0001| HOUSE BILL 234 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| JOE NESTOR CHAVEZ | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO TAXATION; AUTHORIZING DISTRIBUTION OF A PORTION OF | 0012| THE LIQUOR EXCISE TAX TO THE STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION | 0013| DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING ANTI-DWI MEDIA | 0014| CAMPAIGNS; AMENDING AND ENACTING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978. | 0015| | 0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0017| Section 1. [NEW MATERIAL] STATE HIGHWAY AND | 0018| TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT--TRAFFIC SAFETY BUREAU--ANTI-DWI | 0019| CAMPAIGN.--The traffic safety bureau of the state highway and | 0020| transportation department shall organize and conduct an anti- | 0021| DWI traffic safety media campaign. Any distribution of the | 0022| liquor excise tax received by the department pursuant to | 0023| Subsection B of Section 7-1-6.40 NMSA 1978 shall be utilized | 0024| for the purpose of financing anti-DWI traffic safety media | 0025| campaigns. | - 1 - 0001| Section 2. Section 7-1-6.40 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1997, | 0002| Chapter 182, Section 1), which is to become effective July 1, | 0003| 1998, is amended to read: | 0004| "7-1-6.40. DISTRIBUTION--~~[LOCAL DWI GRANT FUND]~~ | 0005| LIQUOR EXCISE TAX.--A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1- | 0006| 6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to: | 0007| A. the local DWI grant fund in an amount equal | 0008| to twenty-seven and two-tenths percent of the net receipts | 0009| attributable to the liquor excise tax; and | 0010| B. the traffic safety bureau of the state highway | 0011| and transportation department in an amount equal to three | 0012| percent of the net receipts attributable to the liquor excise | 0013| tax for the purpose of conducting anti-DWI media campaigns." | 0014| Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE--The effective date of the | 0015| provisions of this act is July 1, 1998. | 0016| - 2 - |