1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to information technology management; |
3 | reorganizing the State Technology Office and its powers, |
4 | duties, and functions within the Department of Management |
5 | Services; amending s. 20.22, F.S.; establishing the |
6 | Technology Program in the Department of Management |
7 | Services; removing duty of the State Technology Office to |
8 | operate and manage the Technology Resource Center; |
9 | amending s. 186.022, F.S.; conforming reference to a |
10 | report; amending s. 216.0446, F.S.; revising duties of the |
11 | legislative Technology Review Workgroup to remove |
12 | participation of the State Technology Office; conforming |
13 | reference to a report; repealing s. 216.292(1)(c), F.S., |
14 | relating to provisions authorizing transfer of positions |
15 | and appropriations in fiscal year 2001-2002 for the |
16 | purpose of consolidating information technology resources; |
17 | amending s. 282.0041, F.S.; revising definitions for |
18 | purposes of information resources management; renaming the |
19 | Agency Annual Enterprise Resource Planning and Management |
20 | Report as the Agency Annual Information Technology |
21 | Investment Portfolio Report; providing for appointment of |
22 | an agency chief information officer by the agency head; |
23 | defining the term "department"; renaming the State Annual |
24 | Report on Enterprise Resource Planning and Management as |
25 | the State Annual Information Technology Investment |
26 | Portfolio Report; amending s. 282.005, F.S.; revising |
27 | legislative findings and intent with respect to the |
28 | Information Resources Management Act of 1997; revising |
29 | state agency responsibilities with respect to information |
30 | technology infrastructure; providing agencies with primary |
31 | responsibility for information technology management; |
32 | deleting assignment of certain information technology |
33 | functions to the State Technology Office; deleting a |
34 | provision providing the State Technology Office take no |
35 | action affecting any Cabinet officer; amending s. 282.102, |
36 | F.S.; removing provisions for the creation, powers, and |
37 | duties of the State Technology Office; removing provisions |
38 | for a Chief Information Officer and a State Chief Privacy |
39 | Officer; removing provisions relating to information |
40 | technology and enterprise resource management; providing |
41 | powers, duties, and functions of the Department of |
42 | Management Services for operating the statewide |
43 | communications system; transferring powers and duties |
44 | relating to communications systems from the State |
45 | Technology Office to the Department of Management |
46 | Services; authorizing the department to adopt rules; |
47 | authorizing the department to set a fee for placement of |
48 | certain telecommunications facilities on state property; |
49 | amending ss. 282.103, 282.104, 282.105, 282.106, 282.107, |
50 | 282.1095, and 282.111, F.S., relating to the SUNCOM |
51 | Network, the state agency law enforcement radio system and |
52 | interoperability network, and the statewide system of |
53 | regional law enforcement communications to conform |
54 | references to changes made by the act; amending s. 282.20, |
55 | F.S.; providing for operation and management of the |
56 | Technology Resource Center by the Department of Management |
57 | Services; amending s. 282.21, F.S.; authorizing the |
58 | department to collect fees for providing remote electronic |
59 | access; removing provisions for collection of such fees by |
60 | the State Technology Office; amending s. 282.22, F.S.; |
61 | providing for dissemination of materials, products, |
62 | information, and services acquired or developed by or |
63 | under the direction of the department; removing reference |
64 | to the State Technology Office with respect to such |
65 | materials, products, information, and services; repealing |
66 | s. 282.23, F.S., relating to establishment of a State |
67 | Strategic Information Technology Alliance for the |
68 | acquisition and use of information technology and related |
69 | material; creating s. 282.3025, F.S.; providing for |
70 | creation, powers, and duties of the State Technology |
71 | Office within the Department of Management Services; |
72 | providing for a State Chief Information Officer appointed |
73 | by the secretary of the department; providing for |
74 | development of enterprise information technology mission, |
75 | goals, and objectives and plans for achieving the mission, |
76 | goals, and objectives; providing for development of |
77 | enterprise information technology policies, standards, |
78 | guidelines, and procedures; providing for project |
79 | management services; providing for review and |
80 | recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature |
81 | regarding agency information technology projects and |
82 | plans; providing for preparation of state reports and |
83 | memoranda; amending s. 282.3031, F.S.; deleting assignment |
84 | of certain information technology functions to the State |
85 | Technology Office; conforming terminology; amending s. |
86 | 282.3032, F.S.; revising certain principles relating to |
87 | management of the state's information technology |
88 | resources; conforming terminology; amending s. 282.3055, |
89 | F.S.; providing for appointment of the agency chief |
90 | information officer by the agency head; providing for |
91 | staffing and supporting of an agency information |
92 | technology investment board; conforming terminology; |
93 | amending s. 282.3063, F.S.; renaming the Agency Annual |
94 | Enterprise Resource Planning and Management Report as the |
95 | Agency Annual Information Technology Investment Portfolio |
96 | Report; revising content requirements for the report; |
97 | amending s. 282.310, F.S.; renaming the State Annual |
98 | Report on Enterprise Resource Planning and Management as |
99 | the State Annual Information Technology Investment |
100 | Portfolio Report; revising content requirements for the |
101 | report; amending s. 282.315, F.S.; revising duties of the |
102 | Agency Chief Information Officers Council; providing for |
103 | the council to assist the State Technology Office for |
