H-4485              _______________________________________________

 

                                          SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 2986

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representative Appelwick)

 

 

Read first time 2/2/90.

 

 


AN ACT Relating to minor adjustments to chapter 271, Laws of 1989, the alcohol and controlled substances abuse act; amending RCW 69.50.520; amending section 408, chapter 271, Laws of 1989 (uncodified); amending section 411, chapter 271, Laws of 1989 (uncodified); amending section 420, chapter 271, Laws of 1989 (uncodified); amending section 603, chapter 271, Laws of 1989 (uncodified); and repealing RCW 44.28.170.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

        Sec. 1.  Section 401, chapter 271, Laws of 1989 and RCW 69.50.520 are each amended to read as follows:

          The drug enforcement and education account is created in the state treasury.  All designated receipts from RCW 66.24.210(4), 66.24.290(3), 69.50.505(f)(2)(i)(C), 82.08.150(5), 82.24.020(2), 82.64.020, and section 420, chapter 271, Laws of 1989 shall be deposited into the account.  Expenditures from the account may be used only for funding services and programs under ((this act)) chapter 271, Laws of 1989.  Expenditures shall be used for funding new programs or new levels of existing program activities and may not be used to supplant funds provided for programs funded from other sources on July 1, 1989.

 

        Sec. 2.  Section 408, chapter 271, Laws of 1989 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

          The sum of ten million dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1991, from the drug enforcement and education account to the superintendent of public instruction to support school district substance abuse awareness programs provided under ((sections 310 through 313 of this act)) RCW 28A.120.080 through 28A.120.086.  The superintendent of public instruction shall require that any grants provided to school districts or educational service districts under this section be used to increase prevention and intervention services related to drug and alcohol abuse above the level of services provided by the district for the 1988-89 school year.  Furthermore, except as provided in this section, no portion of this appropriation expended for state administrative costs may be used to supplant administrative moneys previously used by the superintendent of public instruction for state level activities related to drug and alcohol education or prevention and intervention programs.  A reasonable portion of this appropriation, but no more than is necessary, may be used to evaluate and monitor the programs funded by this section.

          It is the intent of the legislature that one-time grants provided to school districts from appropriations under this section do not meet the criteria for levy reduction funds under RCW 84.52.0531 and shall not be deemed to be levy reduction funds.

 

        Sec. 3.  Section 411, chapter 271, Laws of 1989 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

          The sum of three million dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1991, from the drug enforcement and education account to the superintendent of public instruction for matching grants to enhance security in secondary schools.  School districts which apply for such grants shall ensure that no more than seventy-five percent of the district's total expenditures for school security in any school year are supported by the grant amounts.  The grants shall be expended solely for the costs of employing or contracting for building security monitors in secondary schools during school hours and school events.  Of the amount appropriated in this section, a minimum of two million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars is provided for grants to districts that, during the 1988-89 school year, employed or contracted for security monitors in schools during school hours.  However, the grants may be used only for increases in school district expenditures for school security over expenditure levels for the 1988-89 school year.

          It is the intent of the legislature that grants provided to school districts from appropriations under this section do not meet the criteria for levy reduction funds under RCW 84.52.0531 and shall not be deemed to be levy reduction funds.

 

        Sec. 4.  Section 420, chapter 271, Laws of 1989 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

          The sum of one million eight hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1991, from the drug enforcement and education account to the office of the administrator for the courts for the treatment alternatives to street crime program.  These funds shall be used for providing services in domestic cases to children and to parents or others having custody of children under chapter 26.09, 26.10, 26.26, 26.44, or 26.50 RCW.  These funds shall not be available for expenditure until January 1, 1990.  The office of the administrator for the courts shall establish standards for the courts to recover the expenses of the program specified in this section from the participants, based upon the individual participant's ability to pay.  All fees collected shall be remitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the drug enforcement and education account under ((section 401 of this act)) RCW 69.50.520.

 

        Sec. 5.  Section 603, chapter 271, Laws of 1989 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

          (1) In order to determine the effectiveness of ((this act)) chapter 271, Laws of 1989, it is necessary to have an independent evaluation of those programs that have the most potential for useful program review.

          (2) ((The legislative budget committee shall prepare a plan to conduct studies of the effectiveness of programs initiated in this act.  A plan for study shall include:

          (a) Institution-based drug testing;

          (b) The juvenile offenders structured residential program;

          (c) The state-wide drug prosecution assistance program;

          (d) Community mobilization;

          (e) Drug and alcohol abuse prevention and early intervention in schools; and

          (f) Maternity care support services for alcohol and drug-abusing pregnant women.

          (3) The plan for conducting studies, including start and completion dates, general research approaches, potential research problems, data requirements, necessary implementation authority, and cost estimates are to be provided to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the house and senate by December 1, 1989.  The plan may include proposals to use contract evaluators and shall identify ways to measure program progress and outcomes.

          (4) In order to establish a beginning point for any future studies of the effectiveness of programs initiated in this act, all programs proposed for analysis in this section shall submit a plan detailing expenditures related to goals and objectives of the program being initiated, to the legislative budget committee by October 1, 1989))  The department of social and health services shall conduct an assessment of the effectiveness of the juvenile offenders structured residential program, and the superintendent of public instruction shall contract with an independent entity for an assessment of the effectiveness of the drug and alcohol abuse prevention and early intervention in schools program.  The legislative budget committee shall review and monitor the studies of program effectiveness required by this subsection.

          (3) The department of social and health services and the superintendent of public instruction shall submit a plan and cost estimate for carrying out the provisions of this section to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the house and senate before January 1, 1991.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 6.  Section 604, chapter 271, Laws of 1989 and RCW 44.28.170 are each repealed.