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  1  1    Section 1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of
  1  2 the state to the department of public safety, for the fiscal
  1  3 year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, the
  1  4 following amount, or so much as is necessary, to be used for
  1  5 the purposes designated:
  1  6    1.  For the hiring of twelve peace officers who will focus
  1  7 primarily on investigating methamphetamine manufacturing or
  1  8 distribution:  
  1  9 .................................................. $  1,200,000
  1 10    2.  For the purchase of two mobile drug vans to be used by
  1 11 the division of criminal investigations for methamphetamine
  1 12 and other law enforcement functions, with one mobile van to be
  1 13 located primarily in northern Iowa and the other located
  1 14 primarily in southern Iowa:  
  1 15 .................................................. $     60,000
  1 16    3.  For the establishment of three additional drug canine
  1 17 units:  
  1 18 .................................................. $     33,000
  1 19    Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  1 20 state to the governor's alliance on substance abuse, for the
  1 21 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000,
  1 22 the following amount, or so much as is necessary, to be used
  1 23 for the purpose designated:
  1 24    For the establishment of a statewide outdoor advertising
  1 25 campaign that would publicize mandatory prison sentences for
  1 26 drug traffickers:  
  1 27 .................................................. $     50,000
  1 28    Sec. 3.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  1 29 state to the department of justice, for the fiscal year
  1 30 beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, the
  1 31 following amount, or so much as is necessary, to be used for
  1 32 the purpose designated:
  1 33    For the hiring of ten additional area prosecutors to focus
  1 34 primarily on the prosecution of offenders throughout the state
  1 35 who manufacture or distribute methamphetamine:  
  2  1 .................................................. $    500,000
  2  2    Sec. 4.  Section 200.18, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph
  2  3 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  2  4    A person violating this chapter or rules adopted by the
  2  5 secretary pursuant to this chapter shall be guilty of a simple
  2  6 serious misdemeanor.  In addition to the imposition of the
  2  7 simple serious misdemeanor penalty, a person violating section
  2  8 200.14 shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than
  2  9 one thousand five hundred dollars, if the person does any of
  2 10 the following:  
  2 11                           EXPLANATION
  2 12    This bill makes appropriations from the general fund of the
  2 13 state to the department of public safety to fund various
  2 14 methamphetamine-related law enforcement activities.  The
  2 15 appropriations include funding for 12 additional peace
  2 16 officers, three canine units, and two mobile drug vans.
  2 17    The bill makes appropriations from the general fund of the
  2 18 state to the governor's alliance on substance abuse to fund an
  2 19 outdoor advertising campaign that would publicize mandatory
  2 20 prison sentences for distribution of drugs in Iowa.
  2 21    The bill makes appropriations from the general fund of the
  2 22 state to the department of justice for the hiring of 10
  2 23 additional prosecutors to help local authorities with
  2 24 prosecutions against persons who manufacture or distribute
  2 25 methamphetamine.
  2 26    The bill increases the penalty applicable to tampering with
  2 27 anhydrous ammonia equipment and illegal possession of
  2 28 anhydrous ammonia from a simple misdemeanor to a serious
  2 29 misdemeanor.  A simple misdemeanor is punishable by
  2 30 imprisonment not to exceed 30 days or a fine of at least $50
  2 31 but not more than $100.  A serious misdemeanor is punishable
  2 32 by imprisonment not to exceed one year and a fine of at least
  2 33 $250 but not more than $1,500.  
  2 34 LSB 1355YH 78
  2 35 jm/sc/14
     

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