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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
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