The Florida Senate

282.1095  State agency law enforcement radio system.--

(1)  The State Technology Office may acquire and implement a statewide radio communications system to serve law enforcement units of state agencies, and to serve local law enforcement agencies through a mutual aid channel. The Joint Task Force on State Agency Law Enforcement Communications is established in the State Technology Office to advise the office of member-agency needs for the planning, designing, and establishment of the joint system. The State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System Trust Fund is established in the State Technology Office. The trust fund shall be funded from surcharges collected under ss. 320.0802 and 328.72.

(2)(a)  The Joint Task Force on State Agency Law Enforcement Communications shall consist of eight members, as follows:

1.  A representative of the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation who shall be appointed by the secretary of the department.

2.  A representative of the Division of Florida Highway Patrol of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles who shall be appointed by the executive director of the department.

3.  A representative of the Department of Law Enforcement who shall be appointed by the executive director of the department.

4.  A representative of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission who shall be appointed by the executive director of the commission.

5.  A representative of the Division of Law Enforcement of the Department of Environmental Protection who shall be appointed by the secretary of the department.

6.  A representative of the Department of Corrections who shall be appointed by the secretary of the department.

7.  A representative of the Division of State Fire Marshal of the Department of Insurance who shall be appointed by the State Fire Marshal.

8.  A representative of the Department of Transportation who shall be appointed by the secretary of the department.

(b)  Each appointed member of the joint task force shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing official. Any vacancy on the joint task force shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

(c)  The joint task force shall elect a chair from among its members to serve a 1-year term. A vacancy in the chair of the joint task force must be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by an election of the joint task force members.

(d)  The joint task force shall meet as necessary, but at least quarterly, at the call of the chair and at the time and place designated by him or her.

(e)  The per diem and travel expenses incurred by a member of the joint task force in attending its meetings and in attending to its affairs shall be paid pursuant to s. 112.061, from funds budgeted to the state agency that the member represents.

(f)  The State Technology Office is hereby authorized to rent or lease space on any tower under its control. The office may also rent, lease, or sublease ground space as necessary to locate equipment to support antennae on the towers. The costs for use of such space shall be established by the office for each site, when it is determined to be practicable and feasible to make space available. The office may refuse to lease space on any tower at any site. All moneys collected by the office for such rents, leases, and subleases shall be deposited directly into the Law Enforcement Radio Operating Trust Fund and may be used by the office to construct, maintain, or support the system.

(g)  The State Technology Office is hereby authorized to rent, lease, or sublease ground space on lands acquired by the office for the construction of privately owned or publicly owned towers. The office may, as a part of such rental, lease, or sublease agreement, require space on said tower or towers for antennae as may be necessary for the construction and operation of the state agency law enforcement radio system or any other state need. The positions necessary for the office to accomplish its duties under this paragraph and paragraph (f) shall be established in the General Appropriations Act and shall be funded by the Law Enforcement Radio Operating Trust Fund.

(3)  Upon appropriation, moneys in the trust fund may be used by the office to acquire by competitive procurement the equipment; software; and engineering, administrative, and maintenance services it needs to construct, operate, and maintain the statewide radio system. Moneys in the trust fund collected as a result of the surcharges set forth in ss. 320.0802 and 328.72 shall be used to help fund the costs of the system. Upon completion of the system, moneys in the trust fund may also be used by the office to provide for payment of the recurring maintenance costs of the system.

(4)(a)  The office shall establish policies, procedures, and standards which shall be incorporated into a comprehensive management plan for the use and operation of the statewide radio communications system.

(b)  The joint task force, in consultation with the office, shall have the authority to permit other state agencies to use the communications system, under terms and conditions established by the joint task force.

(5)  The office shall provide technical support to the joint task force and shall bear the overall responsibility for the design, engineering, acquisition, and implementation of the statewide radio communications system and for ensuring the proper operation and maintenance of all system common equipment.

History.--s. 1, ch. 88-144; s. 1, ch. 92-72; s. 224, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 30, ch. 94-218; s. 111, ch. 94-356; s. 860, ch. 95-148; s. 5, ch. 95-283; s. 1, ch. 96-312; s. 5, ch. 96-357; s. 10, ch. 96-388; s. 14, ch. 96-390; s. 6, ch. 98-251; s. 69, ch. 98-279; s. 81, ch. 99-245; s. 3, ch. 99-289; s. 37, ch. 99-399; s. 11, ch. 2000-164; s. 16, ch. 2001-261.