Bills Sponsored by New Mexico State Senator Michael Wiener

January 1993 - January 1997

• Reformed real estate licensing laws (SB-203)
• Secured $850,000 to fund APD Foothills Substation (Lomas and Chelwood)
• Sponsored the New Mexico Personal Protection Act
• Passed a constitutional amendment raising the number of signatures required on a grand jury petition
• Voting record - ranked fourth best of all 42 senators by Association of Commerce and Industry, a pro-business lobbying group

Prime sponsor of these motor vehicle-related and pro-law enforcement bills:

1993

• S-50: Special registration plates for legislators
• S-275: Require proof of drivers license when applying for registration
• S-276: Authorize MVD to cancel vehicle registrations when drivers license has been revoked
• S-277: Outlaw license plate frames and covers
• S-347: Provide notification of insurance companies online and suspension of registration
• S-697: Increase penalties for injuring police animals
• S-855: Establish a state transportation department

1994

• S-224: Increase penalties for impersonating a police officer
• S-225: Provide DWI information to drivers license applicants
• S-505: Concealed weapons act
• S-512: Special registration plates
• S-515: Northeast Heights police substation funding
• SM-44: Prison facility study

1995

• S-198: Historic vehicle registration plates
• S-199: Registration plate display
• S-201: Wildlife registration plates
• S-217: Firefighter registration plates
• S-256: Collegiate registration plates
• S-291: Disabled parking enforcement
• S-461: Reduce fees for Children's Trust Fund plates
• S-517: Farm vehicle registration
• SJM-16: Enhanced drivers license system

1996

• S-64: New Mexico Personal Protection Act
• S-77: Comprehensive revision of Motor Vehicle Code
• S-644: Fund APD helicopter program
• SJR-3: Constitutional amendment allowing concealed weapons

A Strong Record of Actions and Accomplishments as an Albuquerque City Councillor

December 1, 1985 to November 30, 1989

• Enacted free bulletproof vest program for all APD officers
• Wrote the first laws to save the petroglyphs - West Mesa Volcanic Escarpment
• Started the Albuquerque Office of Recycling
• Initated a coalition of all nineteen "District 9" neighborhood associations—the first city council neighborhood coalition—held monthly meetings
• Sponsored legislation to ensure that assets and forfeitures seized could be kept by the police to be used in the war on drugs
• Initiated the APD helicopter program
• Pioneered the roll-out trash container system to replace plastic bags—which has resulted in increased productivity and millions of dollars in savings from workers compensation alone
• Strongly supported convention center expansion, botanical gardens, open space acquisitions and the ACVB
• Authored legislation to automate Albuquerque's traffic and parking citations
• Established a sister city relationship with Ashkabad, Turkmenistan
• Had the old Western Skies Hotel condemned
• Amended the Auto Emissions Inspection Ordinance to protect consumers by mandating that the price charged be posted outside each station
• Wrote the Alarm System Registration Ordinance to stem the number of false alarms
• Created a task force to study the problem of abandoned and inoperable vehicles and how best to get them removed
• Worked with APD to set up police roadblocks to apprehend motorists operating vehicles without registration, insurance, or valid drivers licenses
• Was instrumental in helping to bring the Miss USA Pageant to Albuquerque (February 17, 1987)
• Co-sponsored the Clean Indoor Air Act