KRS § 42.738 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 42 / Section 42.738
42.738 Statewide public safety interoperability plan -- Annual report by executive director -- Duties of Kentucky Wireless Interoperability Executive Committee -- Membership -- Public Safety Working Group
Status: in_force

42.738 Statewide public safety interoperability plan -- Annual report by executive

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.