Senate Bill 2198

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2198

    By Senator Laurent





    17-1345-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the state agency law

  3         enforcement radio system; amending s. 282.1095,

  4         F.S.; authorizing the Department of Management

  5         Services to acquire a system; authorizing the

  6         Joint Task Force on State Agency Law

  7         Enforcement Communications to advise the

  8         department regarding the system; deleting

  9         obsolete provisions; providing an effective

10         date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Subsections (1) and (3) of section

15  282.1095, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are amended to

16  read:

17         282.1095  State agency law enforcement radio system.--

18         (1)  The Department of Management Services may acquire

19  and implement For the purpose of acquiring and implementing a

20  statewide radio communications system to serve law enforcement

21  units of state agencies, and to serve local law enforcement

22  agencies through a mutual aid channel., The Joint Task Force

23  on State Agency Law Enforcement Communications is established

24  in the Department of Management Services to advise the

25  department of member-agency needs for the planning, designing,

26  and establishment of the joint system. and The State Agency

27  Law Enforcement Radio System Trust Fund is established in the

28  Department of Management Services from July 1, 1988, through

29  December 31, 2003. The trust fund shall be funded from

30  surcharges collected under ss. 320.0802 and 327.25.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2198
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  1         (3)  Upon appropriation, moneys in the trust fund may

  2  be used by the department joint task force to acquire by

  3  competitive procurement the equipment; software; and

  4  engineering, administrative, and maintenance services it needs

  5  to construct, operate, and maintain the statewide radio

  6  system.  Moneys in the trust fund collected as a result of the

  7  surcharges set forth in ss. 320.0802 and 327.25 shall be used

  8  to help fund the costs of the system.  Upon completion of the

  9  system, moneys in the trust fund may also be used by the

10  department joint task force to provide for payment of the

11  recurring maintenance costs of the system. Moneys During

12  statewide implementation, moneys in the trust fund may be

13  appropriated used by the joint task force to maintain and

14  enhance, over and above existing agency budgets, existing

15  radio equipment systems of the state agencies represented by

16  the task force members, in an amount not to exceed up to a

17  maximum of 10 percent per year per agency, of the existing

18  radio equipment inventory until the existing radio equipment

19  can be replaced pursuant to implementation of the statewide

20  radio communications system.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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24                          SENATE SUMMARY

25    Authorizes the Department of Management Services to
      acquire a state agency law enforcement radio system.
26    Authorizes the Joint Task Force on State Agency Law
      Enforcement Communications to advise the department
27    regarding the system.

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