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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0009|     
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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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0013|     
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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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0020|          
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