Public safety communications reorganization.

ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0065

ENROLLED ACT NO. 17,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2017 General Session

AN ACT relating to the public safety communications commission; revising commission membership and duties; requiring a report; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 9
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2
‑
1102
(
a)(intro),
(xiii), (xiv)
, (xvi)
and by creating a new subsection (d)

and 9
‑
2
‑
1104(a)(i),
(ii),
by creating a new paragraph (vii) and (c) are
amended to read:

9
‑
2
‑
1102
.

Commission; composition; appointment of members; removal; terms; officers; vacancies; meetings.

(a)

The commission shall consist of
seventeen (17)
eleven (11)
voting members to be appointed by the governor and who may be removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9
‑
1
‑
202.
The director of the Wyoming department of transportation
, or his designee,
shall serve as an ex officio
nonvoting
member
of the commission
.

The
seventeen (17)
eleven (11)
voting
members shall be appointed from each of the following associations and agencies from their membership:

(xiii)

Municipal government

The Wyoming association of municipalities
or
a
another

municipal government association;

(xiv)

County government

The Wyoming county commissioners association
or
a

another
county government association;

(xvi)

Tribal government or a tribal government
association
.
;
and

(d)

The person appointed to the commission pursuant to paragraph (a
)(
v) of this section shall be the chief technology officer of the Wyoming department of transportation or another employee of the Wyoming department of transportation who oversees information technology or telecommunications systems.

9
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2
‑
1104
.

Commission; powers and duties; advisory capacity to promote system development; public meetings; clerical and administrative support.

(a)

The commission shall:

(i)

Work with
the budget division of the department of administration and information,
the department of enterprise technology services, the department of homeland security and the department of transportation in an advisory capacity to promote the development, improvement and efficiency of public safety communications systems in the state;

(ii)

Report in writing each year
in October

to the governor
and the joint transportation, highways and military affairs interim committee

concerning any problems related to the installation, operation and maintenance of the system and shall make any recommendations it deems appropriate as a part of the report;

(
vii
)

On or before May 31 of
each odd numbered year, submit to the
governor
and the joint transportation, highways and military affairs interim committee

a report covering the period beginning July 1 of the following year and ending June 30 in the fourth succeeding year
detailing the expected costs of
implementing
the
statewide system
networking
plan. The report shall include
projections of
one
‑
time
and recurring costs.

(c)

Necessary clerical and administrative support for the commission shall be furnished
in accordance with W.S. 19
‑
13
‑
104(
d)(v)
by the
Wyoming
department of transportation
.

Section

2
.

W.S.
9
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2
‑
1102(
a)(vi), (vii), (ix), (x), (xv) and (xvii) and 19
‑
13
‑
104(d)(v)
are
repealed.

Section 3
.

The terms of the members of the public safety communications commission serving pursuant to W.S. 9
‑
2
‑
1102(
a)(vi), (vii), (ix), (x), (xv) and (xvii) expire on the effective date of this act.

Section
4
.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become
law as
provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief Clerk

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