0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 61
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                     ELIZABETH T. STEFANICS
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THE TAXATION AND
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0013|     REVENUE DEPARTMENT AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO COOPERATE IN A
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0014|     STUDY OF TRAFFIC SAFETY LAWS AND THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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0015|     AND LIABILITY OF TRAILER PARKS FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND
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0016|     RESULTING INJURIES ON THEIR PROPERTY AND TO RECOMMEND
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0017|     LEGISLATION TO THE APPROPRIATE INTERIM COMMITTEE.
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0018|     
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0019|       WHEREAS, children have been hit by motorists in trailer
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0020|     parks, and because trailer parks are private property, the state
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0021|     cannot prosecute drivers, nor can drivers or trailer park owners
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0022|     be held financially liable under state law; and
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0023|       WHEREAS, trailer parks should not be sanctuaries for
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0024|     criminal conduct and reckless driving, and perpetrators of
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0025|     lawless behavior should be held accountable, regardless of where
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0001|     they have practiced that behavior;
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0002|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0003|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the department of public safety, the
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0004|     taxation and revenue department and the attorney general be
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0005|     requested to cooperate in a study of traffic safety laws and
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0006|     financial responsibility and liability of trailer parks for
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0007|     traffic accidents and resulting injuries on their property and
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0008|     recommend legislation to the appropriate interim committee by
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0009|     December 1, 1996; and
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0010|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0011|     transmitted to the secretary of public safety, the secretary of
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0012|     taxation and revenue and the attorney general.
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