Bill Text: HI HB956 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Statewide Interoperable Public Safety Communications.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-18 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Gates excused (1). [HB956 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-HB956-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO STATEWIDE INTEROPERABLE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to formally
establish the statewide interoperable communications executive committee and
technical subcommittee, and the position of statewide interoperability communications
coordinator as a position exempt from section 76-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
SECTION
2. Chapter 128A, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended by adding a new part to be appropriately designated and to
read as follows:
"PART
. STATEWIDE PUBLIC
SAFETY INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS
§128A- Statewide interoperable communications
executive committee. There is established
within the department of defense for administrative purposes the statewide
interoperable communications executive committee.
§128A- Duties of the statewide interoperable communications
executive committee. (a) The statewide interoperable communications
executive committee shall:
(1) Develop plans and strategies to improve public
safety communications interoperability among state, county, and, where
possible, federal public safety agencies;
(2) Develop plans and strategies to provide
interoperable communications between and among public safety answering points
in the State and public safety responder communications networks,
infrastructure, and systems;
(3) Develop plans and strategies to promote
statewide public safety communications interoperability utilizing state and
county radio communication systems and networks, the
Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network, or FirstNet;
(4) Develop plans and strategies for the coordination
of state, county, and, where possible, federal emergency alerts and warnings
with public safety answering points and public safety responder communications
networks, infrastructure, and systems;
(5) Review and adopt plans and recommendations to improve
or promote increased interoperability between public safety responders and
other government or non‑government stakeholders that support responses to
emergencies; and
(6) Submit a status report on the requirements
of this subsection, including any obstacles and proposed legislation, to the
legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular
session.
(b)
The members of the statewide interoperable
communications executive committee shall consist of the following:
(1) The adjutant general or the adjutant general's
designee, who shall serve as the chair of the committee;
(2) The attorney general or the attorney general's
designee;
(3) The deputy director of the law enforcement of the
department of public safety or the deputy director's designee;
(4) The chairperson of the board of land and
natural resources or the chairperson's designee;
(5) The state chief information officer or the chief
information officer's designee;
(6) The director of transportation or the director's
designee;
(7) The director of health or the director's designee;
(8) The chairperson of the Hawaii enhanced 911
board or the chairperson's designee; and
(9) Four members at the executive or senior
personnel level from the first responder or emergency management agencies from
each of the four counties, to be selected by the respective heads of the first
responder or emergency management agencies of each county.
(c)
Members of the committee shall receive
no compensation but shall be reimbursed for travel and other reasonable and
necessary expenses incurred in carrying out their duties relating to the
committee.
§128A- Statewide interoperable communications
technical subcommittee. (a) There
is established a statewide interoperable communications technical subcommittee
whose purpose is to provide technical advice to the statewide interoperable
communications executive committee.
(b)
Membership on the statewide
interoperable communications technical subcommittee shall be open to
representatives from any governmental agency whose duties include management,
planning, and operation of public safety communications systems and networks,
including government land mobile radio and broadband networks and those related
to emergency communications centers and public safety answering points; provided
that:
(1) The
statewide interoperable communications coordinator shall serve as the
chairperson of the statewide interoperable communications technical
subcommittee;
(2) The respective lead radio communication engineer
or manager for the state and counties, or their designees, shall serve on the subcommittee
as subject matter experts for their respective radio communication systems and networks;
and
(3) The respective lead information security manager for the state and counties, or their designees, shall serve on the subcommittee as subject matter experts for matters relating to cyber security.
(c)
The statewide interoperable communications
technical subcommittee shall:
(1) Not have a fixed membership;
(2) Not be subject to any quorum requirement; and
(3) Be exempt from part I of chapter 92.
§128A– Statewide interoperable communications
coordinator.
(a) There is established within
the office of homeland security the position of the statewide interoperable
communications coordinator, which shall be a full-time position exempt from
chapter 76.
