1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; modifying terms and provisions related to the 
1.3 	statewide public safety radio system; repealing obsolete provisions;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 403.21, subdivisions 2, 7, 9; 403.33; 403.34; 
1.5 	403.36, subdivision 1f; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 403.21, 
1.6 	subdivision 8; 403.36, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 
1.7 	403.22; 403.23; 403.24; 403.25; 403.26; 403.28; 403.29, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 
1.8 	403.30, subdivisions 2, 4; 403.35.
1.9 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.10 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 403.21, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.11 		Subd. 2.Board. "Board" or "radio board" or "Metropolitan Radio Board" means the 
1.12 	Metropolitan Statewide Radio Board or its successor regional radio board.

1.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 403.21, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.14 		Subd. 7.Plan. "Plan" or "regionwide public safety radio system communication 
1.15 	plan" means the a plan adopted by the Metropolitan Radio Board for a regionwide public 
1.16 	safety radio communications system. a regional radio board.

1.17 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 403.21, subdivision 8, is 
1.18 	amended to read:
1.19 		Subd. 8.Subsystems. "Subsystems" or "public safety radio subsystems" means 
1.20 	systems identified in the plan or a plan developed under section 403.36 as subsystems 
1.21 	interconnected by the system backbone and operated by the Metropolitan Radio Board, a 
1.22 	regional radio board, or local government units for their own internal operations.

1.23 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 403.21, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
2.1 		Subd. 9.System backbone. "System backbone" or "backbone" means a public 
2.2 	safety radio communication system that consists of a shared, trunked, communication, 
2.3 	and interoperability infrastructure network, including, but not limited to, radio towers and 
2.4 	associated structures and equipment, the elements of which are identified in the regionwide 
2.5 	public safety radio communication system plan under section  403.23, subdivision 6, and 
2.6 	the statewide radio communication plan under section  403.36. 

2.7 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 403.33, is amended to read:
2.8 	403.33 LOCAL PLANNING.
2.9 		Subdivision 1.County planning process. (a) No later than two years from May 
2.10 	22, 1995, each metropolitan county shall undertake and complete a planning process 
2.11 	for its public safety radio subsystem to ensure participation by representatives of local 
2.12 	government units, quasi-public service organizations, and private entities eligible to use 
2.13 	the regional public safety radio system and to ensure coordination and planning of the 
2.14 	local subsystems. Local governments and other eligible users shall cooperate with the 
2.15 	county in its preparation of the subsystem plan to ensure that local needs are met.
2.16 	(b) The regional radio board for the metropolitan area shall encourage the 
2.17 	establishment by each metropolitan county of local public safety radio subsystem 
2.18 	committees composed of representatives of local governments and other eligible users 
2.19 	for the purposes of:
2.20 	(1) establishing a plan for coordinated and timely use of the regionwide public safety 
2.21 	radio system by the local governments and other eligible users within each metropolitan 
2.22 	county; and
2.23 	(2) assisting and advising the regional radio board for the metropolitan area in its 
2.24 	implementation of the regional public safety radio plan by identification of local service 
2.25 	needs and objectives.
2.26 	(c) The regional radio board for the metropolitan area shall also encourage the 
2.27 	establishment of joint or multicounty planning for the regionwide public safety radio 
2.28 	system and subsystems.
2.29 	(d) The regional radio board for the metropolitan area may provide local boards with 
2.30 	whatever assistance it deems necessary and appropriate.
2.31 	(e) No metropolitan county or city of the first class shall be required to undertake a 
2.32 	technical subsystem design to meet the planning process requirements of this subdivision 
2.33 	or subdivision 2.
3.1 		Subd. 2.Cities of first class; planning process. Each city of the first class in the 
3.2 	metropolitan counties shall have the option to participate in the county public safety radio 
3.3 	subsystem planning process or develop its own plan.
3.4 		Subd. 3.Submission of plans to board. Each metropolitan county and each city 
3.5 	of the first class in the metropolitan area which has chosen to develop its own plan shall 
3.6 	submit the plan to the regional radio board for the metropolitan area for the board's review 
3.7 	and approval.
3.8 		Subd. 4.Local government joinder. Local government units, except for cities of 
3.9 	the first class, quasi-public service organizations, and private entities eligible to use the 
3.10 	regional public safety radio system cannot join the system until its county plan has been 
3.11 	approved by the regional radio board for the metropolitan area.

