WHEREAS, combating crime and protecting citizens from criminal depredation is of vital concern to government; and 

        WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the citizens of the State of Idaho that government promote efficiency and effectiveness of the criminal justice system and, where possible, create partnerships among criminal justice professionals to achieve this effectiveness and efficiency; and 

        WHEREAS, communication and cooperation among the various facets of the community of criminal justice professionals is of utmost importance in promoting efficiency and effectiveness; and 

        WHEREAS, under provisions of the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program, established under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, each state is strongly encouraged to establish a drug policy board to serve as a forum for communication and a structure for coordination, with responsibility for development of a statewide drug control strategy; and 

        WHEREAS, under the provisions of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, each state is encouraged to develop and implement a competitive mechanism for award of certain federal grant funds; 

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby continue the Idaho Criminal Justice Council and charge this body with the responsibility to facilitate communication among criminal justice professionals, to improve professionalism, create partnerships, and to improve cooperation and coordination at all levels of the criminal justice system, and to disburse such grant funding as may come within it purview with the overall mission of reducing crime in Idaho. Designated representatives of the Idaho Criminal Justice Council, in conjunction with individuals representing state and local officials, components of the criminal justice system, education, and treatment, shall comprise the Idaho Drug Policy Advisory Board, and will actively participate in development of the statewide drug control strategy. 

        The Idaho Criminal Justice Council shall consist of seventeen (17) members comprised of the following representatives (or their designees) who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor: 

The Attorney General of the State of Idaho 
The Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court 
The Director of the Idaho Department of Correction 
The Director of the Idaho Department of Law Enforcement 
The Director of the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections 
Two (2) Chiefs of Police 
Two (2) Sheriffs 
Two (2) Prosecuting Attorneys 
One (1) representative of the Idaho Council on Domestic Violence 
The State Appellate Public Defender 
One (1) representative of the juvenile justice system 
One (1) representative of private security organizations 
Two (2) citizens-at-large 

        The Idaho Drug Policy Advisory Board shall consist of twelve (12) members comprised of the following representatives (or their designees) who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor: 

Four (4) members of the Idaho Criminal Justice Council 
One (1) state narcotics officer 
One (1) county narcotics officer 
One (1) city narcotics officer 
One (1) Health and Physical Education Representative from the Idaho Department of Education 
One (1) Representative of the Parents and Youth Against Drug Abuse Program 
One (1) Prevention Education Specialist from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare 
The state narcotics/drug education officer 
The Law Enforcement Coordinating Council Coordinator 

        This Executive Order shall cease to be effective four years after its entry into force. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on the 14th day of February in the year of our Lord two-thousand and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred twenty-fourth and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred tenth.

PETE T. CENARRUSA
SECRETARY OF STATE