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1 1 Amend Senate File 2280, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 3, by inserting after line 27 the
1 4 following:
1 5 "3. For the establishment of a comprehensive
1 6 program to combat methamphetamine use:
1 7 .................................................. $ 2,500,000
1 8 a. Of the funds appropriated in this subsection,
1 9 $1,500,000 shall be used to establish a grant program
1 10 to provide grants to local law enforcement agencies
1 11 and existing drug task forces for the training of
1 12 personnel and purchase of equipment relating to
1 13 methamphetamine enforcement efforts. The grants shall
1 14 be used to provide training and resources to local law
1 15 enforcement agencies, regional drug task forces, and
1 16 volunteer medical personnel and firefighters involved
1 17 in the investigation of clandestine methamphetamine
1 18 laboratories. The grants may be used to hire
1 19 additional personnel or to purchase surveillance and
1 20 other equipment needed by local authorities to conduct
1 21 methamphetamine investigations. The grant program
1 22 shall be administered by the drug enforcement and
1 23 abuse prevention coordinator in consultation with the
1 24 Iowa narcotics enforcement advisory council
1 25 established in section 80E.3.
1 26 b. Of the funds appropriated in this subsection,
1 27 $500,000 shall be used for an education program
1 28 designed to increase the availability of information
1 29 relating to methamphetamine abuse in Iowa schools and
1 30 throughout the media. The funds shall assist in
1 31 targeting an anti-methamphetamine message specifically
1 32 to Iowa teenagers through the school system and
1 33 through public service media advertisements. The
1 34 education program shall be coordinated by the drug
1 35 enforcement and abuse prevention coordinator in
1 36 consultation with the Iowa drug abuse prevention and
1 37 education advisory council established in section
1 38 80E.2.
1 39 c. Of the funds appropriated in this subsection,
1 40 $500,000 shall be used to expand existing substance
1 41 abuse treatment and rehabilitation programs, and
1 42 establish new programs designed to assist efforts by
1 43 methamphetamine users to overcome their addiction.
1 44 The treatment and rehabilitation expansion effort
1 45 shall be coordinated by the substance abuse division
1 46 of the Iowa department of public health.
1 47 d. The governor's alliance on substance abuse
1 48 shall coordinate with the Iowa department of public
1 49 health, the department of human services, and the
1 50 department of public safety regarding the development
2 1 and administration of the program to combat
2 2 methamphetamine use. The governor's alliance on
2 3 substance abuse shall submit a report to the governor
2 4 and the general assembly by January 1, 2000. The
2 5 report shall contain an accounting of program
2 6 expenditures, estimated methamphetamine usage rates
2 7 before and after program implementation, investigation
2 8 and education efforts, treatment and rehabilitation
2 9 program referrals and success rates, and
2 10 recommendations regarding continued efforts to combat
2 11 methamphetamine use."
2 12
2 13
2 14
2 15 MORELAND of Wapello
2 16 SF 2280.527 77
2 17 rn/jw/28
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