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	HB5369 - 104th General Assembly
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		HB5369 Engrossed		LRB104 19688 RTM 33137 b
1    AN ACT concerning State government.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The Illinois State Police Radio Act is amended
5by changing Section 10 as follows:
6    (20 ILCS 2615/10)
7    Sec. 10. Public safety radio interoperability.
8    (a) In this Section, "interoperability" means the ability 
9of emergency response providers and relevant government 
10officials to communicate across jurisdictions, disciplines, 
11and levels of government as needed and as authorized.
12    (b) The [Upon their establishment and thereafter, the]
13Director of the Illinois State Police, or his or her designee,
14shall serve as the chairman of the Illinois Statewide
15Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC). The SIEC shall 
16oversee governance, interoperability, and land mobile radio 
17standards for Illinois' land mobile radio communications 
18system and shall collaborate with the Office of the Statewide 
199-1-1 Administrator and the Office of the Statewide 
20Interoperability Coordinator to strengthen Illinois' emergency 
21communications ecosystem [and as the chairman of the STARCOM21 ]
22[Oversight Committee]. The SIEC may designate subcommittees 
23necessary to effectuate its responsibilities under this 
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1Section. The Director or his or her designee, as chairman, may
2increase the size and makeup of the voting membership of the 
3SIEC [each committee] when deemed necessary for improved public
4safety radio interoperability, but the voting membership [of ]
5[each committee] must represent public safety users (police,
6fire, or EMS) and must, at a minimum, include the Statewide 
7Interoperability Coordinator, the Statewide 9-1-1 
8Administrator, the Director of the Secretary of State Police 
9or the Director's designee, and at least one representative 
10from each of the following, appointed by the Governor: an 
11association representing Illinois fire chiefs, an association 
12representing Illinois fire protection districts, the Office of 
13the State Fire Marshal, an association representing Illinois 
14chiefs of police, an association representing Illinois 
15sheriffs, the Illinois State Police, the Illinois Emergency 
16Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, the 
17Department of Public Health, the Department of Innovation and 
18Technology, the Department of Military Affairs, the Department 
19of Corrections, and the Department of Natural Resources
20[representatives specified in this Section].
21    Committee members [The STARCOM21 Oversight Committee must ]
22[comprise public safety users accessing the system and shall ]
23[include the Statewide Interoperability Coordinator. The ]
24[members of the STARCOM21 Oversight Committee] shall serve
25without compensation and may, at the call of the Chair, meet in
26person or remotely. The SIEC shall adopt bylaws for its 
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1effective operation, as well as that of its subcommittees, and 
2may appoint advisors from the public safety communications 
3community to serve on any subcommittees at the pleasure of the 
4SIEC. The Illinois State Police shall provide administrative
5and other support to the SIEC and any duly created 
6subcommittees [STARCOM21 Oversight Committee].
7     (c) The SIEC [STARCOM21 Oversight Committee] shall:
8        (1) no later than July 1, 2027, establish:
9            (A) standards necessary to ensure land mobile 
10        radio equipment interoperates throughout Illinois;
11            (B) planning, training, and evaluation standards 
12        necessary to enhance public safety communications 
13        operational readiness; and
14            (C) standards necessary for the unification of the 
15        Integrated Public Alert and Warning System statewide
16        [review existing statutory law and make recommendations ]
17        [for legislative changes to ensure efficient, ]
18        [effective, reliable, and sustainable radio ]
19        [interoperability statewide];
20        (2) (blank) [make recommendations concerning better ]
21    [integration of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning ]
22    [System statewide]; and
23        (3) annually review existing statutory law and make 
24    recommendations for legislative changes to ensure 
25    efficient, effective, reliable, and sustainable 
26    communications interoperability statewide [develop a plan ]
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1    [to sustainably fund radio infrastructure, radio equipment, ]
2    [and interoperability statewide].
3    [The SIEC shall have at a minimum one representative from ]
4[each of the following: the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, ]
5[the Rural Fire Protection Association, the Office of the State ]
6[Fire Marshal, the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, ]
7[the Illinois Sheriffs' Association, the Illinois State Police, ]
8[the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the Department of ]
9[Public Health, and the Secretary of State Police (which ]
10[representative shall be the Director of the Secretary of State ]
11[Police or his or her designee).]
12(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23.)
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
142026.