HOUSE BILL 848

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009

INTRODUCED BY

Joseph Cervantes

AN ACT

RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; PROHIBITING THE DELIVERY OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.

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

     Section 1. A new section of Chapter 60, Article 7A NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] DELIVERY ON TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY--PENALTY.--

          A. A person, if that person knows or has reason to know that the person is violating this section, shall not deliver alcoholic beverages to another person on the date of that other person's twenty-first birthday before:

                (1) 7:00 a.m. if the other person's twenty-first birthday falls on a day other than Sunday; or

                (2) 12:00 noon if the other person's twenty-first birthday falls on a Sunday.

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

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