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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03131990 - 1.21 _021 04- TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS s ��...._.__•,......o,, Contra FROM: r Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Costa s s fla COUnty DATE: March 6, 1990 r` nTa.......... .. SUBJECT: LEGISLATION - SB 2031 (Presley, Boatwright, et al) SPECIFIC REOUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOW0MATION: Adopt a position of SUPPORT for SB 2031 by Senators Presley, Boatwright and 44 other co-authors from both the Senate and Assembly which would create the Crank-Up Task Force Program as a part of the Clandestine Laboratory . Enforcement Program to coordinate state and local efforts to clean up clandestine laboratories used to manufacture methamphetamine. BACKGROUND: Under existing law the State Department of Justice is required to establish a Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Program to assist state and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies in apprehending and prosecuting persons involved in the unlawful manufacture of controlled substances. SB 2031 would create a Crank-Up Task Force Program within the Department of Justice as part of the Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Program. The Task Force would have the responsibility for establishing, conducting, supporting, and coordinating crank-up task forces composed of state and local law enforcement agencies whose task would be to target the investigation, seizure and cleanup of clandestine laboratories used to manufacture methamphetamine. The Department of Justice would be required to coordinate all Task Force operations with all local agencies having law enforcement responsibilities within the jurisdictions involved � A CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:Yes YES SIGNATURE: —TRECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE S: Z116w �; l-r----- } ACTION OF BOARD ON=Y rCh 13y 1 q (} APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED "S OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS X I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS(ABSENT—.-- ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: MAR 13 1990 ATTESTED PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Please See Page 2 . SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR M382 (10/88) BY ����(/B DEPUTY _2_ and would be required to solicit participation by appropriate federal agencies. The Department of Justice' s Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, Bureau of Forensic Services and Bureau of organized Crime and Criminal Intelligence would be required to provide staffing and logistical support for the task forces by supplying special agents, criminal intelligence analysts, forensic experts, financial auditors, equipment and funding to the task forces as needed. Local law enforcement agencies participating in the Crank-Up Task Force Program would be reimbursed by the Department of Justice for personnel overtime costs and equipment or supplies required for task force activities. The Department of Justice would be required to report annually, beginning January 1, 1992; on its activities and on the accomplishments of the Clandestine Laboratory Program to the Legislature and to federal, state and local law enforcement agencies as well as other interested groups. The bill would appropriate $9,800 ,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Justice to implement the Crank-Up Task Force Program. ' The bill includes an urgency clause and thus would become effective upon approval by the Governor. Passage and enactment of SB 2031 would provide additional assistance to the District Attorney and Sheriff-Coroner, as well as other local law enforcement agencies in attempting to address the growing problem of clandestine laboratories for the manufacture of methamphetamine and thereby would further the Board of Supervisors war on drugs. . It is therefore recommended that the Board of Supervisors indicate its support for SB 2031. SB 2031 was introduced on February 16, 1990 and has not yet been assigned to a Policy Committee in the Senate. CC: County Administrator District Attorney Sheriff-Coroner County Probation Officer Health Services Director Drug Program Administrator Chair, Drug Abuse Advisory Board Les Spahnn, SRJ. Jackson, Barish & Associates