The department may issue an identification card only to a person who is a New Mexico resident and who does not have a valid New Mexico license. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-5-402, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 329; 1987, ch. 10, § 1; 1993, ch. 328, § 3; 1999, ch. 76, § 4; 2016, ch. 79, § 10.