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methamphetamine users who are property crime offenders) is the lack of jail space in order to keep them long enough to get to court, and/or as a sanction to support their decision to complete addiction prevention activities. This legislation would provide the City, as well as the County and the District Attorney’s Office, with significant funds to put toward this goal. Particularly if the local agencies which would receive funds under this bill developed a coordinated approach, we believe that we could have a significant impact on this problem. Under this bill, the following funding would be allocated to local governments in Eugene- Springfield: • City of Eugene: $150K (prevention, education, and law enforcement activities) • Lane County: $300K (prevention and law enforcement activities) • Lane County: $50K (prevention and education activities) • Lane County: $300K (methamphetamine treatment) • Lane County District Attorney’s Office: $300K (property crime and methamphetamine prosecution) • City of Springfield: $150K (prevention, education, and law enforcement activities) ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Larry Hill Larry Hill CS-FIN 3/3/2009 Pri 3 Yes YesII. B1 Monitor Comments: I recommend monitoring SB 532. I think it is unlikely the bill will pass in its curent form but it should be watched. A much smaller version may win pasage, and amendmends should be monitored to ensure state shared revenue is not affected in particular. As introduced, the bill's proposed appropriation of $36 million is totally out-of-scale with the State's available resources. To fund this bill it is more likely that the legislature would place restrictions on or redirect revenue currently shared with city and counties than to find money elsewhere in the state budget. The City of Eugene now uses state shared revenue for General Funed services, and any reduction in state shared revenues would damage these services. The one-time nature of SB 532's funding is also a significant concern because it could result in expectations that those supplementary services should continue to be funded from the City's General Fund after the state grant funding is exhausted. In a period of fiscal difficulty like the one the city is now experiencing, this expectation would increase budgetary stress on the General Fund. SB 0541 Relating Clause: Relating to drug testing of public assistance clients. Title: Prohibits grants of public assistance to individuals who test positive for substances of abuse. Sponsored by: Senator KRUSE URL:http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0500.dir/sb0541.intro.pdf ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Andy Fernandez CS-CMO 2/26/2009 Neutral Comments: Will this bill inadvertantly punish those with prescriptions for controlled substances or medical marijuana? Also might collaterally punish dependents or others who depend on the public assistance through the offender. However, it doesn't seem to impact our City services. SB 0542 14