WEBSITE POSTING OF METH LABS

Senate Bill 1115

Sponsor:  Sen. Tom George

House Committee:  Judiciary

Senate Committee:  Judiciary

Complete to 5-8-06

A SUMMARY OF SENATE BILL 1115 AS PASSED BY THE SENATE 3-29-06

Senate Bill 1115—which is identical to House Bill 5846 as introduced—would create a new act to require the State Police, upon receiving notice under the Methamphetamine Reporting Act (created by House Bill 5841) of the discovery of a methamphetamine laboratory, to post on its Internet website the location of the lab and the name of the law enforcement agency (or other agency) that reported the existence of the lab.  The information posted would have to be kept current and include a statement as to whether or not the remediation of each laboratory site had been completed according to standards established by the Department of Community Health.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The bill would involve small administrative costs, mainly from receiving, entering, and maintaining the information in the database.

                                                                                           Legislative Analyst:   J. Hunault

                                                                                                                           Susan Stutzky

                                                                                                  Fiscal Analyst:   Jan Wisniewski

■ This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.