THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2888 |
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
S.D. 2 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
H.D. 1 |
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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 have the following duties:
(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 using state and county radio communications systems and networks and 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; and
(5) Review and adopt plans and recommendations to improve or promote increased interoperability between public safety responders and other governmental or non-governmental stakeholders that support responses to emergencies.
(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 division 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 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 statewide interoperable communications executive 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 shall be 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 networks related to emergency communications centers and public answering points.
(c) The statewide interoperable communications coordinator shall serve as the chairperson of the statewide interoperable communications technical subcommittee.
(d) The respective lead radio communication engineer or manager for the State and counties, or their designees, shall serve on the statewide interoperable communications technical subcommittee as subject matter experts for their respective radio communication systems and networks.
(e) The respective lead information security manager for the State and counties, or their designees, shall serve on the statewide interoperable communications technical subcommittee as subject matter experts for matters relating to cyber security.
§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 have the following areas of responsibilities:
(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 assessments 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 updating 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 subsection (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."
SECTION 4. Chapter 128A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by designating sections 128A-1 to 128A-5 as follows:
"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; Executive Committee; Technical Subcommittee; Coordinator
Description:
Establishes a statewide interoperable communications executive committee for public safety communications, statewide interoperable communications technical subcommittee to provide technical advice to the executive committee, and the position of the statewide interoperable communications coordinator. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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