HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1979 (14)RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Wisconsin Statues, Section 176.30 and other statutes
now set the minimum age of''18 for the drinking 'of alcoholic beverages, and
WHEREAS,many problems have arisen in high schools, on highways
.and across state lines which are attributable to this minimum age drinking
law, and
WHEREAS, it is felt that many problems with our younger generation
could be averted and young. lives could be saved if the minimum age were
raised to 19, and
WHEREAS, public opinion favors a minimum drinking age of l9 for
the consumption of alcoholic' beverages
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the St. Croix County Board of
Supervisors, meeting in regular session, that the said Board of Supervisors
recommends to State Senator Radosevich and State Assemblyman Robert Harer
that legislation be drafted,, introduced, and passed by both houses of the
Wisconsin Legislature raising the minimum drinking age for alcoholic beverages
from 18 to 19m
BE 'IT FURTHER RESOLVED that `copies of this resolution be forwarded
by the County Clerk to State Senator Radosevich and State Assemblyman Harero
DATED this day of ,g 1979®
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