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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