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Drug Courts - Legislation

This section presents a sample of links to online Federal and State legislation and testimony.

Federal Legislation State Legislation International Legislation

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1994
Title I, Subchapter XII-J of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3796 ii et. seq. authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States, State courts, local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments to establish drug courts in response to increased numbers of nonviolent, substance-abusing adult and juvenile offenders who contribute to the pervasive problems of prison and jail overcrowding and the high recidivism rate of those offenders.

Arizona Senate Bill 1259
This bill relates to the establishment of drug courts in Arizona.

Arkansas Drug Court Act
This act discusses the establishment and implementation of drug courts in Arkansas, eligibility requirements for the program, and evaluation measures of the drug court programs.

Akansas Senate Bill 18
This bill relates to the expansion of drug courts in Arkansas.

California Comprehensive Drug Court Implementation Act of 1999
This act provides funding to drug courts, including those for (1) juvenile offenders; (2) parents of children who are detained by or dependents of the juvenile court; (3) parents of children in family law cases involving custody and visitation issues; (4) criminal offenders; and (5) other drug court systems approved by the Drug Court Partnership Executive Steering Committee.

Florida House Bill 175
This bill authorizes a court to order individuals involved in a dependency case to be evaluated for drug or alcohol problems, and allows the court, after a finding of dependency, to require an individual to participate in and comply with treatment-based drug court programs.

Florida House Bill 199
This bill, relating to substance abuse treatment programs, provides criteria, goals, and principals for operating treatment-based drug court programs.

Idaho Drug Court and Mental Health Court Act
This act discusses the establishment and implementation of drug courts in Idaho, eligibility requirements for the program, and evaluation measures of the drug court programs.

Idaho Senate Bill No. 1171
An act relating to drug courts to provide a statement of policy, establishment, eligibility requirements, evaluation, and implementation of funding for drug courts in Idaho.

Illinois Juvenile Drug Court Treatment Act
This act allows for the establishment and implementation of juvenile drug treatment court programs in Illinois.

Indiana Code 12-23-14.5
This legislative code discusses the establishment and implementation of drug courts in Indiana.

Louisiana House Bill 2412
This bill allows for the establishment of alcohol and drug treatment divisions in the various district courts of the state.

Mississippi: Alyce Griffin Clarke Drug Court Act 
This act facilitates local drug court alternative orders adaptable to chancery, circuit, county, youth, municipal and justice courts.

Missouri House Bill 1403
This bill establishes the Drug Courts Coordinating Commission to coordinate the allocation of resources to drug courts throughout the state.

Missouri House Bill 1633
This bill authorizes each circuit court to establish drug courts that may dispose of alcohol and drug related cases.

North Dakota House Bill 1191
This bill will make permanent an innovative pilot program that combines courts, corrections and treatment services to lower the repeat rate of drug offenders and put them on the road to recovery. The program, which applies to offenders sentenced for driving while under the influence, was scheduled to expire on July 31, 2003.

Oklahoma Drug Court Act
This act relates to drug court coordinators in Oklahoma.

Oregon House Bill 3363
This bill relates to drug court programs in Oregon and the declaring of an emergency.

Texas House Bill 1287
This bill relates to the establishment of drug court programs in Texas.

Utah House Bill 281
This bill was passed by the 2000 Utah State Legislature and defines new policies in regard to how drug courts will operate in Utah.

Wyoming House Bill No. HB0205
An act relating to authorizing drug courts to impose extended periods of probation, requiring notice to eligible participants, and providing for an effective date for drug courts.

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Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003, Part 5
Part 5 of this Act provides for a court to be designated a drugs court and confers certain powers upon a judge when sitting as a drugs court.

New South Wales, Australia Drug Court Amendment Act of 1998
The objects of this Act are to reduce the drug dependency of eligible convicted offenders, promote the re-integration of such drug dependent persons into the community, and to reduce the need for such drug dependent persons to resort to criminal activity to support their drug dependencies by allowing courts to refer persons to the drug court program.

New South Wales, Australia Drug Court Amendment Act 2002 No 93
This act amends the Drug Court Act 1998, making further provisions with respect to participation in drug programs, the termination of drug programs, sentencing and the accommodation of participants.

United Nations Drug Control and Crime Prevention Model Drug Court (Treatment and Rehabilitation of Offenders) Bill, 2000
The object of this Bill is to provide for the diversion of certain drug offenders from imprisonment or other traditional criminal justice outcome to court directed treatment and rehabilitation programs, aimed at reducing and eliminating their criminal activity.

Victoria, Australia Sentencing (Amendment) Act of 2002
This act amends the Sentencing Act of 1991 to provide for a drug treatment order as a new sentencing order; amends the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 to establish a Drug Court Division of the Magistrates' Court; and amends the Corrections Act 1986 with respect to the custody of a person subject to a drug treatment order.

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