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| SPONSOR: | Pederson | DATE TYPED: | 02/09/99 | HB | 365 | ||
| SHORT TITLE: | DWI Treatment Program | SB | |||||
| ANALYST: | O'Connell | ||||||
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| FY99 | FY2000 | FY99 | FY2000 | ||
| NFI | NFI | ||||
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Corrections Department analysis
Public Defender Department analysis
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 365 amends the existing DWI law to provide that the sentencing court may sentence a DWI offender to a court-approved inpatient alcohol or drug treatment program as an alternative to a mandatory term of imprisonment imposed pursuant to Section 66-8-102 NMSA 1978.
Significant Issues
House Bill 365 requires the sentencing court to sentence the offender to the treatment program for a period of time at least twice as long as the mandatory term of imprisonment that would otherwise be imposed.
The proposed legislation provides that the sentencing court shall provide an offender with credit from his term of imprisonment for time spent by the offender in the court-appointed treatment program prior to his or her conviction.
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