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

SPONSOR Ulibarri

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/28/08

HB

SHORT TITLE

D

ECLARING

J

ANUARY

31,

2008

A

S

"D

WI

A

WARENESS

D

AY

"

SM 27

ANALYST Shaya

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Memorial 27 declares Thursday,

January 31, 2008 AS "DWI AWARENESS DAY

"

in the

New Mexico State Senate.

The Memorial provides the following statements about DWI Awareness:

•

In 2006 one hundred ninety-one persons lost their lives as a result of alcohol-involved

fatalities in New Mexico; and

•

There are a minimum of three thousand alcohol involved crashes in New Mexico each

year, and many of the

•

In 2007 alcohol was involved in more than forty-one percent of all traffic fatalities in

New Mexico; and

•

Each year approximately twenty thousand people are arrested due to drunk driving in

New Mexico; and

•

The average blood alcohol level for persons arrested in New Mexico for DWI was .19,

over twice the legal limit for blood alcohol level; and

•

Public education about the dangers of DWI has been shown to be one effective tool in

reducing the number of traffic accidents involving drunk drivers;

RS/mt