By: Madla S.B. No. 616
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the Drug Demand Reduction Advisory
Committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsections (a) and (e), Section 461.017, Health
and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The Drug Demand Reduction Advisory Committee is
composed of the following [20] members:
(1) five representatives of the public from different
geographic regions of the state who have knowledge and expertise in
issues relating to reducing drug demand and who are appointed by the
executive director of the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug
Abuse; and
(2) one representative of each of the following
agencies or offices who is appointed by the executive director or
commissioner of the agency or office and who is directly involved in
the agency's or office's policies, programs, or funding activities
relating to reducing drug demand:
(A) the criminal justice division of the
governor's office;
(B) the Criminal Justice Policy Council;
(C) the Department of Protective and Regulatory
Services;
(D) the Department of Public Safety of the State
of Texas;
(E) the Health and Human Services Commission;
(F) the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
(G) the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug
Abuse;
(H) the Texas Council on Offenders with Mental
Impairments;
(I) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
(J) the Texas Department of Health;
(K) the Texas Department of Human Services;
(L) the Texas Department of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation;
(M) the Texas Education Agency;
(N) the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission;
[and]
(O) the Texas Youth Commission;
(P) the Texas Rehabilitation Commission;
(Q) the Texas Workforce Commission;
(R) the Texas Department of Transportation;
(S) the comptroller of public accounts; and
(T) the adjutant general's department.
(e) The Drug Demand Reduction Advisory Committee shall
develop a statewide strategy to reduce drug demand. The strategy
must:
(1) incorporate multidisciplinary approaches using
current empirical research;
(2) include performance-based measurement and
accountability standards, short-term objectives, and ten-year
targets for reducing drug demand;
(3) coordinate, to the extent possible, the efforts of
private sector entities and local, state, and federal agencies,
including the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the United
States Drug Enforcement Administration, to reduce drug demand; and
(4) provide opportunities for representatives from
the public and private sectors to comment on the committee's
activities and make recommendations related to the strategy.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the comptroller of public accounts, the adjutant
general, and the executive directors of the Texas Rehabilitation
Commission, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the Texas
Department of Transportation shall each appoint one representative
to the Drug Demand Reduction Advisory Committee under Section
461.017, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.