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          Date of Hearing:   May 13, 2013

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                ACR 53 (Quirk-Silva) - As Introduced:  April 24, 2013
           
          SUBJECT  :   Sober Graduation Month.

           SUMMARY  :   Designates May 31, 2013, to June 30, 2013, inclusive,  
          as Sober Graduation Month and encourages Californians to  
          participate in this observance and join the Department of  
          California Highway Patrol in supporting efforts to save lives of  
          young people through a Sober Graduation Month.  Specifically,  
           this resolution  makes the following legislative findings:

          1)In 2012, according to the National Center for Statistics and  
            Analysis, an office of the National Highway Traffic Safety  
            Administration, over 1, 500 drivers between 15 and 20 years of  
            age were involved in alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents  
            during the months of May and June.

          2)The Sober Graduation Program is an effective, antidrunk  
            driving campaign geared towards high school seniors; and,  
            since this program was established, the number of  
            alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents involving young people  
            has dramatically declined.

          3)Teachers, parents, pupils, civic groups, law enforcement, and  
            the business community should join together to raise public  
            awareness of alcohol-related deaths and injuries, and  
            encourage alcohol-free and drug-free graduation ceremonies.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file

           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           
          Analysis Prepared by :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 








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