Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1204 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	HOUSE BILL No. 1204
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 10-19-14.
7	7	Synopsis: Digital alert pilot program. Establishes the digital alert pilot
8	8	program administered by the department of homeland security to
9	9	provide grants to fire service providers for the use of digital alert
10	10	technology to notify motorists regarding the location of fire
11	11	apparatuses. Establishes the digital alert pilot program grant fund.
12	12	Effective: July 1, 2025.
13	13	Bauer M
14	14	January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public
15	15	Safety.
16	16	2025 IN 1204—LS 6917/DI 87 Introduced
17	17	First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
18	18	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
19	19	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
20	20	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
21	21	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
22	22	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
23	23	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
24	24	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
25	25	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
26	26	between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
27	27	HOUSE BILL No. 1204
28	28	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
29	29	public safety.
30	30	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
31	31	1 SECTION 1. IC 10-19-14 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
32	32	2 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
33	33	3 JULY 1, 2025]:
34	34	4 Chapter 14. Digital Alert Pilot Program
35	35	5 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "applicant" means any of the
36	36	6 following entities that provide fire protection services:
37	37	7 (1) A city or town.
38	38	8 (2) A township.
39	39	9 (3) A fire protection territory.
40	40	10 (4) A fire protection district.
41	41	11 (5) A volunteer fire department.
42	42	12 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "digital alert technology" means
43	43	13 technology that is capable of automatically sending a digital alert:
44	44	14 (1) when a fire apparatus' lights are activated; and
45	45	15 (2) to a motorist through:
46	46	16 (A) a navigational smartphone application; or
47	47	17 (B) an in-vehicle navigation system.
48	48	2025 IN 1204—LS 6917/DI 87 2
49	49	1 Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fund" means the digital alert
50	50	2 pilot program grant fund established by section 8 of this chapter.
51	51	3 Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "pilot program" means the
52	52	4 digital alert pilot program established by section 5 of this chapter.
53	53	5 Sec. 5. The digital alert pilot program is established to provide
54	54	6 grants to eligible applicants for the use of digital alert technology
55	55	7 to reduce motorist collisions with fire apparatuses by providing
56	56	8 notice to a motorist of the location of a fire apparatus that is:
57	57	9 (1) en route to an emergency; or
58	58	10 (2) parked at an emergency scene, including in or alongside a
59	59	11 highway, street, or road.
60	60	12 Sec. 6. (a) The pilot program shall be administered by the
61	61	13 department.
62	62	14 (b) The department shall develop criteria regarding the
63	63	15 expenditures for which a grant may be awarded, including
64	64	16 expenditures for:
65	65	17 (1) the purchase or rental of dedicated transponders for
66	66	18 installation and use in fire apparatuses; and
67	67	19 (2) the purchase of subscriptions to digital alerting platforms
68	68	20 and cloud storage.
69	69	21 Sec. 7. The department shall do the following:
70	70	22 (1) Prescribe the form and manner in which grant
71	71	23 applications may be submitted.
72	72	24 (2) Determine the eligibility of applicants and the selection
73	73	25 procedures. The department must require as a condition of
74	74	26 eligibility that an applicant must complete annual defensive
75	75	27 driving training courses.
76	76	28 (3) Determine whether the equipment or service for which an
77	77	29 applicant seeks a grant fulfills the purposes of this chapter.
78	78	30 (4) Determine the amount of a grant awarded to a recipient.
79	79	31 Sec. 8. (a) The digital alert pilot program grant fund is
80	80	32 established for the purpose of funding grants to successful
81	81	33 applicants.
82	82	34 (b) The fund shall be administered by the department.
83	83	35 (c) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from
84	84	36 money in the fund.
85	85	37 (d) The fund shall consist of the following:
86	86	38 (1) Appropriations to the fund.
87	87	39 (2) Federal funds available for the purposes of the fund and
88	88	40 the pilot program.
89	89	41 (3) Gifts or donations to the fund.
90	90	42 (e) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
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92	92	1 currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
93	93	2 manner as other public money may be invested.
94	94	3 (f) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not
95	95	4 revert to the state general fund.
96	96	5 Sec. 9. This chapter expires July 1, 2027.
97	97	2025 IN 1204—LS 6917/DI 87