0001| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 24
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0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| DANICE PICRAUX
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0008| FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE
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0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011| REQUESTING THE NEW MEXICO ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION TO ESTABLISH
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0012| RULES REGARDING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR STUDENT ATHLETES.
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0014| WHEREAS, thousands of public school students in New
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0015| Mexico participate in school-sponsored athletics every year;
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0016| and
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0017| WHEREAS, any athletic event involves a risk of injury;
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0018| and
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0019| WHEREAS, the national athletic trainers association has
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0020| found that the majority of injuries occur not during
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0021| competition but during practice, when immediate medical
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0022| assistance is not always available; and
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0023| WHEREAS, New Mexico is a member of the national
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0024| federation of state high school associations; and
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0025| WHEREAS, the national federation of state high school
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0001| associations publishes rules regarding all aspects of school
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0002| sports, including safety; and
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0003| WHEREAS, the rules published by the national federation
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0004| lack the force of rule or law in New Mexico;
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0005| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0006| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico activities association
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0007| be encouraged to establish rules regarding safety precautions
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0008| for student athletes; and
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0009| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the New Mexico activities
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0010| association report on the rules established to the legislative
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0011| education study committee by October 1, 1998; and
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0012| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0013| transmitted to the executive director of the New Mexico
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0014| activities association, to the executive director of the
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0015| national federation of state high school associations, to the
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0016| superintendent of public instruction and to the director of
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0017| the legislative education study committee staff for
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0018| appropriate distribution.
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