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House Study Bill 565

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 80E.1, subsection 1, Code 1999, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  A drug enforcement and abuse prevention policy
  1  4 coordinator shall be appointed by the governor, subject to
  1  5 confirmation by the senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of
  1  6 the governor.  The governor shall fill a vacancy in the office
  1  7 in the same manner as the original appointment was made.  The
  1  8 coordinator shall be selected primarily for administrative
  1  9 ability.  The coordinator shall not be selected on the basis
  1 10 of political affiliation and shall not engage in political
  1 11 activity while holding the office.  The salary of the
  1 12 coordinator shall be fixed by the governor.
  1 13    Sec. 2.  Section 80E.1, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
  1 14 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  1 15    a.  Coordinate Direct the governor's office of drug control
  1 16 policy, and coordinate and monitor all statewide narcotics
  1 17 enforcement efforts, coordinate and monitor all state and
  1 18 federal substance abuse treatment grants and programs,
  1 19 coordinate and monitor all statewide substance abuse
  1 20 prevention and education programs in communities and schools,
  1 21 and engage in such other related activities as required by
  1 22 law.  The coordinator shall work in coordinating the efforts
  1 23 of the department of corrections, the department of education,
  1 24 the Iowa department of public health, the department of public
  1 25 safety, and the department of human services.  The coordinator
  1 26 shall assist in the development and implementation of local
  1 27 and community strategies to fight substance abuse, including
  1 28 local law enforcement, education, and treatment activities.
  1 29    Sec. 3.  Section 80E.2, subsection 1, Code 1999, is amended
  1 30 to read as follows:
  1 31    1.  An Iowa drug abuse prevention and education policy
  1 32 advisory council is established which shall consist of the
  1 33 following nine fourteen members:
  1 34    a.  The drug enforcement and abuse prevention policy
  1 35 coordinator, who shall serve as chairperson of the council.
  2  1    b.  The director of the department of corrections, or the
  2  2 director's designee.
  2  3    c.  The director of the department of education, or the
  2  4 director's designee.
  2  5    d.  The director of the Iowa department of public health,
  2  6 or the director's designee.
  2  7    e.  The commissioner of public safety, or the
  2  8 commissioner's designee.
  2  9    f.  The director of the department of human services, or
  2 10 the director's designee.
  2 11    ff.  The director of the division of criminal and juvenile
  2 12 justice planning, in the department of human rights, or the
  2 13 division director's designee.
  2 14    g.  A prosecuting attorney.
  2 15    h.  A licensed substance abuse treatment specialist.
  2 16    i.  A law enforcement officer certified substance abuse
  2 17 prevention specialist.
  2 18    j.  A justice of the Iowa supreme court, or judge, as
  2 19 designated by the Iowa supreme court.
  2 20    k.  A member representing the Iowa association of chiefs of
  2 21 police and peace officers.
  2 22    l.  A member representing the Iowa state police
  2 23 association.
  2 24    m.  A member representing the Iowa state sheriffs' and
  2 25 deputies' association.
  2 26    The prosecuting attorney, licensed substance abuse
  2 27 treatment specialist, certified substance abuse prevention
  2 28 specialist, member representing the Iowa association of chiefs
  2 29 of police and peace officers, member representing the Iowa
  2 30 state police association, and law enforcement officer the
  2 31 member representing the Iowa state sheriffs' and deputies'
  2 32 association shall be appointed by the governor, subject to
  2 33 senate confirmation, for four-year terms beginning and ending
  2 34 as provided in section 69.19.  A vacancy on the council shall
  2 35 be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the
  3  1 original appointment was made.
  3  2    Sec. 4.  Section 80E.2, subsection 2, Code 1999, is amended
  3  3 to read as follows:
  3  4    2.  The council shall make policy recommendations to the
  3  5 appropriate departments concerning the administration,
  3  6 development, and coordination of programs related to substance
  3  7 abuse education, prevention, and treatment, and enforcement.
  3  8    Sec. 5.  Section 232.190, subsection 1, Code 1999, is
  3  9 amended to read as follows:
  3 10    1.  A community grant fund is established in the state
  3 11 treasury under the control of the division of criminal and
  3 12 juvenile justice planning of the department of human rights
  3 13 for the purposes of awarding grants under this section.  The
  3 14 criminal and juvenile justice planning advisory council and
  3 15 the juvenile justice advisory council shall assist the
  3 16 division in administering grants awarded under this section.
  3 17 The departments of education, human services, public health,
  3 18 and public safety, and the governor's alliance on substance
  3 19 abuse office of drug control policy shall advise the division
  3 20 on grant application and selection criteria and performance
  3 21 measures for the programs.  Not more than five percent of the
  3 22 moneys appropriated to the fund shall be used for
  3 23 administrative purposes.
  3 24    Sec. 6.  Section 235C.2, subsection 13, Code Supplement
  3 25 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  3 26    13.  A representative from the governor's alliance on
  3 27 substance abuse office of drug control policy selected by the
  3 28 alliance office.
  3 29    Sec. 7.  Section 256.41, subsection 9, Code 1999, is
  3 30 amended to read as follows:
  3 31    9.  The drug enforcement and abuse prevention policy
  3 32 coordinator shall serve as an ex officio and nonvoting member.
  3 33    Sec. 8.  Section 80E.3, Code 1999, is repealed.  
  3 34                           EXPLANATION
  3 35    This bill changes the name of the drug enforcement and
  4  1 abuse prevention coordinator to the drug policy coordinator.
  4  2 In addition, the bill provides that the coordinator shall
  4  3 direct the governor's office of drug control policy.  Current
  4  4 law referring to the governor's alliance on substance abuse is
  4  5 repealed and the references replaced with the governor's
  4  6 office of drug control policy.
  4  7    The bill also repeals the narcotic enforcement advisory
  4  8 council and changes the name of the drug abuse prevention and
  4  9 education advisory council to the drug policy advisory council
  4 10 and adds enforcement to one of its areas of concern.  In
  4 11 addition, the membership on the drug policy advisory council
  4 12 is expanded to add a member from the division of criminal and
  4 13 juvenile justice planning, a certified substance abuse
  4 14 prevention specialist, a justice or judge selected by the Iowa
  4 15 supreme court, and representatives of the Iowa association of
  4 16 chiefs of police and peace officers, Iowa state police
  4 17 association, and the Iowa state sheriffs' and deputies'
  4 18 association.  
  4 19 LSB 5693YC 78
  4 20 ec/gg/8
     

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