0001|                               AN ACT
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0002| RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITIES;
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0003| ALLOWING MINORS NINETEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO SERVE ALCOHOLIC
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0004| BEVERAGES IN RESTAURANTS AND CLUBS.
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0006| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0007|      Section 1.  PURPOSE OF ACT.-- The purpose of this act is to create job opportunities
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0008| for the citizens of New Mexico.
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0009|      Section 2.  Section 60-7B-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981, Chapter 39, Section 91, as
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0010| amended) is amended to read:
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0011|      "60-7B-11.  EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS.--
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0012|           A.  Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, it is a violation of the
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0013| Liquor Control Act for any person licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Liquor Control Act
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0014| or for any employee, agent or lessee of that person knowingly to employ or use the service of any
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0015| minor in the sale and service of alcoholic beverages.
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0016|           B.  A person holding a dispenser's, restaurant or club license may employ
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0017| persons nineteen years of age or older to serve alcoholic beverages that will be consumed
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0018| with meals on the premises."                                               
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