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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR

Lujan, A.

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/31/07

2/06/07 HB 679

SHORT TITLE

Delivery of Alcohol on 21

st

Birthday

SB

ANALYST

C.Sanchez

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates,

SB608 and SB622

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)

Corrections Department (CD)

Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 679 would add a new section to Chapter 60, Article 7A NMSA 1978 making it a

fourth degree felony to deliver alcoholic beverages to another person on that person’s 21

st

birthday before: (1) 7:00 a.m. if the person’s birthday falls on a day other than Sunday; or (2)

12:00 noon if the person’s birthday falls on a Sunday.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The addition of a new felony offense could increase the Corrections Department’s costs by the

minimal addition to the inmate population and probation/parole caseloads.

House Bill 679 – Page

2

However, the financial impact would be minimal to slight based upon the anticipated low

number of convictions for this offense. This may be offset some by a minimal amount of

revenue generated by the probation/parolee supervision fees paid during the probation/parole

period.

There will be a minimal administrative cost for statewide update, distribution and documentation

of statutory changes. Any additional fiscal impact on the judiciary would be proportional to the

enforcement of this law and commenced prosecutions. New laws, amendments to existing laws

and new hearings have the potential to increase caseloads in the courts, thus requiring additional

resources to handle the increase.

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

The courts are participating in performance-based budgeting. It is unknown if enactment of this

bill would impact performance measures as they relate to judicial budgeting.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

There may be an administrative impact on the courts as the result of an increase in caseload

and/or in the amount of time necessary to dispose of cases.

CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP

Duplicate of SB 608 and SB 622

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

Status Quo

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