Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2871%20intr.htm&yr=2015&sesstype=RS&i=2871
Timestamp: 2019-07-22 21:36:05
Document Index: 408908477

Matched Legal Cases: ['§5', '§5', '§15', '§15', '§15', '§15', '§15', '§15', '§15', '§15', '§15', '§15']

(By Delegate Howell (By Request))
A BILL to amend and reenact §5A-3-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §5A-6-8 of said code; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designed §15-14-1, §15-14-2, §15-14-3, §15-14-4, §15-14-5, §15-14-6, §15-14-7, §15-14-8, §15-14-9 and §15-14-10, all relating to creating the statewide Interoperable Radio Network; establishing a short title; defining terms; establishing objectives and a purpose; creating the statewide Interoperable Radio Network; creating the statewide Interoperable Coordinator; prescribing duties for the statewide Interoperability Coordinator; creating the statewide Interoperability Executive Committee; prescribing duties for the statewide Interoperability Executive committee; creating the Regional Interoperability Committees; providing for disposition of assets and staffing of the statewide Interoperable Radio Network; establishing a special revenue account for the statewide Interoperable Radio Network; exempting the statewide Interoperable Radio Network from certain Purchasing Division requirements; and authorizing emergency and legislative rule-making.
(9) Examine the provisions and terms of every contract entered into for and on behalf of the State of West Virginia that impose any obligation upon the state to pay any sums of money for commodities or services and approve each such contract as to such provisions and terms; and the duty of examination and approval herein set forth does not supersede the responsibility and duty of the Attorney General to approve such contracts as to form: Provided, That the provisions of this subdivision do not apply in any respect whatever to construction or repair contracts entered into by the Division of Highways of the Department of Transportation: Provided, however, That the provisions of this subdivision do not apply in any respect whatever to contracts entered into by the University of West Virginia Board of Trustees or by the board of Directors of the state College System, except to the extent that such boards request the facilities and services of the director under the provisions of this subdivision. However, this subdivision does not apply to construction or repair contracts entered into by the state for the emergency construction or repair of the statewide Interoperable Radio Network created by article fourteen, chapter fifteen of this code;
''Director'' means the Director of West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
"Statewide Interoperable Radio Network" or "SIRN" means the interoperable communications network established for the purpose of implementing and maintaining an interoperable communications network for first responders to help assure the safety of all citizens in the event of disaster or emergency.
"Statewide Interoperability Coordinator" or "SWIC" means the individual appointed by the Governor to oversee the state’s interoperable communications efforts in planning and coordinating the SIRN.
"Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee" or "Executive Committee" means the governing body of the SIRN.
"WVDHSEM" means the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
"Regional Interoperability Committee" means the committee or committees that assist the SWIC and the Executive Committee with governing and monitoring the implementation and operation of the SIRN and establishing goals for the betterment of the SIRN.
(a) On or before July 1, 2015, the Governor shall appoint the statewide Interoperability Coordinator from a recommendation of the statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC), who shall be employed by and report to the director. The coordinator shall have at a minimum five years experience in overseeing and managing major communications systems and supervising employees.
(b) All of the allied, advisory, affiliated entities and funds associated with the statewide interoperable radio and/or microwave network and medical command radio system and all its functions, personnel and property, are transferred to, incorporated in and administered as a part of the WVDHSEM.
(c) The director or his/her designee is responsible for all interoperable communications efforts associated with any and all emergency or planned events within the state.
(d) The director may acquire in the name of the state by purchase, lease or gift, real property and rights or easements necessary or convenient to construct thereon the necessary building or buildings for housing Radio Network employees, equipment or infrastructure.
(e) The director or his or her designee may enter into cooperative agreements, land and tower leases, memorandums of understanding/agreement, training contracts or service contracts with political subdivisions of the state, other states, federal agencies, and with public or private agencies for use by the radio network or the Office of Interoperable and Emergency Communications.
(f) The WVDHSEM is exempt from the requirements and associated fees of any local ordinances of any political subdivision of the state relating to the construction of towers or other infrastructure for use by the Radio Network to enhance interoperable communications.
(g) The WVDHSEM shall support a unified approach to interoperable communications across state, county, and municipal government, to include:
(8) Federal government (nonlaw enforcement);
Article fourteen is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.