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SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 47

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

SECOND SESSION

, 2006

A JOINT MEMORIAL

REQUESTING A STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING ADJUSTING AND

ESTABLISHING TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND PENALTIES TO REDUCE THE

INCIDENTS OF UNDERAGE DRINKING VIOLATIONS.

WHEREAS, underage consumption of alcoholic beverages is a

persistent problem in New Mexico; and

WHEREAS, underage consumption of alcoholic beverages

frequently occurs in conjunction with driving while

intoxicated, sadly resulting in the death or serious injury of

underage drivers and passengers; and

WHEREAS, over the years the legislature has created

programs and appropriated money to various agencies to prevent

alcohol abuse and driving while intoxicated, including programs

and money aimed at underage consumption of alcohol under the

DWI program fund, the Local DWI Grant Program Act and the

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Family and Youth Resource Act;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE

STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the interim legislative committee that

studies corrections issues study how underage consumption of

alcoholic beverages is currently being addressed by the

department of health; the children, youth and families

department; the traffic safety bureau of the department of

transportation; the courts; and other agencies receiving

alcohol-abuse-related appropriations and make recommendations

to the first session of the forty-eighth legislature about what

education or treatment programs, additional penalties or

combination of education, treatment and penalties may be

appropriate to be put in place by the legislature to reduce the

incidents of underage consumption of alcoholic beverages and

driving while intoxicated; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the co-chairs of the New Mexico legislative

council.

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