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PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 2280 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 3, by inserting after line 19 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "3. For the establishment of a comprehensive
1 5 program to combat methamphetamine use:
1 6 .................................................. $ 4,000,000
1 7 a. Of the funds appropriated in this subsection,
1 8 $1,500,000 shall be used to create a fifteen-member
1 9 methamphetamine strike force. The strike force shall
1 10 be coordinated by the governor's alliance on substance
1 11 abuse, and shall be comprised of state narcotics
1 12 agents, Iowa state patrol troopers, representatives of
1 13 the state fire marshal's office, and agents of the
1 14 Iowa division of criminal investigation. The
1 15 objective of the strike force shall be to initiate and
1 16 maintain a comprehensive ongoing investigation of
1 17 methamphetamine users and suppliers.
1 18 b. Of the funds appropriated in this subsection,
1 19 $1,500,000 shall be used to establish a
1 20 methamphetamine law enforcement grant program. The
1 21 program shall be designed to facilitate provision of
1 22 additional methamphetamine-specific law enforcement
1 23 training, personnel, and equipment.
1 24 c. Of the funds appropriated in this subsection,
1 25 $500,000 shall be used to develop a methamphetamine
1 26 abuse education program designed to develop and
1 27 distribute information regarding the dangers of
1 28 methamphetamine use, the penalties applicable to
1 29 methamphetamine users and sellers, and availability of
1 30 methamphetamine abuse treatment and rehabilitation
1 31 programs. Information assembled shall be distributed
1 32 throughout the state's elementary and secondary-level
1 33 public and private schools and media outlets, state
1 34 and local departments of public health, and other
1 35 public access locations as determined appropriate by
1 36 the governor's alliance on substance abuse.
1 37 d. Of the funds appropriated in this subsection,
1 38 $500,000 shall be used to expand existing substance
1 39 abuse treatment and rehabilitation centers, to
1 40 establish new programs, and to assist efforts by
1 41 methamphetamine users to overcome their addiction.
1 42 e. The governor's alliance on substance abuse
1 43 shall coordinate with the Iowa department of public
1 44 health, the department of human services, and the
1 45 department of public safety regarding the development
1 46 and administration of the program to combat
1 47 methamphetamine use. The governor's alliance on
1 48 substance abuse shall submit a report to the governor
1 49 and the general assembly by January 1, 2000. The
1 50 report shall contain an accounting of program
2 1 expenditures, estimated methamphetamine usage rates
2 2 before and after program implementation, investigation
2 3 and education efforts, treatment and rehabilitation
2 4 program referrals and success rates, and
2 5 recommendations regarding continued efforts to combat
2 6 methamphetamine use."
2 7
2 8
2 9
2 10 DENNIS H. BLACK
2 11 SF 2280.512 77
2 12 rn/jw/28
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