STUDY MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION PROGRAM

House Memorial 23 requests the Regulation and Licensing Department and Motor Vehicle Division to study reestablishing New Mexico's statewide motor vehicle safety inspection program. The study would examine benefits based on research showing states with such programs have 10.3% fewer traffic fatalities and 20% of vehicles in Missouri had safety defects detected during inspections. It directs the departments to report findings and implementation recommendations to state agencies and the legislature by 2026, following New Mexico's prior 1970s program that ended due to implementation challenges. This memorial does not create a new law but seeks data to inform future policy decisions.