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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics
Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Subchapter 10 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council
§ 20-64-1003. Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council -- Functions, powers, and duties
Universal Citation: AR Code § 20-64-1003 (2017)
- (a) The Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council shall have the responsibility for overseeing all planning, budgeting, and implementation of expenditures of state and federal funds allocated for alcohol and drug education, prevention, treatment, and law enforcement.
- (b) The council shall have the following functions, powers, and duties:
- (1) All federal money received by the State of Arkansas for drug law enforcement, education, or prevention shall be reviewed by the coordinating council for disbursement, accountability, and evaluation; and
- (2) The council shall review and coordinate all school-based drug education, prevention, and awareness programs and efforts funded by the state.
- (c) The council shall assist community-based prevention councils in planning and coordinating prevention activities, promoting innovative programs, developing stable funding sources, and disseminating current information. These local councils should be racially balanced and shall include at least one (1) representative from each of the following groups:
- (1) One (1) law enforcement officer;
- (2) One (1) school board member;
- (3) One (1) school administrator;
- (4) One (1) school teacher;
- (5) One (1) parent;
- (6) One (1) student;
- (7) One (1) alcohol and drug abuse program director; and
- (8) One (1) health professional.
- (d) The council shall develop training and education programs for criminal justice personnel in drug-related matters in conjunction with the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training.
- (e)
- (1) The council shall have authority to develop its rules of procedure to include the establishment of a committee structure for the approval of funding and other purposes.
- (2) Committees shall include without limitation a prevention, education, and treatment committee chaired by the Director of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services, and a law enforcement committee.
- (f) The council shall establish advocacy groups among the business community and youth population of this state.
- (g) The council shall work with all federal, state, county, and local law enforcement agencies to ensure an integrated system of enforcement activities.
- (h) The council shall perform other functions as may be necessary to carry out the functions, powers, and duties as set forth in this subchapter.
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