Citations Affected: IC 5-2-14.
Synopsis: Methamphetamine abuse task force. Establishes a
permanent task force to review information and develop a long range
plan for combating methamphetamine abuse and manufacture.
Effective: July 1, 2004.
January 13, 2004, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
Procedures.
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) or two (2) mental health professionals 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) or two (2) primary or secondary school
professionals with experience in educating children
concerning the danger of methamphetamine abuse, to be
appointed by the governor.
(17) Three (3) persons:
(A) one (1) representing a retail grocery;
(B) one (1) representing a retail pharmacy; and
(C) one (1) representing a retail hardware store;
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.
Sec. 6. (a) The governor shall appoint the chairperson of the
task force.
(b) The task force shall meet at the call of the chairperson.
Sec. 7. The governor's council for a drug free Indiana shall staff
the task force.
Sec. 8. The expenses of the task force shall be paid from a
contingency fund available to the budget agency.
Sec. 9. A member of the task force who is not a state employee
is not entitled to the minimum salary per diem provided by
IC 4-10-11-2.1(b). The member is, however, entitled to
reimbursement for traveling expenses as provided under
IC 4-13-1-4 and other expenses actually incurred in connection
with the member's duties as provided in the state policies and
procedures established by the Indiana department of
administration and approved by the budget agency.
Sec. 10. Each member of the task force who is a state employee
but who is not a member of the general assembly is entitled to
reimbursement for traveling expenses as provided under
IC 4-13-1-4 and other expenses actually incurred in connection
with the member's duties as provided in the state policies and
procedures established by the Indiana department of
administration and approved by the budget agency.
Sec. 11. (a) Each member of the task force who is a member of
the general assembly is entitled to receive the same per diem,
mileage, and travel allowances paid to legislative members of
interim study committees established by the legislative council. Per
diem, mileage, and travel allowances paid under this section shall
be paid from appropriations made to the legislative council or the
legislative services agency.
(b) A member of the task force who is a member of the general
assembly is a nonvoting member.
Sec. 12. 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.