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1	1	By: Anchia (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 1861
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011;
3	3	April 26, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
4	4	Government Organization; May 5, 2011, reported favorably by the
5	5	following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 5, 2011, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to the continuation and functions of the Commission on
11	11	State Emergency Communications.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 771.032, Health and Safety Code, is
14	14	amended to read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 771.032. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Commission on
16	16	State Emergency Communications is subject to Chapter 325,
17	17	Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
18	18	as provided by that chapter, the commission is abolished and this
19	19	chapter expires September 1, 2023 [2011].
20	20	SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 771, Health and Safety
21	21	Code, is amended by adding Section 771.040 to read as follows:
22	22	Sec. 771.040. NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING AND ALTERNATIVE
23	23	DISPUTE RESOLUTION. (a) The commission shall develop and
24	24	implement a policy to encourage the use of:
25	25	(1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter
26	26	2008, Government Code, for the adoption of commission rules; and
27	27	(2) appropriate alternative dispute resolution
28	28	procedures under Chapter 2009, Government Code, to assist in the
29	29	resolution of internal and external disputes under the commission's
30	30	jurisdiction.
31	31	(b) The commission's procedures relating to alternative
32	32	dispute resolution must conform, to the extent possible, to any
33	33	model guidelines issued by the State Office of Administrative
34	34	Hearings for the use of alternative dispute resolution by state
35	35	agencies.
36	36	(c) The commission shall:
37	37	(1) coordinate the implementation of the policy
38	38	adopted under Subsection (a);
39	39	(2) provide training as needed to implement the
40	40	procedures for negotiated rulemaking or alternative dispute
41	41	resolution; and
42	42	(3) collect data concerning the effectiveness of those
43	43	procedures.
44	44	SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 771, Health and Safety
45	45	Code, is amended by adding Section 771.0511 to read as follows:
46	46	Sec. 771.0511. EMERGENCY SERVICES INTERNET PROTOCOL
47	47	NETWORK; EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) In this
48	48	section:
49	49	(1) "Advisory committee" means the Emergency
50	50	Communications Advisory Committee.
51	51	(2) "State-level emergency services Internet Protocol
52	52	network" means a private Internet Protocol network or Virtual
53	53	Private Network that:
54	54	(A) is used for communications between and among
55	55	public safety answering points and other entities that support or
56	56	are supported by public safety answering points in providing
57	57	emergency call handling and response; and
58	58	(B) will be a part of the Texas Next Generation
59	59	Emergency Communications System.
60	60	(b) The commission, with the assistance of an advisory
61	61	committee, may coordinate the development, implementation, and
62	62	management of an interconnected, state-level emergency services
63	63	Internet Protocol network.
64	64	(c) If the commission acts under Subsection (b), the
65	65	commission shall establish policy and oversee agency involvement in
66	66	the development and implementation of the interconnected,
67	67	state-level emergency services Internet Protocol network.
68	68	(d) If the commission acts under Subsection (b), the
69	69	commission shall appoint an advisory committee. The advisory
70	70	committee must include at least:
71	71	(1) one representative from a regional planning
72	72	commission;
73	73	(2) one representative from an emergency
74	74	communication district, as that term is defined by Section
75	75	771.001(3)(A); and
76	76	(3) one representative from an emergency
77	77	communication district, as that term is defined by Section
78	78	771.001(3)(B).
79	79	(e) In appointing members of an advisory committee, the
80	80	commission shall consult with regional planning commissions and
81	81	emergency communication districts throughout the state. The
82	82	commission shall ensure that each member of the advisory committee
83	83	has appropriate training, experience, and knowledge in 9-1-1
84	84	systems and network management to assist in the implementation and
85	85	operation of a complex network.
86	86	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
87	87	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
88	88	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
89	89	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
90	90	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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