N.M. Stat. § 66-8-111.1

Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 66-8-111.1 - Law enforcement officer agent for department; written notice of revocation and right to hearing
A. On behalf of the department, a law enforcement officer requesting a chemical test or directing the administration of a chemical test pursuant to Section 66-8-107 NMSA 1978 shall serve immediate written notice of revocation and of right to a hearing before the administrative hearings office pursuant to the Implied Consent Act on a person who:
(1) refuses to permit chemical testing; or
(2) submits to a chemical test the results of which indicate an alcohol concentration in the person's blood or breath of:
(a) eight one hundredths or more if the person is twenty-one years of age or older;
(b) four one hundredths or more if the person is driving a commercial motor vehicle; or
(c) two one hundredths or more if the person is less than twenty-one years of age.
B. The written notice of revocation and of a right to a hearing served on the driver shall be a temporary license valid for twenty days or, if the driver requests a hearing pursuant to Section 66-8-112 NMSA 1978, valid until the date the administrative hearings office issues the order following that hearing; provided that a written notice of revocation and right to a hearing shall not be a temporary license for a driver without any otherwise valid driving privileges in this state.
C. The law enforcement officer shall send to the department the signed statement required pursuant to Section 66-8-111 NMSA 1978.

NMS § 66-8-111.1

1978 Comp., § 66-8-111.1, enacted by Laws 1984, ch. 72, § 7; 1985, ch. 178, § 5; 1985, ch. 187, § 3; 1991, ch. 245, § 4; 1993, ch. 66, § 13; 2003, ch. 51, § 14; 2003, ch. 90, § 7; 2015, ch. 73, § 34.
Amended by 2019, c. 167,s. 13, eff. 10/1/2019.
Amended by 2015, c. 73,s. 34, eff. 7/1/2015.