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Section 7-15A-5 - Exemption from tax.

NM Stat § 7-15A-5 (2019) (N/A)
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Exempted from imposition of the weight distance tax is the use of the highways of this state by:

A. school buses;

B. buses used exclusively for the transportation of agricultural laborers;

C. buses operated by religious or nonprofit charitable organizations; and

D. commercial motor carrier vehicles as defined in Subsection B of Section 7-15-2.1 NMSA 1978 while operating exclusively within ten miles of a border with Mexico in conjunction with crossing the border with Mexico.

History: 1978 Comp., § 7-15A-5, enacted by Laws 1988, ch. 73, § 32; 2006, ch. 44, § 2.

The 2006 amendment, effective May 17, 2006, added Subsection D to exempt commercial motor carrier vehicles while operating exclusively within ten miles of a border with Mexico in conjunction with crossing the border with Mexico.

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