(a) The Task Force on Substance Abuse Prevention is created.
(b) The task force shall be composed of the following twenty-one (21) members:
(1) Two (2) senators appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
(2) Two (2) members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(3) One (1) member recommended by the Arkansas Prevention Certification Board;
(4) Three (3) members recommended by the Division of Behavioral Health Services, to include one (1) member representative of substance abuse prevention providers;
(5) One (1) member recommended by the Regional Prevention Resource Centers;
(6) Two (2) members recommended by the Arkansas Prevention Network;
(7) Two (2) members recommended by the Department of Education-Safe and Drug Free Schools Program, to include one (1) member who is a Department of Education-Safe and Drug Free Schools Program state-level coordinator and one (1) member who is a Department of Education-Safe and Drug Free Schools Program coordinator of a local education agency;
(8) One (1) member recommended by the Arkansas Collegiate Drug Education Committee;
(9) One (1) member recommended by the Arkansas regional office of Mothers Against Drunk Driving;
(10) One (1) member recommended by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock MidSOUTH Prevention Institute;
(11) One (1) member recommended by the Hometown Health Improvement Office of the Department of Health;
(12) One (1) member recommended by the Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission;
(13) One (1) member recommended by the College of Health and Behavioral Sciences of the University of Central Arkansas;
(14) One (1) member recommended by the Arkansas Drug Director; and
(15) One (1) member recommended by the Office of Head Start of the Department of Human Services.
(c) The terms of the legislative members of the task force shall expire on December 31 of each even-numbered year.
(d) Nonlegislative members shall serve at the pleasure of the organizations they represent.
(e) Vacancies on the task force shall be filled in the same manner as provided for the initial appointment.
(f) The chair shall be one (1) of the legislative members of the task force and shall be selected by the legislative members of the task force.
(g) The task force shall meet as often as is deemed necessary by the chair.
(h) The chair shall call the first meeting, which shall be held no later than sixty (60) days after July 31, 2007.
(i) The members of the task force shall serve without compensation and shall not receive per diem, mileage, or stipends.
(j) The task force shall receive staff support from the Bureau of Legislative Research.
Section: 20-64-1102 20-64-1103 NextLast modified: November 15, 2016