78R3840 JD-D

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.  Section 461.017(a), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The Drug Demand Reduction Advisory Committee is 
composed of the following 24 [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; and                      
			(S)  the comptroller of public accounts.                              
	SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date 
of this Act, the comptroller of public accounts 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.
	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.