SECOND REGULAR SESSION
93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BRUNS.
Read 1st time February 20, 2006 and copies ordered printed.
STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapters 34 and 650, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to the Missouri Uniform Interoperability Communications Act.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapters 34 and 650, RSMo, are amended by adding thereto two new sections, to be known as sections 34.169 and 650.470, to read as follows:
34.169. All purchases made by the commissioner of administration for wireless communication products for public safety shall meet the standards set forth by the public safety communications committee for wireless communications programs.
650.470. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Uniform Interoperability Communications Act".
2. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) "Board", the Missouri interoperability communications board;
(2) "Communications network", a regional or statewide public safety governmental communications network and related facilities, including real property, improvements, and equipment necessary for the acquisition, construction, and operation of the services and facilities;
(3) "Lease", any lease, lease purchase, sublease, operating, management, or similar agreement;
(4) "Public safety agency", any political subdivision of the state or organization, entity, or combination of entities that have joined together to form a central answering point for the receipt, management, and dissemination to the proper responding agency of emergency and nonemergency communications, including but not limited to 911 calls, police, fire, medical, transportation, parks, wildlife, corrections, or any other political subdivision communications.
3. The general assembly declares that it is the public policy of this state to promote effective, ubiquitous, and interoperable public safety communications in real time and on demand between all personnel of all state and local agencies, to promote the development of necessary communications capabilities and procedures needed to provide assured emergency response, and to minimize the response time for first responders to emergency or disastrous situations.
4. There is hereby established within the department of public safety the "Missouri Interoperability Communications Board". The board shall administer the creation, administration, and maintenance of the Missouri interoperability communications network to provide public safety communications services and facilities on a statewide or regional basis for the benefit and use of public safety agencies.
5. The board shall consist of ten members as follows:
(1) The director of the department of public safety, or the director's designee;
(2) The director of the division of homeland security, or the director's designee;
(3) The director of the department of transportation, or the director's designee;
(4) The director of the department of corrections, or the director's designee;
(5) The adjutant general of the state, or the adjutant general's designee;
(6) The director of the department of conservation, or the director's designee;
(7) A member of the Missouri Police Chiefs Association, to be selected by the association;
(8) A member of the Missouri Sheriffs' Association, to be selected by the association;
(9) A member of the Missouri Association of Fire Chiefs, to be selected by the association; and
(10) A member of the Missouri State Troopers Association, to be selected by the association.
6. The board shall meet at least quarterly, and shall meet as soon as possible after August 28, 2006, for an organizational meeting and to select a chair and vice chair. The board shall adopt written procedures to govern its activities. Members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
7. The board shall:
(1) Establish guidelines for any lease or purchase of wireless communications products for public safety by the commissioner of administration;
(2) Review requests by public safety agencies for state funds or federal funds disbursed by the state for wireless communications programs;
(3) Examine all proposals and requests for funding for wireless communications to identify and evaluate interoperability; and
(4) Establish other necessary procedures for administering this section.
8. Any public agency using state or federal funds disbursed by the state for purchases not in compliance with any plan approved by the board may be subject to sanctions determined by the committee, including repayment of such funds to the state.
9. Beginning July 1, 2007, the board shall submit an annual report of its activities for the previous year to the governor and the general assembly.
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