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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2539, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 34, by inserting after line 2 the 1 4 following: 1 5 "10. For the establishment of a comprehensive 1 6 program to combat methamphetamine use: 1 7 .................................................. $ 4,000,000 1 8 a. Of the funds appropriated in this subsection, 1 9 $1,500,000 shall be used to create a fifteen-member 1 10 methamphetamine strike force. The strike force shall 1 11 be coordinated by the department of public safety, and 1 12 shall be comprised of state narcotics agents, Iowa 1 13 state patrol troopers, representatives of the state 1 14 fire marshal's office, and agents of the Iowa division 1 15 of criminal investigation. The objective of the 1 16 strike force shall be to initiate and maintain a 1 17 comprehensive ongoing investigation of methamphetamine 1 18 users and suppliers. 1 19 b. Of the funds appropriated in this subsection, 1 20 $1,500,000 shall be used to establish a 1 21 methamphetamine law enforcement grant program. The 1 22 program shall be designed to facilitate provision of 1 23 additional methamphetamine-specific law enforcement 1 24 training, personnel, and equipment. 1 25 c. Of the funds appropriated in this subsection, 1 26 $500,000 shall be used to develop a methamphetamine 1 27 abuse education program designed to develop and 1 28 distribute information regarding the dangers of 1 29 methamphetamine use, the penalties applicable to 1 30 methamphetamine users and sellers, and availability of 1 31 methamphetamine abuse treatment and rehabilitation 1 32 programs. Information assembled shall be distributed 1 33 throughout the state's elementary and secondary-level 1 34 public and private schools and media outlets, state 1 35 and local departments of public health, and other 1 36 public access locations as determined appropriate by 1 37 the governor's alliance on substance abuse. 1 38 d. Of the funds appropriated in this subsection, 1 39 $500,000 shall be used to expand existing substance 1 40 abuse treatment and rehabilitation centers, to 1 41 establish new programs, and to assist efforts by 1 42 methamphetamine users to overcome their addiction. 1 43 e. The department of public safety shall 1 44 coordinate with the Iowa department of public health 1 45 and the department of human services regarding the 1 46 development and administration of the program to 1 47 combat methamphetamine use. The department of public 1 48 safety shall submit a report to the governor and the 1 49 general assembly by January 1, 2000. The report shall 1 50 contain an accounting of program expenditures, 2 1 estimated methamphetamine usage rates before and after 2 2 program implementation, investigation and education 2 3 efforts, treatment and rehabilitation program 2 4 referrals and success rates, and recommendations 2 5 regarding continued efforts to combat methamphetamine 2 6 use." 2 7 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 2 8 2 9 2 10 2 11 TOM VILSACK 2 12 JOHNIE HAMMOND 2 13 PATRICK J. DELUHERY 2 14 PATRICIA HARPER 2 15 MATT McCOY 2 16 DENNIS H. BLACK 2 17 WILLIAM D. PALMER 2 18 JOHN P. KIBBIE 2 19 ROD HALVORSON 2 20 TOM FLYNN 2 21 PATTY JUDGE 2 22 ROBERT E. DVORSKY 2 23 HF 2539.710 77 2 24 ec/sc/28
Text: S05524 Text: S05526 Text: S05500 - S05599 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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