19830111 r-83-8RESOLUTION NO. R-83-8
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX,
VIRGINIA, ENCOURAGING THE VIRGINIA STATE LEGISLATURE TO RAISE
THE MINIMUM AGE FOR PURCHASING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO TWENTY-ONE
WHEREAS, the use and abuse of alcoholic beverages has become a
major concern and problem to our society, and
WHEREAS, a disproportionately large number of personal injuries
and fatalities result from traffic accidents involving per-
sons under the age of twenty-one who have been consuming
alcoholic beverages; and
WHEREAS, Virginia and other states have suffered a marked in-
crease in accidents involving this age group when the
drinking age is lowered, and
WHEREAS, the present state law provides for the legal purchase
of beer and wine for consumption on premises for eighteen-
year-olds and for the purchase of such beverages for
off-premises consumption for nineteen-year-olds,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED
that the City Council of the City of Fairfax does hereby
encourage and recommend to the Virginia General Assembly
that the minimum age limit for the on and off site pur-
chase of all alcoholic beverages be established at twenty-
one years of age.
Adopted this eleventh da~ of January, 1983.
MJa°~rW'~ Russe'll
City of Fairfax
ATTEST:
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