Senate
File
20
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
BRASE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
access
and
communication
through
the
Iowa
1
communications
network
between
local
law
enforcement
2
agencies,
E911
public
safety
answering
points,
and
related
3
facilities.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8D.9,
subsection
3,
Code
2015,
is
amended
1
by
striking
the
subsection.
2
Sec.
2.
Section
8D.13,
subsection
18,
Code
2015,
is
amended
3
to
read
as
follows:
4
18.
Access
to
the
network
shall
be
offered
to
the
department
5
of
public
safety
,
and
the
department
of
public
defense
,
and
the
6
department
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
management
for
7
the
purpose
of
establishing
and
operating
a
shared
data-only
8
secure
statewide
network
providing
law
enforcement,
emergency
9
management,
disaster
service,
emergency
warning,
and
other
10
emergency
information
dissemination
services
to
federal,
state,
11
and
local
law
enforcement
agencies
as
provided
in
sections
80.9
12
and
80.9B
,
and
local
emergency
management
offices
established
13
under
the
authority
of
sections
29C.9
and
29C.10
,
and
the
14
department
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
management
.
15
Sec.
3.
Section
8D.13,
Code
2015,
is
amended
by
adding
the
16
following
new
subsections:
17
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
18A.
Access
to
the
network
shall
be
18
offered
to
local
law
enforcement
agencies
for
the
purpose
of
19
providing
a
secure
statewide
communications
network
for
the
20
local
law
enforcement
agencies
and
local
emergency
management
21
offices
to
facilitate
more
effective
emergency
response
22
services
and
to
protect
the
health,
safety,
and
welfare
of
the
23
people
of
this
state.
A
local
law
enforcement
agency
or
local
24
emergency
management
office
shall
be
responsible
for
all
costs
25
associated
with
the
connection
to
and
the
use
of
the
network,
26
excluding
any
costs
associated
with
access
provided
through
27
the
department
of
public
safety
and
the
department
of
homeland
28
security
and
emergency
management
as
provided
under
subsection
29
18.
30
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
20.
Access
to
the
network
shall
be
offered
31
to
all
public
safety
answering
points
established
and
operated
32
under
chapters
34
and
34A,
and
facilities
that
receive
E911
33
dispatches,
for
the
purpose
of
establishing
and
operating
a
34
secure
statewide
network
for
public
safety
answering
points
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and
facilities
that
receive
E911
dispatches
to
facilitate
more
1
effective
emergency
response
and
to
protect
the
health,
safety,
2
and
welfare
of
the
people
of
this
state.
A
public
safety
3
answering
point
or
facility
that
receives
E911
dispatches
shall
4
be
responsible
for
all
costs
associated
with
the
connection
and
5
use
of
the
network.
6
EXPLANATION
7
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
8
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
9
This
bill
allows
access
to
the
Iowa
communications
network
10
to
local
law
enforcement
agencies,
public
safety
answering
11
points,
and
facilities
that
receive
E911
dispatches
for
the
12
purpose
of
establishing
and
operating
a
secure
statewide
13
network
to
facilitate
more
effective
emergency
responses.
The
14
bill
provides
that
the
local
law
enforcement
agency,
local
15
emergency
management
office,
public
safety
answering
point,
or
16
E911
dispatch
facility
is
responsible
for
the
costs
associated
17
with
connection
and
use
of
the
network.
The
bill
also
adds
a
18
reference
to
the
department
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
19
management
regarding
access
to
the
network.
20
The
bill
eliminates
a
provision
relating
to
restrictions
21
of
certain
public
agencies
to
access
the
Iowa
communications
22
network
solely
for
homeland
security
communication
purposes
23
and
disaster
communication
purposes
and
only
upon
a
state
of
24
disaster
emergency
proclaimed
by
the
governor.
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