SENATE BILL 565

45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2001

INTRODUCED BY

Leonard Tsosie







AN ACT

RELATING TO LIQUOR; AMENDING THE LIQUOR CONTROL ACT TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR PROVIDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO AN INTOXICATED PERSON.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 60-7A-16 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981, Chapter 39, Section 93, as amended) is amended to read:

"60-7A-16. SALE TO INTOXICATED PERSONS.--

A. It is a violation of the Liquor Control Act for a person to sell or serve alcoholic beverages to or to procure or aid in the procurement of alcoholic beverages for an intoxicated person if the person selling, serving, procuring or aiding in procurement knows or has reason to know that he is selling, serving, procuring or aiding in procurement of alcoholic beverages for a person [that] who is intoxicated.

B. A person who violates the provisions of Subsection A of this section is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978."

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