Adopted by House 3-7-08
SB699 HFA Perdue 3-7
Delegate Perdue moves to amend the committee substitute for SB699
on page six, section two, line twenty-four, following the word
"funds" and the period by inserting the following:
"§4-11B-2a. Grant Program.
West Virginia's Partnership to Promote Community Well-being,
created by Executive Order No. 8-04, to be a planning body for
substance abuse prevention and intervention, shall be responsible
for establishing a long-term strategic plan that incorporates
elements of prevention, substance abuse treatment and enforcement.
In addition, the Partnership shall provide oversight as determined
by the West Virginia State Police, establish a grant application
process and determine the recipients of Drug-Free West Virginia
grants supported by asset forfeiture funds to be used to support
successful models of drug prevention, substance abuse treatment and
enforcement strategies that are working in West Virginia and to
fund replication grants of successful programs. Four million
dollars shall be directed to the Drug-Free West Virginia grant
program and one hundred thousand dollars shall be directed to the
Partnership To Promote Community Well-being upon approval of the
U.S. Department of Justice in compliance with their Guide to
Equitable Sharing of Federally Forfeited Property for State and
Local Law Enforcement Agencies."
And Delegate Perdue moves to amend the enacting clause to read as follows:
"That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new article, designated §4-11B-1, §4-11B-2, §4-
11B-2a, §4-11B-3 and §4-11B-4, all to read as follows: