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| 2 | | - | ~tate of \ltennessee |
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| 3 | | - | PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 95 |
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| 4 | | - | HOUSE BILL NO. 382 |
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| 5 | | - | By Representatives Butler, Cepicky, Slater, Camper |
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| 6 | | - | Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 683 |
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| 7 | | - | By Senator White |
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| 8 | | - | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 49, |
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| 9 | | - | Chapter 1, relative to law enforcement-supported education programs. |
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| 2 | + | HOUSE BILL 382 |
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| 3 | + | By Butler |
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| 5 | + | SENATE BILL 683 |
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| 6 | + | By White |
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| 9 | + | SB0683 |
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| 10 | + | 000651 |
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| 13 | + | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, |
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| 14 | + | Chapter 17 and Title 49, Chapter 1, relative to law |
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| 15 | + | enforcement-supported education programs. |
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| 11 | | - | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 4, is amended by |
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| 12 | | - | adding the following as a new section: |
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| 13 | | - | An LEA may implement the law enforcement against drugs and violence |
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| 14 | | - | (LE.AD.) program in schools operated by the LEA. An LEA's implementation of the |
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| 15 | | - | LE.AD. program may be in lieu of the DARE program. |
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| 16 | | - | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. HOUSE BILL NO. 382 |
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| 17 | | - | PASSED: March 1 O, 2025 |
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| 18 | | - | CAMERO~XTON,SPEAKER |
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| 19 | | - | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 20 | | - | RANDY "'CNALL Y |
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| 21 | | - | SPEAKER OF THE'sENATE |
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| 22 | | - | APPROVED this at>f;(,. day of Mean,$,, 2025 |
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| 23 | | - | ~t~ |
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| 24 | | - | BILL LEE, GOVERNOR |
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| 18 | + | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-401, is amended by deleting the |
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| 19 | + | section and substituting: |
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| 20 | + | 49-1-401. This part is known and may be cited as the "Tennessee Drug Abuse |
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| 21 | + | Resistance Education and Law Enforcement Against Drugs and Violence Act." |
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| 22 | + | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-402(a), is amended by deleting |
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| 23 | + | "drug abuse resistance education (DARE) program" and substituting "drug abuse resistance |
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| 24 | + | education (DARE) program or law enforcement against drugs and violence (L.E.A.D.) program". |
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| 25 | + | SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-402(b), is amended by deleting |
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| 26 | + | "DARE America program or a comparable program" and substituting "DARE America program, |
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| 27 | + | L.E.A.D. program, or a comparable program". |
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| 28 | + | SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-403, is amended by deleting the |
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| 29 | + | section and substituting: |
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| 30 | + | 49-1-403. |
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| 31 | + | (a) The department of safety shall adopt standards and qualifications, in |
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| 32 | + | accordance with the requirements of the DARE America program and the |
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| 33 | + | L.E.A.D. program, of law enforcement officers who apply for training as |
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| 34 | + | instructors in the DARE or L.E.A.D. program. |
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| 35 | + | (b) The department shall also provide for the training of law enforcement |
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| 36 | + | officers as DARE instructors and L.E.A.D. instructors. The department may |
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| 39 | + | - 2 - 000651 |
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| 41 | + | contract with agencies of other states for the training of law enforcement officers |
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| 42 | + | as DARE and L.E.A.D. instructors. |
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| 43 | + | SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-404, is amended by deleting |
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| 44 | + | "DARE" wherever it appears in the section and substituting "DARE or L.E.A.D.". |
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| 45 | + | SECTION 6. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-405, is amended by deleting the |
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| 46 | + | section and substituting: |
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| 47 | + | 49-1-405. This part does not supersede or disallow any similar and comparable |
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| 48 | + | programs already in place; provided, that this part does not prevent the similar and |
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| 49 | + | comparable programs from participating in the funding of the DARE and L.E.A.D. |
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| 50 | + | programs pursuant to this part. |
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| 51 | + | SECTION 7. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-406, is amended by deleting |
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| 52 | + | "drug abuse resistance program" and substituting "drug abuse resistance program or anti-drug |
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| 53 | + | and violence program". |
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| 54 | + | SECTION 8. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-407, is amended by deleting |
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| 55 | + | "DARE" wherever it appears in the section and substituting "DARE or L.E.A.D."; and by deleting |
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| 56 | + | "drug abuse resistance" and substituting "drug abuse resistance or anti-drug and violence". |
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| 57 | + | SECTION 9. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-420(f), is amended by deleting |
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| 58 | + | "DARE program" and substituting "DARE program or L.E.A.D. program". |
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| 59 | + | SECTION 10. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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