CHAPTER 80E
DRUG ENFORCEMENT AND ABUSE PREVENTION

  
     
80E.1  Drug policy director.
  1.  The office of drug control policy is established in the department of public safety. A drug policy director shall be appointed by the commissioner of the department of public safety. The director shall be selected primarily for administrative ability. The director shall not be selected on the basis of political affiliation and shall not engage in political activity while holding the office. 
  2.  The director shall:
  a.  Direct the office of drug control policy, and coordinate and monitor all statewide drug enforcement efforts, coordinate and monitor all state and federal substance use disorder treatment grants and programs, coordinate and monitor all statewide substance use disorder prevention and education programs in communities and schools, and engage in such other related activities as required by law. The director shall work in coordinating the efforts of the department of corrections, the department of education, and the department of health and human services. The director shall assist in the development and implementation of local and community strategies to fight substance use disorder, including local law enforcement, education, and treatment activities.
  b.  Submit an advisory budget recommendation to the governor and general assembly concerning enforcement programs, treatment programs, and education programs related to drugs within the various departments. The director shall work with these departments in developing the departmental budget requests to be submitted to the legislative services agency and the general assembly.
  3.   Administrative support services shall be provided to the office of drug control policy by the department of public safety.
89 Acts, ch 225, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1126, §1, 2; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §45, 49; 2012 Acts, ch 1131, §33; 2022 Acts, ch 1029, §1; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2189; 2024 Acts, ch 1182, §116
Referred to in §80.5, 124.101

  
     
80E.2  Drug policy advisory council — membership — duties.  Repealed by 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §368.

     
80E.3  Narcotics enforcement advisory council.  Repealed by 
2000 Acts, ch 1126, §8
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80E.4  Drug abuse resistance education fund.
  A drug abuse resistance education fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury under the control of the department of public safety for the office of drug control policy for use by the drug abuse resistance education program and other programs with a similar purpose. The fund shall consist of appropriations made to the fund and transfers of interest, moneys collected from the crime services surcharge established in section 911.1, and earnings. All moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department of public safety. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the fund on June 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund of the state but shall remain available for the purposes described in this section.
2020 Acts, ch 1074, §48, 93; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2190
Referred to in §602.8108