Citations Affected: IC 5-2.
Synopsis: Methamphetamine abuse task force. Establishes a task force
which expires June 30, 2007 to review information and develop a long
range plan for combating the abuse and manufacturing of
methamphetamine.
Effective: July 1, 2004.
January 13, 2004, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
Procedures.
January 26, 2004, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
January 29, 2004, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
January 30, 2004, engrossed.
February 2, 2004, read third time, passed. Yeas 92, nays 0.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
criminal law and procedure.
or the director's designee.
(6) The secretary of family and social services or the
secretary's designee.
(7) A judge, to be appointed by the governor.
(8) A prosecuting attorney, to be appointed by the governor.
(9) A county public defender, to be appointed by the governor.
(10) A sheriff from a county with a population less than thirty
thousand (30,000), to be appointed by the governor, or the
sheriff's designee.
(11) A sheriff from a county with a population greater than
one hundred thousand (100,000), to be appointed by the
governor, or the sheriff's designee.
(12) A chief of police from a first or second class city, to be
appointed by the governor, or the chief's designee.
(13) A chief of police from a third class city, to be appointed
by the governor, or the chief's designee.
(14) One (1) mental health professional with expertise in the
treatment of drug addiction, to be appointed by the governor.
(15) A physician with experience in treating individuals who
have been:
(A) injured by an explosion or a fire in a
methamphetamine laboratory; or
(B) harmed by contact with methamphetamine precursors;
to be appointed by the governor.
(16) One (1) primary or secondary school professional with
experience in educating children concerning the danger of
methamphetamine abuse, to be appointed by the governor.
(17) Five (5) persons:
(A) one (1) representing a retail grocery;
(B) one (1) representing a retail pharmacy;
(C) one (1) representing a retail hardware store;
(D) one (1) representing convenience stores; and
(E) one (1) representing retail propane gas dealers;
with experience in combating the sale of methamphetamine
precursors, to be appointed by the governor.
(18) A representative of the farming industry with knowledge
of the problem of theft of anhydrous ammonia for use in the
manufacture of methamphetamine, to be appointed by the
governor.
(19) An individual appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives.
(20) An individual appointed by the president pro tempore of
the senate.
(21) A probation officer appointed by the governor.
(22) A pharmaceutical manufacturer representative
appointed by the governor.
Sec. 6. (a) The superintendent of the state police department
shall serve as the chairperson of the task force.
(b) The task force shall meet at the call of the chairperson.
Sec. 7. The state police department shall staff the task force.
Sec. 8. The expenses of the task force shall be paid from an
appropriation made to the state police department.
Sec. 9. A member of the task force who is a member of the
general assembly is a nonvoting member.
Sec. 10. The affirmative votes of a majority of the voting
members appointed to the task force are required for the task force
to take action on a measure, including adoption of the strategic
action plan.
Sec. 11. This chapter expires June 30, 2007.