HOUSE FILE 616

BY  COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 204)

A BILL FOR

An Act making changes to the membership of the Iowa drug policy advisory council.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 80E.2, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   An Iowa drug policy advisory council is established which shall consist of the following fifteen seventeen members:
   Sec. 2.  Section 80E.2, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  0h.  The administrator of the alcoholic beverages division in the department of commerce, or the administrator’s designee.
   Sec. 3.  Section 80E.2, subsection 1, paragraph m, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   m.  A member representing the Iowa peace officers associationof chiefs of police and peace officers.
   Sec. 4.  Section 80E.2, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  p.  A member representing the Iowa police chiefs association.
   Sec. 5.  Section 80E.2, subsection 2, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The prosecuting attorney, licensed substance abuse treatment specialist, certified substance abuse prevention specialist, substance abuse treatment program director, member representing the Iowa peace officers association of chiefs of police and peace officers, member representing the Iowa state police association,and the member representing the Iowa state sheriffs’ and deputies’ association, and the member representing the Iowa police chiefs association shall be appointed by the governor, subject to senate confirmation, for four-year terms beginning and ending as provided in section 69.19. A vacancy on the council shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment was made.
EXPLANATION
   This bill makes changes related to the membership of the drug policy advisory council. Membership on the council is comprised of state officials specified in statute and representatives of law enforcement and substance abuse professions. The representatives of law enforcement and substance abuse professions are appointed to the council by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate.
   The bill expands membership of the council from 15 to 17 members. The advisory council shall now include the administrator of the alcoholic beverages division of the department of commerce and one representative from the Iowa police chiefs association. The bill also changes the name of the Iowa association of chiefs of police and peace officers to the Iowa peace officers association to reflect the name change made by that association in 2010.
   The bill makes conforming amendments related to the name change and to the new membership position representing the Iowa police chiefs association.