CHAPTER 62
SENATE BILL No. 63
An Act concerning state boards and commissions, renaming the law
enforcement telecom-
munications committee; amending K.S.A. 74-5701, 74-5702, 74-5703,
74-5704 and 74-
5706 and repealing the existing sections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 74-5701 is hereby
amended to read as follows: 74-
5701. There is hereby established the Kansas law
enforcement telecom-
munications criminal justice information
system committee, referred to
in this act as the committee, to be composed of the following
persons or
their designated representative: (1) The secretary of
administration, who
shall serve as chairperson; (2) the director of the Kansas bureau
of inves-
tigation; (3) the superintendent of the Kansas highway patrol; (4)
a sheriff
as designated by the Kansas sheriff's association;
and (5) a chief of police
as designated by the Kansas chiefs of police
association association of
chiefs of police; (6) the secretary of the Kansas department of
corrections;
(7) the commissioner of the Kansas juvenile justice authority;
(8) the ju-
dicial administrator of the office of judicial administration;
(9) a prose-
cutor as designated by the Kansas county and district attorneys
associa-
tion; (10) a court administrator or clerk as designated by the
Kansas
association of district court clerks and administrators; and
(11) an ad-
ministrator or director of a public 9-1-1 communications center
as des-
ignated by the Kansas 9-1-1 providers association. The
committee shall
meet, on call of the chairperson, as often as is necessary to carry
out the
provisions of this act. Members of the law enforcement
telecommunica-
tions criminal justice information system
committee attending meetings
of such committee, or attending a subcommittee meeting thereof
au-
thorized by such committee, shall be paid subsistence allowances,
mileage
and other expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3223, and
amendments
thereto.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 74-5702 is hereby
amended to read as follows: 74-
5702. The committee shall establish, maintain and upgrade
the law en-
forcement telecommunications network criminal
justice information sys-
tem, by adoption and enforcement of a minimum standard
of
computerized data base information exchange, to interconnect
each
county of the state into a unified electronic
telecommunications infor-
mation system, with at least one designated outlet or
terminal in each
county. Such minimum standard of computerized data base
information
shall be established by the committee by rule and regulation and
may be
changed as technology and system management may require. The
com-
mittee shall approve substantive changes made by any state agency
or
other agency to a data base, telecommunications format,
programming
or other facilities accessed by, providing or using service of, the
law en-
forcement telecommunications network criminal
justice information sys-
tem before the changes may be implemented. The committee
shall report
regularly to the criminal justice coordinating council,
established by
K.S.A. 74-9501, and amendments thereto. The committee shall
inform the
council and request its comments regarding proposed rules and
regula-
tions, policies and standards proposed by the committee and
proposed
projects which would expand or modify the criminal justice
information
system or its services.
The committee is authorized to enter into
agreements to lease or pur-
chase such facilities and equipment as may be necessary to
establish,
operate and maintain such electronic telecommunications
network infor-
mation system. The committee may designate a specific state
agency or
group of agencies to provide a specific service or group of
services to the
network system. The cost of establishing,
maintaining and upgrading such
network system, except as otherwise
provided in this act, shall be paid for
from funds appropriated or made available for such purpose by the
leg-
islature. The committee is hereby authorized and directed to accept
and
use any available federal funds for the establishment, upgrading
and op-
eration of the telecommunications network
information system. The
chairperson may appoint subcommittees to assist the committee in
its
operation.
Sec. 3. K.S.A. 74-5703 is hereby
amended to read as follows: 74-
5703. The board of county commissioners of each county shall
establish,
maintain and equip at least one outlet or terminal within the
county as
part of the statewide telecommunications network
information system
created under this act. Upon application to and written approval of
the
committee, additional outlets or terminals may be established
within a
county by the board of county commissioners of such county or by
the
governing body of any city within such county. Except as otherwise
pro-
vided in this act, the cost of establishing and upgrading any such
outlet
or terminal, including the cost of equipment and the cost of
connecting
it to the statewide network system, shall
be paid for by the political sub-
division so establishing such outlet or terminal from its general
fund. The
board of county commissioners of each county and the governing
body
of any city establishing or upgrading an outlet or terminal under
this act
are hereby authorized and directed to accept and use any available
federal
funds for the operation of the telecommunications
network information
system.
Sec. 4. K.S.A. 74-5704 is hereby
amended to read as follows: 74-
5704. The committee shall adopt and enforce such rules and
regulations
as are necessary for the establishment, upgrading and operation of
the
statewide telecommunications network
information system.
Sec. 5. K.S.A. 74-5706 is hereby
amended to read as follows: 74-
5706. The committee may provide for additional outlets or terminals
in
any county and for upgrading any outlet or terminal in a county in
which
there is more than one outlet or terminal. The cost of providing
any
additional outlet or terminal required under authority of this
section and
the cost of upgrading any outlet or terminal required under
authority of
this section shall be paid in accordance with this section as
determined
by the committee. The committee may determine that the board of
county commissioners or the governing body of the city in which any
such
outlet or terminal is located or to be located shall pay the entire
cost
thereof, or that the state and such county or city shall share such
cost, or
that the state shall pay such entire cost. In making such
determination
the committee is directed to provide that the state shall pay all
or part of
any costs incurred under this section if the committee is of the
opinion
that such costs are necessary to maintain or improve the
effectiveness of
the statewide telecommunications network
information system as a
whole.
Sec. 6. K.S.A. 74-5701, 74-5702, 74-5703, 74-5704
and 74-5706 are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its
publication in the statute book.
Approved April 14, 2003.
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