Bill Text: MN HF997 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Statewide Radio Board required to study and report on long-term funding strategies for the ARMER and 911 systems.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-13 - Second reading [HF997 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF997-Introduced.html
1.2relating to public safety; requiring the Statewide Radio Board to study and report
1.3on long-term funding strategies for the ARMER and 911 systems.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. ARMER AND 911 FUNDING STUDY.
1.6The Statewide Radio Board shall study long-term funding strategies for statewide
1.7public safety communications including but not limited to the Allied Radio Matrix for
1.8Emergency Response (ARMER) and 911 systems, including public and private funding
1.9options such as bonds, grants, public and private partnerships, leverage of private capital
1.10funding sources such as vendor financing or a higher degree of leveraging of commercial
1.11carrier assets, methods for covering the operational costs for sustainability, user fees, and
1.12local funding. The study must include a substantive assessment and evaluation of the
1.13funding strategies for and authorized uses of future ARMER system and 911 system needs
1.14and upgrades and capital and operating costs. The board shall report to the chairs and
1.15ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with
1.16jurisdiction over capital investment and criminal justice funding and policy by January 15,
1.172014, on the results of the study.
1.3on long-term funding strategies for the ARMER and 911 systems.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. ARMER AND 911 FUNDING STUDY.
1.6The Statewide Radio Board shall study long-term funding strategies for statewide
1.7public safety communications including but not limited to the Allied Radio Matrix for
1.8Emergency Response (ARMER) and 911 systems, including public and private funding
1.9options such as bonds, grants, public and private partnerships, leverage of private capital
1.10funding sources such as vendor financing or a higher degree of leveraging of commercial
1.11carrier assets, methods for covering the operational costs for sustainability, user fees, and
1.12local funding. The study must include a substantive assessment and evaluation of the
1.13funding strategies for and authorized uses of future ARMER system and 911 system needs
1.14and upgrades and capital and operating costs. The board shall report to the chairs and
1.15ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with
1.16jurisdiction over capital investment and criminal justice funding and policy by January 15,
1.172014, on the results of the study.
