whose driving privileges have been suspended or revoked for an expired driver's license may register for the TSD/NSC online Defensive Driving Class (DDC).

B. An authorized driver that receives a citation and is convicted while operating a state vehicle will have their privileges suspended until proof of the ticket being paid is submitted to TSD and a NSC six (6) hour defensive driving class taught by a TSD approved instructor has been taken and passed or successfully completed. Suspensions extend to utilizing personal vehicles to conduct state business.

C. A state agency shall report each suspension or revocation to the director or designee. The director or designee will provide the agency head with names of any state employee's employed by the requesting state agency whose state vehicle operator privileges have been suspended or revoked.

D. To determine that state authorized drivers have a valid driver's license, the director or designee will at random review the driving record of state authorized drivers. The director or designee will review the status of the driving record of any state authorized driver upon receipt of any request for waiver, constituent complaint, registration for DDC, traffic citation, parking ticket, accident, police report or vehicle abuse.

E. An authorized driver that has his/her driving privileges suspended or revoked must successfully complete a six (6) hour TSD approved instructor NSC/DDC class before the director or designee will consider authorizing the reinstatement of those privileges.

F. The director or designee shall review all complaints of alleged fraud, waste, and abuse involving state vehicles, and shall forward them to the state agency fleet coordinator and to the appropriate state agency management team.

(1) If three (3) vehicle abuse allegations are received within a fiscal year for the same allegation, the authorized driver will have his/her driving privileges temporarily suspended and will be required to retake a TSD approved instructor six (6) hour NSC/DDC class. The agency will then provide a copy of the retaken DDC to TSD.

(2) Failure to comply or respond to final notice of abuse allegations will result in vehicle lease termination.

G. Any agency may require the employee to pay for a DDC class necessary to reinstate their driving privileges.

H. The director or designee or the state agency may suspend or revoke driving privileges of an authorized driver for failure to comply with any provision of this rule.

N.M. Admin. Code § 1.5.3.15

1.5.3.15 NMAC - Rp, 1.5.3.15 NMAC, 1-15-13

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVI, Issue 14, July 30, 2015, eff. 7/30/2015