STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

HOUSE BILL 1273	By:	McDaniel (Jeannie)

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to public health and safety; creating the Oklahoma Methamphetamine Review Task Force; providing for membership; providing for appointment of chair; requiring organizational meeting; providing for selection of cochair and other officers; prescribing quorum requirement; outlining areas of study; providing for travel reimbursement; specifying reimbursement method for legislative members; providing for staff assistance; requiring final written report; specifying date of report; providing for termination of Task Force; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2-801 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  There is hereby created the Oklahoma Methamphetamine Review Task Force.
B.  The task force shall be composed of twelve (12) members as follows:
1.  The Governor or a designee;
2.  Two members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives;
3.  Two members of the Oklahoma State Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the State Senate;
4.  The Executive Coordinator of the District Attorneys Council, or a designee;
5.  The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control or a designee;
6.  The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation or a designee;
7.  The Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services or a designee;
8.  The Director of the Department of Human Services or a designee; 
9.  One member who represents the chiefs of police to be appointed by the Governor; and
10.  One member who represents the county sheriffs to be appointed by the Governor.
C.  Members of the Task Force shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.  Vacancies in a position shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
D.  The chair shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives on or before August 1, 2011.  The Task Force shall hold an organizational meeting not later than September 1, 2011.  The Task Force shall select from among its membership a cochair and any other officers.  Meetings of the Task Force shall be held at the call of the chair of the Task Force.  A quorum of the members present at a meeting of the Task Force shall be sufficient to conduct any business or to take any action authorized or required.
E.  The Task Force may study the following topics:
1.  Results from the Meth Project;
2.  Expanding the Meth Project to urban areas;
3.  States that have enacted legislation to make pseudoephedrine a prescription drug;
4.  Disclosure of methamphetamines production when selling a home; and
5.  Notification of code officials and law enforcement when methamphetamine residue is detected.
F.  The Task Force shall be authorized to meet as necessary in order to perform the duties imposed upon it.  Legislative members of the Task Force shall be reimbursed for travel expenses pursuant to the provisions of Section 456 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.  Other members of the Task Force shall be reimbursed by the respective appointing authorities pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
G.  Staff assistance for the Task Force shall be provided by the staff of the Oklahoma House of Representative and the State Senate.
H.  The Task Force shall produce a final written report of its findings and any recommendations regarding the issues studied by the Task Force to combat methamphetamine use and the effects of methamphetamine use on the state.  The report shall be submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the State Senate not later than January 31, 2012.
I.  The Task Force shall terminate by operation of law on February 1, 2012.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2011.
SECTION 3.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

53-1-5577	EK	01/14/11