80.28 - STATEWIDE INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM BOARD -- ESTABLISHED -- MEMBERS.
80.28 STATEWIDE INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
BOARD -- ESTABLISHED -- MEMBERS.
1. A statewide interoperable communications system board is
established, under the joint purview of the department and the state
department of transportation. The board shall develop, implement,
and oversee policy, operations, and fiscal components of
communications interoperability efforts at the state and local level,
and coordinate with similar efforts at the federal level, with the
ultimate objective of developing and overseeing the operation of a
statewide integrated public safety communications interoperability
system. For the purposes of this section and section 80.29,
"interoperability" means the ability of public safety and public
services personnel to communicate and to share data on an immediate
basis, on demand, when needed, and when authorized.
2. The board shall consist of fifteen voting members, as follows:
a. The following members representing state agencies:
(1) One member representing the department of public safety.
(2) One member representing the state department of
transportation.
(3) One member representing the homeland security and emergency
management division.
(4) One member representing the department of corrections.
(5) One member representing the department of natural resources.
(6) One member representing the Iowa department of public health.
b. The governor shall solicit and consider recommendations
from professional or volunteer organizations in appointing the
following members:
(1) Two members who are representatives from municipal police
departments.
(2) Two members who are representatives of sheriff's offices.
(3) Two members who are representatives from fire departments.
One of the members shall be a volunteer fire fighter and the other
member shall be a paid fire fighter.
(4) Two members who are law communication center managers
employed by state or local government agencies.
(5) One at-large member.
3. In addition to the voting members, the board membership shall
include four members of the general assembly with one member
designated by each of the following: the majority leader of the
senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the house
of representatives, and the minority leader of the house of
representatives. A legislative member serves for a term as provided
in section 69.16B in an ex officio, nonvoting capacity and is
eligible for per diem and expenses as provided in section 2.10.
4. The voting members of the board shall be appointed in
compliance with sections 69.16 and 69.16A. Members shall elect a
chairperson and vice chairperson from the board membership, who shall
serve two-year terms. The members appointed by the governor shall be
appointed to three-year staggered terms and the terms shall commence
and end as provided by section 69.19. If a vacancy occurs among the
voting members, a successor shall be appointed to serve the unexpired
term. A successor shall be appointed in the same manner and subject
to the same qualifications as the original appointment to serve the
unexpired term. The voting members of the board are entitled to
receive reimbursement for actual expenses incurred while engaged in
the performance of official duties from funds appropriated to the
department of public safety and the state department of
transportation for that purpose. The departments shall enter into an
agreement to provide administrative assistance and support to the
board. Section History: Recent Form
2007 Acts, ch 90, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 14, §1--4; 2009 Acts, ch 165,
§1, 4
Referred to in § 80.29