S.B. No. 616




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.

                                                                              




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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 616 passed the Senate on 
April 28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 616 passed the House on 
May 25, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 117, Nays 0, two 
present not voting.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



______________________________ 
          Governor