HSB 290 (LSB 2938YC (1) 91)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON VONDRAN)

A BILL FOR

An Act making an appropriation to the department of public safety for the creation of a drug interdiction program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY —— DRUG INTERDICTION PROGRAM —— APPROPRIATION.
   1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of public safety for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   For the creation of a drug interdiction program in conjunction with the Iowa national guard within the department of public safety pursuant to this section for salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
   ...................................................................... $  1,200,000

   ............................................................... FTEs         12.00

   2.  The department of public safety shall partner with the Iowa national guard to create a drug interdiction program to combat the trafficking of illicit drugs within the state.
   3.  The department shall employ up to 10.00 full-time drug interdiction specialists and 2.00 full-time criminal analysts as part of the drug interdiction program.
   4.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill appropriates $1.2 million for FY 2025-2026 for the creation of a drug interdiction program within the department of public safety in conjunction with the Iowa national guard. The purpose of the drug interdiction program is to combat the trafficking of illicit drugs within the state. The bill authorizes the hiring of 12.00 full-time equivalent positions for the program.