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House Journal: Page 1356: Tuesday, April 7, 1998

H-8924

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

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