(b)
The statewide interoperable
communications coordinator shall:
(1) Collaborate with state, county, and federal
governments and emergency response groups in long-term strategic planning;
(2) Aid stakeholders in the development of
projects, plans, policies, standards, priorities, and guidelines for interoperable
communications;
(3) Meet regularly with all interoperability
stakeholders and partners to ensure transparency and information sharing;
(4) Coordinate governing body activities to
maximize integration and collaboration across the emergency communications
landscape;
(5) Coordinate ongoing assessment of the applicability
of new technical developments in communications technologies for state and
county public safety radio communication systems and networks;
(6) Serve as the single point of contact for the
federal government and industry on issues concerning statewide interoperable
communications;
(7) Coordinate guidance, input, and
recommendations from state, county, and federal agencies on the statewide
communications interoperability plan and lead the development, implementation,
and regular update of the statewide communications interoperability plan;
(8) Facilitate communications among responders
during emergencies when responding to planned and unplanned events;
(9) Coordinate closely with the state single point
of contact on issues related to the implementation of the Nationwide Public Safety
Broadband Network in the State;
(10) Coordinate interoperability activities with public
safety answering points, operators of state, county and federal communications systems
and emergency management coordinators;
(11) Manage communications unit program training and
exercises provided by federal and state agencies, and work with public safety
agencies to assist with any credentialing or recognition of their
communications personnel; and
(12) Serve as the state representative to the
National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators."
SECTION
3. Section 76-16, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended by amending section (b) to read as follows:
"(b)
The civil service to which this chapter
applies shall comprise all positions in the State now existing or hereafter
established and embrace all personal services performed for the State, except
the following:
(1) Commissioned and enlisted personnel of the
Hawaii National Guard as such, and positions in the Hawaii National Guard that
are required by state or federal laws or regulations or orders of the National
Guard to be filled from those commissioned or enlisted personnel;
(2) Positions filled by persons employed by
contract where the director of human resources development has certified that
the service is special or unique or is essential to the public interest and
that, because of circumstances surrounding its fulfillment, personnel to perform
the service cannot be obtained through normal civil service recruitment
procedures. Any such contract may be for
any period not exceeding one year;
(3) Positions that must be filled without delay to
comply with a court order or decree if the director determines that recruitment
through normal recruitment civil service procedures would result in delay or
noncompliance, such as the Felix-Cayetano consent decree;
(4) Positions filled by the legislature or by
either house or any committee thereof;
(5) Employees in the office of the governor and
office of the lieutenant governor, and household employees at Washington Place;
(6) Positions filled by popular vote;
(7) Department heads, officers, and members of any
board, commission, or other state agency whose appointments are made by the
governor or are required by law to be confirmed by the senate;
(8) Judges, referees, receivers, masters, jurors,
notaries public, land court examiners, court commissioners, and attorneys
appointed by a state court for a special temporary service;
(9) One bailiff for the chief justice of the
supreme court who shall have the powers and duties of a court officer and
bailiff under section 606-14; one secretary or clerk for each justice of the
supreme court, each judge of the intermediate appellate court, and each judge
of the circuit court; one secretary for the judicial council; one deputy administrative
director of the courts; three law clerks for the chief justice of the supreme
court, two law clerks for each associate justice of the supreme court and each
judge of the intermediate appellate court, one law clerk for each judge of the
circuit court, two additional law clerks for the civil administrative judge of
the circuit court of the first circuit, two additional law clerks for the criminal
administrative judge of the circuit court of the first circuit, one additional
law clerk for the senior judge of the family court of the first circuit, two
additional law clerks for the civil motions judge of the circuit court of the
first circuit, two additional law clerks for the criminal motions judge of the
circuit court of the first circuit, and two law clerks for the administrative
judge of the district court of the first circuit; and one private secretary for
the administrative director of the courts, the deputy administrative director
of the courts, each department head, each deputy or first assistant, and each
additional deputy, or assistant deputy, or assistant defined in paragraph (16);
(10) First deputy and deputy attorneys general, the
administrative services manager of the department of the attorney general, one
secretary for the administrative services manager, an administrator and any
support staff for the criminal and juvenile justice resources coordination
functions, and law clerks;
(11) (A) Teachers, principals, vice-principals, complex
area superintendents, deputy and assistant superintendents, other certificated
personnel, not more than twenty noncertificated administrative, professional,
and technical personnel not engaged in instructional work;
(B) Effective July 1, 2003, teaching assistants,
educational assistants, bilingual/bicultural school-home assistants, school
psychologists, psychological examiners, speech pathologists, athletic health
