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Committee Members
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Ted Lyon, Co-Chair
Jim Parker, Co-Chair Bill Blackwood Billy Clemons Eddie Bernice Johnson |
Parker McCollough
Bob McFarland Carolyn Park Frank Tejeda Judith Zaffirini |
Dermot N. Brosnan
Michael Courville |
Beverly Watts Davis
Oscar Jones |
Charges
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Study issues of public policy relating to drug control, including the following:
(a) the need for state of Texas coordination with new federal initiatives in the War on Drugs; (b) the cost to the state of new federal drug control; (c) new initiatives and methods of drug abuse prevention in public elementary schools and the feasibility and cost of implementing new programs at that level; (d) the large increase of felony offenses by persons referred to juvenile probation programs; and (e) means of more efficient and effective coordination of drug-related law enforcement activities between agencies and levels of government. The task force shall also monitor the progress and effectiveness of pilot programs established by the lieutenant governor's anticrime legislative package. |
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