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Picraux |
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HB |
257 |
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Alcohol Related Domestic Abuse Programs |
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REVENUE
Estimated
Revenue |
Subsequent Years
Impact |
Recurring or Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY03 |
FY04 |
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($300.0) |
Indeterminate |
Recurring |
Local
DWI Grant Fund |
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)
Responses
Received From
Administrative
Office of the Courts
Department
of Finance and Administration
Department
of Health
SUMMARY
House
Bill 257 amends the DWI Grant Program Act and allows funds to be used for programs
to reduce or prevent the incidence of domestic abuse related to alcohol
abuse. This legislation provides a new
section whereby the Local DWI Grant Fund can be used for programs, services or
activities to prevent or reduce the incidence of domestic abuse related to alcoholism
or alcohol abuse. This legislation would
continue to fund existing community based programs, service or facilities for
prevention and treatment of domestic abuse related to alcoholism or alcohol
abuse.
Significant
Issues
According
to the Department of Health and the Health Policy Commission, DWI continues to
be a major problem in the state of
Nationally,
nearly half of female victims of intimate partner violence (domestic violence)
reported that the offender was drinking or using illegal drugs at the time of
the crime. This same pattern was found
in a national survey of prison inmates with 55% of these offenders drinking or
using drugs at the time of the offense.
The
Department of Health states that while Domestic violence is a serious issue in
The DFA notes that expanding the funding for domestic violence
prevention and treatment may diminish the funds available for DWI.
According to the Administrative Office of the
Courts, additional programs or services
give judges sentencing options in dealing with domestic violence or DWI
cases. National research and statistics
into the nature of domestic violence show that early intervention is important
in dealing with domestic violence.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The Local DWI Grant Fund is
comprised of $2.8 million of liquor excise tax revenues. This legislation proposes that $300.0 of
this amount be distributed to counties reclassified in 2002 as class A counties
with a population more than ninety thousand, but less than one hundred thousand
in the 1990 census. This would affect Sandoval and