HM 74 — STREAMLINE DWI PAPERWORK

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 74REQUESTING 56THTHE LEGISLATURENEW -MEXICO STATELEGISLATIVE OFCOUNCIL NEWMEXICOTO -ARRANGE FIRSTFOR SESSIONA 2023THIRD-PARTY INTRODUCEDFACILITATOR BYTO WilliamCONVENE "Bill"A R.WORKING GROUP TO REVIEW DWI ARREST, BOOKING AND POST-ARREST PROTOCOL AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF STREAMLINED PROCESSING OF DWI PAPERWORK.

Rehm 6 8 10WHEREAS, Ain MEMORIAL2021, REQUESTINGNew THEMexico NEWhad MEXICOthe LEGISLATIVEseventh COUNCILhighest TO ARRANGE FOR A THIRD-PARTY FACILITATOR TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO REVIEW DWI ARREST,severity BOOKINGscore ANDin POST-ARRESTthe PROTOCOLUnited ANDStates; DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF STREAMLINED PROCESSING OF DWI PAPERWORK.

eand t 17 WHEREAS, in 2021,2019, New Mexico had theone seventhhundred highesttwenty-nine DWIalcohol-impaired wdriving lfatalities, nwith dthirteen 18of severitythose scorefatalities inbeing for drivers under the Unitedage States;of twenty-one;

and = = 19 a l WHEREAS, inthe 2019,average NewDWI Mexicoarrest, hadbooking oneand hundredpost-arrest twenty-nineprocessing itakes aapproximately efour rto 20six alcohol-impairedhours drivingper fatalities,instance; with thirteen of those a t m m 21 fatalities being for drivers under the age of twenty-one;

and d r e 22 WHEREAS, thean averageofficer DWIcan arrest,make bookingonly andone post-arrestor ctwo eDWI sarrests k 23 processing takes approximately four to six hours per instance;shift;

e a n b 24 and u [ WHEREAS, an officer can make only one or two DWI arrests .223133.2 per shift;

and HM 74 Page 1 WHEREAS, replication of paperwork results in lower enforcement rates;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico legislative council be requested to arrange for a third-party facilitator to convene a working group no later than April 30, 2023 to review DWI arrest, booking and post-arrestpost- arrest protocol and e t 17 develop recommendations for implementation of streamlined w l n d 18 processing of DWI paperwork;

provided that the third-party = = 19 a l facilitator shall facilitate without compensation from the i a e r 20 state;

and a t m m 21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group be composed d r e 22 of representatives from the department of public safety;

the c e s k 23 motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department;

e a n b 24 the administrative office of the courts;

and local governments, u [ cities, counties and tribal governments involved in processing .223133.2 - 2 - instances of DWI;

-HM 374 -Page 112 13 15 e t 17 w l n d 18 = = 19 a l i a e r 20 a t m m 21 d r e 22 c e s k 23 e a n b 24 u [ .223133.2