2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 49 - State Administration
RS 49:219.3 - Powers, duties, and functions; staffing; funding

§219.3. Powers, duties, and functions; staffing; funding

A. The board shall:

(1) Identify, examine, select or develop, recommend or implement, drug control policies and strategies to more effectively combat illegal drugs and alcohol abuse.

(2) Stress a coordinated approach emphasizing application, or needed revisions, of enforcement capabilities targeting drug use, sale, and supply.

(3) Identify, examine, select or develop, recommend or implement, demand reduction measures such as education, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and public awareness.

(4) Receive reports of the allocations and expenditures of all federal anti-drug abuse funds earmarked for education, treatment, rehabilitation, and law enforcement.

(5) Evaluate how anti-drug monies both state and federal are utilized in implementing anti-drug programs at the state and local agencies.

(6) Evaluate changes in the methods or priorities of the allocation of funds to state and local agencies.

(7) Identify and evaluate the effectiveness of state and local public awareness and drug prevention programs in both the public and private sectors in order to develop a series of recommendations for improving the effectiveness of such programs.

(8) Evaluate specific problem areas relating to the enforcement of drug laws and make recommendations in order to improve the impact of those laws through legislative refinement or executive order.

(9) Assess the roles and interaction of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and operations in combating drug abuse and trafficking, with recommendations for improving the effectiveness of multi-jurisdictional operations throughout the state.

(10) Provide an interim report to the governor regarding findings, activities and recommendations by July 1, 1991 and thereafter at least on a quarterly basis or more often if deemed necessary by the governor or the board.

(11) Develop long and/or short range plans or strategies that prioritize areas of need or otherwise organize the use of resources.

(12) Seek assistance or support from any state agency or private sector entity which may be helpful in diminishing or eradicating drug and alcohol abuse.

(13) Adopt and promulgate rules as may be necessary to implement this Part.

B. Staff support shall be provided by the executive office of the governor and may be provided by the agencies of the executive department of the government as directed by the governor.

C. The board shall be funded by appropriation of the legislature.

Acts 1990, No. 1029, §2, eff. July 26, 1990.