SECOND REGULAR SESSION
93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE COOPER (158).
Read 1st time February 22, 2006 and copies ordered printed.
STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 44, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to a statewide planning and mapping system.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 44, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 44.025, to read as follows:
44.025. 1. To the extent funds are made available, the state emergency management agency shall establish a statewide planning and mapping system for the public buildings in this state for use by response agencies that are called to respond to an act of terrorism or related emergency.
2. The statewide planning and mapping system shall include, without limitation:
(1) The type of information that must be included within the software program that comprises the system, including, without limitation, floor plans, fire protection information, building evacuation plans, utility information, known hazards, and information on how to contact emergency personnel;
(2) The manner by which the information prescribed under subdivision (1) of this subsection must be transferred to the system from the state agencies and the political subdivisions that participate in the system;
(3) Standards for the software that must be used by the state agencies and political subdivisions that participate in the system;
(4) Conditions for use of the system by response agencies;
(5) Guidelines for:
(a) The accessibility and confidentiality of information contained within the system; and
(b) The incorporation, in connection with the use of the system of the items described in subdivision (2) of subsection 3 of this section;
(6) In accordance with information obtained by the state emergency management agency, determine the priority for distribution of any money that may be available for the state agencies and political subdivisions to participate in the system; and
(7) Guidelines recommended by the state emergency management agency for the training of persons employed by response agencies concerning the use of the system.
3. To the extent money is made available, the state agencies and political subdivisions shall:
(1) Participate in the statewide planning and mapping system; and
(2) Incorporate into their use of the system, without limitation:
(a) Evacuation routes and strategies for evacuation;
(b) Alarms and other signals or means of notification;
(c) Plans for sheltering in place; and
(d) Training and strategies for prevention in connection with attacks involving violence.
4. If a state agency or a political subdivision uses its own planning and mapping system before the state emergency management agency establishes a statewide planning and mapping system, the state agency or political subdivision may continue to use its system unless money is made available for the state agency or political subdivision to update or modify its system as necessary for inclusion in the statewide system.
5. The state emergency management agency:
(1) Shall pursue any money that may be available from the federal government for the development and operation of a statewide planning and mapping system for public buildings and for the distribution of grants to the state agencies and political subdivisions that participate in the system;
(2) May accept gifts, grants, and contributions for the development and operation of a statewide planning and mapping system and for the distribution of grants to the state agencies and political subdivisions that participate in the system.
6. Each state agency and political subdivision that participates in the system shall, on or before July 1, 2007, and on or before July first of each year thereafter, submit to the state emergency management agency a progress report setting forth, in accordance with regulations adopted by the state emergency management agency, the experience of the agency or political subdivision, as applicable, with respect to its participation in the system. The state emergency management agency shall receive and process such progress reports and provide to the legislature a summarized overview of the system on or before October 1, 2007, and on or before October first of each year thereafter.
7. After the statewide mapping system is established under this section, each state agency and political subdivision that participates in the system shall submit to the state emergency management agency any initial or final plan for a public work.
8. As used in this section "sheltering in place" means to remain inside a building, room, structure, or other location during an emergency when egress may be impossible or when egress may present a more substantial risk than remaining inside the building, room, structure, or other location, as applicable.
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