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: