Bill Text: AZ HB2328 | 2019 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 1st Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: Appropriation; peace officer training equipment
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - House motion to reconsider third reading [HB2328 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2019-HB2328-Engrossed.html
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House Engrossed |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fourth Legislature First Regular Session 2019
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HOUSE BILL 2328 |
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AN ACT
amending laws 2018, chapter 312, section 5; appropriating monies; relating to peace officers and public safety.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Laws 2018, chapter 312, section 5 is amended to read:
Sec. 5. Appropriations; peace officer training equipment; public safety and court automation expenses
Notwithstanding section 41‑1731, subsection C, paragraph 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, monies in the peace officer training equipment fund established by section 41‑1731, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, are continuously appropriated until all of the following appropriations are made:
1. The first $500,000 that is deposited in the peace officer training equipment fund established by section 41‑1731, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, is appropriated to the department of public safety for employee overtime pay.
2. The next $2,300,000 is appropriated after the appropriation made in paragraph 1 of this section from the peace officer training equipment fund established by section 41‑1731, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, to the department of public safety to purchase all of the following:
(a) Ten virtual firing ranges that:
(i) Are ballistically accurate to a degree of .08 milliradian, as verified by the United States army.
(ii) Take into account the exact weapon and round being fired.
(iii) Emulate the real world as closely as possible, including ballistic fly‑out projectiles, weapon behavior, projectile size, environmental effects and impact results.
(iv) Will work with the virtual firing range simulators that are used by this state before the effective date of this section January 1, 2019.
(v) Are capable of generating unlimited custom high definition video scenarios, skill drills, targeting exercises and firearms training in any setting.
(b) Three
virtual training simulators, including one for the Tucson police department,
one in Pinal county for the sheriff's office and one in Yuma county for
the sheriff's office for the Glendale regional
training academy. The virtual training simulators must:
(i) Have the ability to display, and for the trainee to engage with, characters and scenario content simultaneously across at least a three hundred degree screen environment.
(ii) Have the ability to accurately replicate real-world ballistic characteristics of a projectile in flight.
(iii) Be equipped with transducers to recreate sound vibrations.
(iv) Include a stress component, including the use of a wireless device capable of delivering an adjustable electric impulse, during training engagements.
(c) Software that is used with the virtual firing ranges and virtual training simulators.
3. The next $203,000 is appropriated after the appropriation appropriations made in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this section from the peace officer training equipment fund established by section 41‑1731, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, to the department of public safety to maintain and service the seven existing virtual training simulators in this state.
4. The next $50,000 is appropriated after the appropriations made in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this section from the peace officer training equipment fund established by section 41‑1731, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, to the governor's office of highway safety to provide public service announcements that educate drivers in this state on how to act when subject to a peace officer's traffic stop.
5. The next $20,000 is appropriated after the appropriations made in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this section from the peace officer training equipment fund established by section 41‑1731, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, to the supreme court to cover a onetime programming cost.
Sec. 2. Appropriations; peace officer training equipment; exemption
A. Notwithstanding section 41‑1731, subsection C, paragraph 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, and after the appropriations are made in Laws 2018, chapter 312, section 5, as amended by this act, monies in the peace officer training equipment fund established by section 41‑1731, Arizona Revised Statutes, are continuously appropriated until all of the following appropriations are made:
1. The first $400,000 that is deposited in the peace officer training equipment fund established by section 41‑1731, Arizona Revised Statutes, is appropriated to the department of public safety to purchase virtual firing ranges, virtual training simulators and software for the ranges and simulators for the La Paz county sheriff's office.
2. The next $80,000 is appropriated after the appropriation made in paragraph 1 of this subsection from the peace officer training equipment fund established by section 41‑1731, Arizona Revised Statutes, to the department of public safety to purchase one virtual firing range and software for the city of Peoria.
3. The next $250,016 is appropriated after the appropriations made in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection from the peace officer training equipment fund established by section 41‑1731, Arizona Revised Statutes, to the department of public safety to distribute to the following county sheriffs in the following amounts for search and rescue costs:
(a) $214,126 to the Pinal county sheriff's office.
(b) $35,890 to the La Paz county sheriff's office.
B. The virtual firing ranges must do all of the following:
1. Be ballistically accurate to a degree of .08 milliradian, as verified by the United States army.
2. Take into account the exact weapon and round being fired.
3. Emulate the real world as closely as possible, including ballistic fly‑out projectiles, weapon behavior, projectile size, environmental effects and impact results.
4. Work with the virtual firing range simulators that are used by this state before the effective date of this section.
5. Be capable of generating unlimited custom high definition video scenarios, skill drills, targeting exercises and firearms training in any setting.
C. The virtual training simulators must do all of the following:
1. Have the ability to display, and for the trainee to engage with, characters and scenario content simultaneously across at least a three hundred degree screen environment.
2. Have the ability to accurately replicate real-world ballistic characteristics of a projectile in flight.
3. Be equipped with transducers to recreate sound vibrations.
4. Include a stress component, including the use of a wireless device capable of delivering an adjustable electric impulse, during training engagements.
D. The director of the department of public safety may enter into a contract that allows for each entity named in subsection A, paragraphs 1 and 2 of this section to receive the training equipment required by this section before the department of public safety receives the monies appropriated by this section if the contract that is entered into allows for cancellation of the contract after the delivery of the training equipment and before any monies are disbursed to the department of public safety for the training equipment if there is no cost to the department of public safety or any of the receiving entities for the use of the equipment if the contract is canceled.
E. The appropriations made in subsection A of this section are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.