care trainers, alternative school work study assistants, alternative school
educational/supportive services specialists, alternative school project
coordinators, and communications aides in the department of education;
(C) The special assistant to the state librarian
and one secretary for the special assistant to the state librarian; and
(D) Members of the faculty of the University of Hawaii,
including research workers, extension agents, personnel engaged in
instructional work, and administrative, professional, and technical personnel of
the university;
(12) Employees engaged in special, research, or
demonstration projects approved by the governor;
(13) (A) Positions filled by inmates, patients of state
institutions, persons with severe physical or mental disabilities participating
in the work experience training programs;
(B) Positions filled with students in accordance with
guidelines for established state employment programs; and
(C) Positions that provide work experience
training or temporary public service employment that are filled by persons
entering the workforce or persons transitioning into other careers under programs
such as the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, as amended, or the Senior
Community Service Employment Program of the Employment and Training Administration
of the United States Department of Labor, or under other similar state
programs;
(14) A custodian or guide at Iolani Palace, the
Royal Mausoleum, and Hulihee Palace;
(15) Positions filled by persons employed on a fee,
contract, or piecework basis, who may lawfully perform their duties
concurrently with their private business or profession or other private employment
and whose duties require only a portion of their time, if it is impracticable
to ascertain or anticipate the portion of time to be devoted to the service of
the State;
(16) Positions of first deputies or first
assistants of each department head appointed under or in the manner provided in
section 6, article V, of the Hawaii State Constitution; three additional
deputies or assistants either in charge of the highways, harbors, and airports
divisions or other functions within the department of transportation as may be
assigned by the director of transportation, with the approval of the governor;
four additional deputies in the department of health, each in charge of one of
the following: behavioral health, environmental health, hospitals, and health
resources administration, including other functions within the department as
may be assigned by the director of health, with the approval of the governor;
an administrative assistant to the state librarian; and an administrative assistant
to the superintendent of education;
(17) Positions specifically exempted from this part
by any other law; provided that:
(A) Any exemption created after July 1, 2014,
shall expire three years after its enactment unless affirmatively extended by an
act of the legislature; and
(B) All of the positions defined by paragraph (9)
shall be included in the position classification plan;
(18) Positions in the state foster grandparent
program and positions for temporary employment of senior citizens in occupations
in which there is a severe personnel shortage or in special projects;
(19) Household employees at the official residence
of the president of the University of Hawaii;
(20) Employees in the department of education
engaged in the supervision of students during meal periods in the distribution,
collection, and counting of meal tickets, and in the cleaning of classrooms
after school hours on a less than half-time basis;
(21) Employees hired under the tenant hire program
of the Hawaii public housing authority; provided that not more than twenty-six
per cent of the authority's workforce in any housing project maintained or
operated by the authority shall be hired under the tenant hire program;
(22) Positions of the federally funded expanded
food and nutrition program of the University of Hawaii that require the hiring
of nutrition program assistants who live in the areas they serve;
(23) Positions filled by persons with severe
disabilities who are certified by the state vocational rehabilitation office that
they are able to perform safely the duties of the positions;
(24) The sheriff;
(25) A gender and other fairness coordinator hired
by the judiciary;
(26) Positions in the Hawaii National Guard youth
and adult education programs;
(27) In the state energy office in the department
of business, economic development, and tourism, all energy program managers,
energy program specialists, energy program assistants, and energy analysts;
(28) Administrative appeals hearing officers in the
department of human services;
(29) In the Med-QUEST division of the department of
human services, the division administrator, finance officer, health care services
branch administrator, medical director, and clinical standards administrator;
(30) In the director's office of the department of human
services, the enterprise officer, information security and privacy compliance
officer, security and privacy compliance engineer, and security and privacy
compliance analyst; [and]
[[](31)][]] The Alzheimer's
disease and related dementia services coordinator in the executive office on
aging[.]; and
(32) In the office of
homeland security of the department of defense, the statewide interoperable
communications coordinator.
The
director shall determine the applicability of this section to specific positions.
Nothing
in this section shall be deemed to affect the civil service status of any
incumbent as it existed on July 1, 1955."
"PART
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS"
SECTION
5. Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Statewide Interoperable Public Safety Communications
Description:
Establishes a statewide interoperable communications executive committee for public safety communications and the position of the statewide interoperable communications coordinator. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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