0001| HOUSE BILL 201
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| RICK MIERA
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO THE DWI PROGRAM FUND; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO
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0012| THE DWI PROGRAM FUND SO THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MAY
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0013| PROVIDE SERVICES TO PERSONS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES
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0014| SUFFERED AS THE RESULT OF ALCOHOL-RELATED MOTOR VEHICLE
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0015| COLLISIONS.
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0017| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018| Section 1. Section 6-4-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
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0019| Chapter 65, Section 20) is amended to read:
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0020| "6-4-8. DWI PROGRAM FUND CREATED--APPROPRIATION.--
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0021| A. The "DWI program fund" is created in the state
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0022| treasury and shall be administered by the department of finance
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0023| and administration. Money in the fund is subject to
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0024| appropriation by the legislature to the agencies and for the
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0025| purposes specified and in accordance with the limitations and
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0001| requirements in this section. Balances in the fund at the end
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0002| of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.
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0003| B. Money in the DWI program fund may be
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0004| appropriated to any of the following agencies for the following
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0005| purposes:
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0006| (1) to the department of health to contract
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0007| for community DWI programs and services, [and] for alcoholism
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0008| and alcohol abuse prevention, screening and treatment programs
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0009| and services pursuant to the Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse
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0010| Prevention, Screening and Treatment Act and to provide long-
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0011| term care services designed to increase the independence of
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0012| persons who survive traumatic brain injuries suffered as the
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0013| result of alcohol-related motor vehicle collisions;
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0014| (2) to the children, youth and families
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0015| department to provide public school health education and
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0016| counseling programs that emphasize alcohol abuse prevention;
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0017| (3) to the traffic safety bureau of the state
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0018| highway and transportation department for DWI education,
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0019| awareness and information programs;
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0020| (4) to the department of public safety to
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0021| provide additional special investigators for enforcement of the
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0022| Liquor Control Act;
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0023| (5) to the alcohol and gaming division of the
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0024| regulation and licensing department for enforcement of the
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0025| provisions of the Liquor Control Act and administration of the
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0001| Alcohol Server Education Act [if enacted into law by the first
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session of the forty-first legislature];
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0003| (6) to the public defender department for
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0004| costs related to workload increases due to increases in DWI
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0005| caseloads;
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0006| (7) to the district attorneys for costs
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0007| related to workload increases due to increases in DWI
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0008| caseloads;
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0009| (8) to the magistrate courts division of the
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0010| administrative office of the courts for magistrate court costs
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0011| related to workload increases due to increases in DWI
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0012| caseloads, including costs of probation services;
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0013| (9) to the Bernalillo county metropolitan
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0014| court for costs related to workload increases due to increases
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0015| in DWI caseloads;
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0016| (10) to the district courts for costs related
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0017| to workload increases due to increases in DWI caseloads;
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0018| (11) to the taxation and revenue department
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0019| for DWI costs; and
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0020| (12) to the school of medicine at the
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0021| university of New Mexico for prevention, research and
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0022| intervention in the field of fetal alcohol syndrome.
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0023| C. [Prior to the second session of the forty-first
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legislature] Agencies eligible for funds under this section
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0025| shall determine their needs for such purposes and develop
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0001| recommendations with supporting data to justify the need for
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0002| increased funding to expand existing programs and services or
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0003| to implement new programs and services. The agencies shall
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0004| develop these recommendations as part of the budget process as
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0005| specified in Sections 6-3-18 through 6-3-22 NMSA 1978."
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0006| Section 2. APPROPRIATION.--Two million dollars
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0007| ($2,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the DWI
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0008| program fund for expenditure in fiscal year 1998 for the
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0009| purpose of providing the department of health with resources to
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0010| supply long-term care services designed to increase the
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0011| independence of persons who survive traumatic brain injuries
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0012| suffered as the result of alcohol-related motor vehicle
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0013| collisions. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining
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0014| at the end of fiscal year 1998 shall not revert to the general
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0015| fund.
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0016| Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0017| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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0018| State of New Mexico
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0019| House of Representatives
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0021| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0022| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0025| February 6, 1997
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0003| Mr. Speaker:
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0005| Your CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to
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0006| whom has been referred
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0008| HOUSE BILL 201
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0010| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0011| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0012| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0014| Respectfully submitted,
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0020| Gary King, Chairman
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0023| Adopted Not Adopted
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0025| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0002| Date
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0004| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0005| Yes: 7
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0006| Excused: Heaton, Sandel, Vigil
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0007| Absent: None
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