KRS § 42.746 — KY Code / Title VI / Chapter 42 / Section 42.746
42.746 Statewide planning and mapping system for public buildings
Status: in_force

42.746 Statewide planning and mapping system for public buildings.

(1) To the extent funds are made available, the Commonwealth Office of Technology

shall establish a statewide planning and mapping system for public buildings in this

state for use by response agencies who are called to respond to an act of terrorism or

an emergency.

(2) The statewide planning and mapping system for public buildings shall include:

(a) Floor plans, fire protection information, building evacuation plans, utility

information, known hazards, and information on how to contact emergency

personnel;

(b) The manner by which the information required by paragraph (a) of this

subsection shall be transferred to the system from state agencies and the local

political subdivisions who participate in the system;

(c) Standards for the software that shall be used by state agencies and local

political subdivisions that participate in the system;

(d) Conditions for use of the system by response agencies;

(e) Guidelines for:

1. The accessibility and confidentiality of information contained within the

system; and

2. The incorporation, in connection with the use of the system, of the items

described in subsection (3)(b) of this section;

(f) In accordance with information obtained by the Kentucky Office of Homeland

Security, a priority for the distribution of any money that may be available for

state agencies and political subdivisions to participate in the system; and

(g) Guidelines recommended by the Division of Emergency Management for the

training of persons employed by the response agencies concerning the use of

the system.

(3) To the extent money is available, state agencies and political subdivisions shall:

(a) Participate in the statewide planning and mapping system; and

(b) Incorporate into their use of the system, without limitation:

1. Evacuation routes and strategies for evacuation;

2. Alarms and other signals or means of notification;

3. Plans for remaining 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; and

4. Training and strategies for prevention in connection with attacks

involving violence.

If a state agency or political subdivision uses its own planning and mapping system

before the Commonwealth Office of Technology 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.

(4) The Commonwealth Office of Technology:

(a) 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 state agencies and

political subdivisions that participate in the system; and

(b) 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.

(5) Each state agency and political subdivision that participates in the system shall, on

or before July 1, 2007, and on or before July 1 of each year thereafter, submit to the

Commonwealth Office of Technology a progress report setting forth, in accordance

with regulations promulgated by the Commonwealth Office of Technology, the

experience of the agency or political subdivision with respect to its participation in

the system. The Commonwealth Office of Technology shall receive and process the

progress reports, and provide a summarized overview of the system to the

Legislative Research Commission on or before October 1, 2007, and on or before

October 1 of each year thereafter.