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The House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security offers the following
substitute to SB 406:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Article 10 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,1
relating to state-wide first responder building mapping information system, so as to establish2
a grant program to fund the creation of school and facility mapping data for inclusion in the3
state-wide first responder building mapping information system; to provide for standards for4
school mapping data; to provide for a definition; to authorize the development of standards5
for use, storage, and dissemination of such data; to exempt such data from public disclosure;6
to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.7
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:8
SECTION 1.9
Article 10 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to10
state-wide first responder building mapping information system, is amended in Code11
Section 38-3-151, relating to definitions, by adding a new paragraph to read as follows:12
"(4) 'School mapping data' means building information, floor plans, and emergency13
response plans of a public or private school system, an independent private school, or a14
facility providing educational services onsite to a child as described in15
subparagraph (b)(1)(A) of Code Section 20-2-133."16
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SECTION 2.17
Said article is further amended by revising Code Section 38-3-153, relating to immunity from18
civil liability, as follows:19
"38-3-153.20
(a) Subject to available funding, the agency shall establish a grant program for the21
provision of funds to a public or private school system, an independent private school, or22
a facility providing educational services onsite to a child as described in23
subparagraph (b)(1)(A) of Code Section 20-2-133 to provide school mapping data for24
inclusion in the building mapping information system. The agency shall be authorized to25
develop rules and regulations for the awarding of such grants and the requirements for26
school mapping data, which shall:27
(1) Be in formats which are compatible with any software platforms utilized by federal,28
state, and local public safety agencies that respond to emergencies at schools or29
residential treatment facilities and do not require such agencies to purchase additional30
software or provide payment in order to view or access the data;31
(2) Be in formats capable of being printed and shared electronically;32
(3) Be verified for accuracy through performance of an in-person examination and33
walk-through of the school campus or facility;34
(4) Be oriented true north, be overlaid on an aerial image which is capable of being35
removed or manipulated, and contain a grid with x and y coordinates;36
(5) Identify access points and floor plans of buildings, including, but not limited to,37
doors, stairwells, and hallways, each of which shall include any identifiers or names38
utilized by staff and students;39
(6) Identify locations of critical infrastructure, potential hazards, and emergency40
response aids;41
(7) Include identification of roads and buildings adjacent to the school campus or42
facility; and43
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(8) Provide updates of school mapping data to federal, state, and local public safety44
agencies that respond to requests for emergency services at a specific school or facility45
in a format compatible with software platforms utilized by such agencies and within three46
days of any updates when significant updates have been made.47
(b) The agency may recommend standards for the use of school mapping data, encryption48
of such data, and transmission of such data over secure methods to law enforcement49
officers, firefighters, and other authorized emergency first responders.50
(c) Information provided to the agency under this Code section shall be exempt from51
public disclosure to the extent provided in paragraph (31) of subsection (a) of Code52
Section 50-18-72 and such agency shall be prohibited from disclosing or transmitting53
school mapping data to the general public.54
38-3-154.55
Local governments and agencies and their employees shall be immune from civil liability56
for any damages arising out of the creation and use of the building mapping information57
system unless it is shown that an employee acted with gross negligence or bad faith."58
SECTION 3.59
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.60
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