3.12 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 403.34, is amended to read:
3.13 	403.34 OPTIONAL LOCAL USE OF REGIONAL STATEWIDE SYSTEM.
3.14 		Subdivision 1.Options. Use of the regionalstatewide public safety radio system 
3.15 	by local governments, quasi-public service organizations, and private entities eligible to 
3.16 	use the system shall be optional and no local government or other eligible user of the 
3.17 	system shall be required to abandon or modify current public safety radio communication 
3.18 	systems or purchase new equipment until the local government or other eligible user 
3.19 	elects to join the system. Public safety radio communication service to local governments 
3.20 	and other eligible users who do not initially join the system shall not be interrupted. No 
3.21 	local government or other eligible users who do not join the system shall be charged a 
3.22 	user fee for the use of the system.
3.23 		Subd. 2.Requirements to join. Local governments and other entities eligible to 
3.24 	join the regionalstatewide  public safety radio system which elect to join the system must 
3.25 	do so in accordance with and meet the requirements of the provisions of the plan adopted 
3.26 	by the radio board as provided in section  403.23, subdivision 2 403.36. 

3.27 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 403.36, subdivision 1, is 
3.28 	amended to read:
3.29 		Subdivision 1.Membership. (a) The commissioner of public safety shall convene 
3.30 	and chair the Statewide Radio Board to develop a project plan for a statewide, shared, 
3.31 	trunked public safety radio communication system. The system may be referred to as 
3.32 	"Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response," or "ARMER."
3.33 	(b) The board consists of the following members or their designees:
3.34 	(1) the commissioner of public safety;
4.1 	(2) the commissioner of transportation;
4.2 	(3) the state chief information officer;
4.3 	(4) the commissioner of natural resources;
4.4 	(5) the chief of the Minnesota State Patrol;
4.5 	(6) the commissioner of health;
4.6 	(7) the commissioner of finance;
4.7 	(8) two elected city officials, one from the nine-county metropolitan area and one 
4.8 	from Greater Minnesota, appointed by the governing body of the League of Minnesota 
4.9 	Cities;
4.10 	(9) two elected county officials, one from the nine-county metropolitan area and 
4.11 	one from Greater Minnesota, appointed by the governing body of the Association of 
4.12 	Minnesota Counties;
4.13 	(10) two sheriffs, one from the nine-county metropolitan area and one from Greater 
4.14 	Minnesota, appointed by the governing body of the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association;
4.15 	(11) two chiefs of police, one from the nine-county metropolitan area and one from 
4.16 	Greater Minnesota, appointed by the governor after considering recommendations made 
4.17 	by the Minnesota Chiefs' of Police Association;
4.18 	(12) two fire chiefs, one from the nine-county metropolitan area and one from 
4.19 	Greater Minnesota, appointed by the governor after considering recommendations made 
4.20 	by the Minnesota Fire Chiefs' Association;
4.21 	(13) two representatives of emergency medical service providers, one from the 
4.22 	nine-county metropolitan area and one from Greater Minnesota, appointed by the governor 
4.23 	after considering recommendations made by the Minnesota Ambulance Association;
4.24 	(14) the chair of the Metropolitanregional radio board for the metropolitan area; and
4.25 	(15) a representative of Greater Minnesota elected by those units of government in 
4.26 	phase three and any subsequent phase of development as defined in the statewide, shared 
4.27 	radio and communication plan, who have submitted a plan to the Statewide Radio Board 
4.28 	and where development has been initiated.
4.29 	(c) The Statewide Radio Board shall coordinate the appointment of board members 
4.30 	representing Greater Minnesota with the appointing authorities and may designate the 
4.31 	geographic region or regions from which an appointed board member is selected where 
4.32 	necessary to provide representation from throughout the state.

4.33 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 403.36, subdivision 1f, is amended to read:
5.1 		Subd. 1f.Advisory groups. (a) The Statewide Radio Board shall establish one or 
5.2 	more advisory groups for the purpose of advising on the plan, design, implementation, and 
5.3 	administration of the statewide, shared trunked radio and communication system.
5.4 	(b) At least one such group must consist of the following members:
5.5 	(1) the chair of the Metropolitan Radio Board and the chair of each regional radio 
5.6 	board or, if no regional radio board has been formed, a representative of each region of 
5.7 	development as defined in the statewide, shared, trunked radio and communication plan, 
5.8 	once planning and development have been initiated for the region, or a designee;
5.9 	(2) the chief of the Minnesota State Patrol or a designee;
5.10 	(3) a representative of the Minnesota State Sheriffs' Association;
5.11 	(4) a representative of the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association;
5.12 	(5) a representative of the Minnesota Fire Chiefs' Association; and
5.13 	(6) a representative of the Emergency Medical Services Board.

5.14 	Sec. 9.  REPEALER.
 5.15 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 403.22; 403.23; 403.24; 403.25; 403.26; 403.28; 
5.16 	403.29, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 403.30, subdivisions 2 and 4; and 403.35, are repealed.