HB 1822 -- Missouri Uniform Interoperability Communications Act

Sponsor:  Bruns

This bill establishes the Missouri Uniform Interoperability
Communications Act and the Missouri Interoperability
Communications Board to oversee the creation, administration, and
maintenance of the Missouri interoperability communications
network which is to provide public safety communications services
and facilities for the benefit and use of public safety agencies.
The board will consist of the directors, or their designees, of
the departments of Public Safety, Transportation, Corrections,
and Conservation; the Director of the Division of Homeland
Security or his or her designee; the Adjutant General or his or
her designee; and a member of the Missouri Police Chiefs
Association, Missouri Sheriffs' Association, Missouri Association
of Fire Chiefs, and the Missouri State Troopers Association.  The
board is required to establish guidelines for the lease or
purchase of wireless communications products for public safety,
review requests by public safety agencies for state or federal
funds for wireless communications programs, examine all proposals
and requests for funding of wireless communications to identify
and evaluate interoperability, and establish other necessary
procedures for administering these provisions.

The bill also requires that all purchases of wireless
communication products for public safety by the Commissioner of
the Office of Administration meet the standards of the Public
Safety Communications Committee for Wireless Communications.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:44 am