42.738 Statewide public safety interoperability plan -- Annual report by executive
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director -- Duties of Kentucky Wireless Interoperability Executive Committee -
- Membership -- Public Safety Working Group.
(1)The executive director shall establish and implement a statewide public safety
interoperability plan. This plan shall include the development of required
architecture and standards that will insure that new or upgraded Commonwealth
public safety communications systems will interoperate. The Kentucky Wireless
Interoperability Executive Committee shall be responsible for the evaluation and
recommendation of all wireless communications architecture, standards, and
strategies. The executive director shall provide direction, stewardship, leadership,
and general oversight of information technology and information resources. The
executive director shall report by September 15 annually to the Interim Joint
Committee on Seniors, Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection and the
Interim Joint Committee on State Government on progress and activity by agencies
of the Commonwealth to comply with standards to achieve public safety
communications interoperability.
(2)The Kentucky Wireless Interoperability Executive Committee shall serve as the
advisory body for all wireless communications strategies presented by agencies of
the Commonwealth and local governments. All state agencies in the
Commonwealth shall present all project plans for primary wireless public safety
voice or data communications systems for review and recommendation by the
committee, and the committee shall forward the plans to the executive director for
final approval. Local government entities shall present project plans for primary
wireless public safety voice or data communications systems for review and
recommendation by the Kentucky Wireless Interoperability Executive Committee.
(3)The committee shall develop funding and support plans that provide for the
maintenance of and technological upgrades to the public safety shared
infrastructure, and shall make recommendations to the executive director, the
Governor's Office for Policy and Management, and the General Assembly.
(4)The executive director shall examine the project plans for primary wireless public
safety voice or data communications systems of state agencies as required by
subsection
(2)of this section, and shall determine whether they meet the required
architecture and standards for primary wireless public safety voice or data
communications systems.
(5)The Kentucky Wireless Interoperability Executive Committee shall consist of
twenty
(20)members as follows:
(a)A person knowledgeable in the field of wireless communications appointed by
the executive director who shall serve as chair;
(b)The executive director of the Office of Infrastructure Services,
Commonwealth Office of Technology;
(c)The executive director of Kentucky Educational Television, or the executive
director's designee;
(d)The information technology lead of the Transportation Cabinet;
(e)The information technology lead of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet;
(f)The information technology lead of the Department of Kentucky State Police;
(g)The commissioner of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, or the
commissioner's designee;
(h)The information technology lead of the Energy and Environment Cabinet;
(i)The director of the Division of Emergency Management, Department of
Military Affairs;
(j)The executive director of the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security;
(k)The information technology lead of the Department for Public Health, Cabinet
for Health and Family Services;
(l)A representative from an institution of postsecondary education appointed by
the Governor from a list of three
(3)names submitted by the president of the
Council on Postsecondary Education;
(m)The executive director of the Center for Rural Development, or the executive
director's designee;
(n)A representative from a municipal government to be appointed by the
Governor from a list of three
(3)names submitted by the Kentucky League of
Cities;
(o)A representative from a county government to be appointed by the Governor
from a list of three
(3)names submitted by the Kentucky Association of
Counties;
(p)A representative from a municipal police department to be appointed by the
Governor from a list of three
(3)names submitted by the Kentucky
Association of Chiefs of Police;
(q)A representative from a local fire department to be appointed by the Governor
from a list of three
(3)names submitted by the Kentucky Association of Fire
Chiefs;
(r)A representative from a county sheriff's department to be appointed by the
Governor from a list of three
(3)names submitted by the Kentucky Sheriffs'
Association;
(s)A representative from a local Emergency Medical Services agency to be
appointed by the Governor from a list of three
(3)names submitted by the
Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services; and
(t)A representative from a local 911 dispatch center to be appointed by the
Governor from a list of three
(3)names submitted by the Kentucky Chapter of
the National Emergency Number Association/Association of Public Safety
Communications Officials.
(6)Appointed members of the committee shall serve for a two
(2)year term. Members
who serve by virtue of an office shall serve on the committee while they hold that
office.
(7)The committee shall meet quarterly, or as often as necessary for the conduct of its
business. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. Members' designees shall have voting privileges at committee meetings.
(8)The committee shall be attached to the Commonwealth Office of Technology for
administrative purposes only. Members shall not be paid and shall not be
reimbursed for travel expenses.
(9)The Public Safety Working Group is hereby created for the primary purpose of
fostering cooperation, planning, and development of the public safety frequency
spectrum as regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, including the
700 MHz public safety band. The group shall endeavor to bring about a seamless,
coordinated, and integrated public safety communications network for the safe,
effective, and efficient protection of life and property. The Public Safety Working
Group membership and other working group memberships deemed necessary shall
be appointed by the chair of the Kentucky Wireless Interoperability Executive
Committee.
(10)The committee may establish additional working groups as determined by the
committee.