Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1204
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 10-19-14.
Synopsis: Digital alert pilot program. Establishes the digital alert pilot
program administered by the department of homeland security to
provide grants to fire service providers for the use of digital alert
technology to notify motorists regarding the location of fire
apparatuses. Establishes the digital alert pilot program grant fund.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
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January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public
Safety.
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HOUSE BILL No. 1204
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
public safety.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 10-19-14 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
2 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 JULY 1, 2025]:
4 Chapter 14. Digital Alert Pilot Program
5 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "applicant" means any of the
6 following entities that provide fire protection services:
7 (1) A city or town.
8 (2) A township.
9 (3) A fire protection territory.
10 (4) A fire protection district.
11 (5) A volunteer fire department.
12 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "digital alert technology" means
13 technology that is capable of automatically sending a digital alert:
14 (1) when a fire apparatus' lights are activated; and
15 (2) to a motorist through:
16 (A) a navigational smartphone application; or
17 (B) an in-vehicle navigation system.
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1 Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fund" means the digital alert
2 pilot program grant fund established by section 8 of this chapter.
3 Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "pilot program" means the
4 digital alert pilot program established by section 5 of this chapter.
5 Sec. 5. The digital alert pilot program is established to provide
6 grants to eligible applicants for the use of digital alert technology
7 to reduce motorist collisions with fire apparatuses by providing
8 notice to a motorist of the location of a fire apparatus that is:
9 (1) en route to an emergency; or
10 (2) parked at an emergency scene, including in or alongside a
11 highway, street, or road.
12 Sec. 6. (a) The pilot program shall be administered by the
13 department.
14 (b) The department shall develop criteria regarding the
15 expenditures for which a grant may be awarded, including
16 expenditures for:
17 (1) the purchase or rental of dedicated transponders for
18 installation and use in fire apparatuses; and
19 (2) the purchase of subscriptions to digital alerting platforms
20 and cloud storage.
21 Sec. 7. The department shall do the following:
22 (1) Prescribe the form and manner in which grant
23 applications may be submitted.
24 (2) Determine the eligibility of applicants and the selection
25 procedures. The department must require as a condition of
26 eligibility that an applicant must complete annual defensive
27 driving training courses.
28 (3) Determine whether the equipment or service for which an
29 applicant seeks a grant fulfills the purposes of this chapter.
30 (4) Determine the amount of a grant awarded to a recipient.
31 Sec. 8. (a) The digital alert pilot program grant fund is
32 established for the purpose of funding grants to successful
33 applicants.
34 (b) The fund shall be administered by the department.
35 (c) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from
36 money in the fund.
37 (d) The fund shall consist of the following:
38 (1) Appropriations to the fund.
39 (2) Federal funds available for the purposes of the fund and
40 the pilot program.
41 (3) Gifts or donations to the fund.
42 (e) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
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1 currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
2 manner as other public money may be invested.
3 (f) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not
4 revert to the state general fund.
5 Sec. 9. This chapter expires July 1, 2027.
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