104 | certain purposes, identify opportunities to meet specified |
105 | information technology guidelines, and make certain |
106 | recommendations to the State Technology Office; providing |
107 | for the appointment and terms of officers; amending s. |
108 | 282.318, F.S.; changing the popular name; removing |
109 | responsibility of the State Technology Office; providing |
110 | that each agency head is responsible and accountable for |
111 | ensuring an adequate level of security for data and |
112 | information; providing for certain security requirements |
113 | to be determined by the department; conforming |
114 | terminology; amending ss. 365.171 and 365.172, F.S., |
115 | relating to statewide emergency telephone number systems; |
116 | designating duties of the State Technology Office as |
117 | duties of the Department of Management Services; |
118 | conforming requirements with respect thereto; providing an |
119 | effective date. |
120 |
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121 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
122 |
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123 | Section 1. Section 20.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
124 | read: |
125 | 20.22 Department of Management Services.--There is created |
126 | a Department of Management Services. |
127 | (1) The head of the Department of Management Services is |
128 | the Secretary of Management Services, who shall be appointed by |
129 | the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and shall |
130 | serve at the pleasure of the Governor. |
131 | (2) The following divisions and programs within the |
132 | Department of Management Services are established: |
133 | (a) Facilities Program. |
134 | (b) State Technology Program Office. |
135 | (c) Workforce Program. |
136 | (d)1. Support Program. |
137 | 2. Federal Property Assistance Program. |
138 | (e) Administration Program. |
139 | (f) Division of Administrative Hearings. |
140 | (g) Division of Retirement. |
141 | (h) Division of State Group Insurance. |
142 | (i) State Technology Office. |
143 | (3) The State Technology Office shall operate and manage |
144 | the Technology Resource Center. |
145 | (3)(4) The duties of the Chief Labor Negotiator shall be |
146 | determined by the Secretary of Management Services, and must |
147 | include, but need not be limited to, the representation of the |
148 | Governor as the public employer in collective bargaining |
149 | negotiations pursuant to the provisions of chapter 447. |
150 | Section 2. Section 186.022, Florida Statutes, is amended |
151 | to read: |
152 | 186.022 Information technology strategic plans.--By June 1 |
153 | of each year, the Financial Management Information Board, the |
154 | Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Systems Council, and |
155 | the Health Information Systems Council shall each develop and |
156 | submit to the State Technology Office an information technology |
157 | strategic plan in a form and manner prescribed in written |
158 | instructions from the State Technology Office in consultation |
159 | with the Executive Office of the Governor and the legislative |
160 | appropriations committees. The State Technology Office shall |
161 | review each such strategic plan and shall determine whether each |
162 | such plan is consistent with the State Annual Information |
163 | Technology Investment Portfolio Report on Enterprise Resource |
164 | Planning and Management and statewide policies adopted by the |
165 | State Technology Office, and by July 1 of each year shall |
166 | develop and transmit to each such board and council a written |
167 | expression of its findings, conclusions, and required changes, |
168 | if any, with respect to each such strategic plan. If any change |
169 | to any such strategic plan is required, each affected board and |
170 | council shall revise its strategic plan to the extent necessary |
171 | to incorporate such required changes and shall resubmit its |
172 | strategic plan to the State Technology Office for final approval |
173 | and acceptance. |
174 | Section 3. Section 216.0446, Florida Statutes, is amended |
175 | to read: |
176 | 216.0446 Review of information resources management |
177 | needs.-- |
178 | (1) There is created within the Legislature the Technology |
179 | Review Workgroup. The workgroup and the State Technology Office |
180 | shall independently review and make recommendations with respect |
181 | to the portion of agencies' long-range program plans which |
182 | pertains to information technology resources management needs |
183 | and with respect to agencies' legislative budget requests for |
184 | information technology and related resources. The Technology |
185 | Review Workgroup shall report such recommendations, together |
186 | with the findings and conclusions on which such recommendations |
187 | are based, to the Legislative Budget Commission. The State |
188 | Technology Office shall report such recommendations, together |
189 | with the findings and conclusions on which such recommendations |
190 | are based, to the Executive Office of the Governor and to the |
191 | chairs of the legislative appropriations committees. |
192 | (2) In addition to its primary duty specified in |
193 | subsection (1), the Technology Review Workgroup shall have |
194 | powers and duties that include, but are not limited to, the |
195 | following: |
196 | (a) To evaluate the information resource management needs |
197 | identified in the agency long-range program plans for |
198 | consistency with the State Annual Information Technology |
199 | Investment Portfolio Report on Enterprise Resource Planning and |
200 | Management and statewide policies recommended by the State |
201 | Technology Office, and make recommendations to the Legislative |
202 | Budget Commission. |
203 | (b) To review and make recommendations to the Legislative |
204 | Budget Commission on proposed budget amendments and agency |
205 | transfers associated with information technology initiatives or |
206 | projects that involve more than one agency, that have an outcome |
207 | that impacts another agency, that exceed $500,000 in total cost |
208 | over a 1-year period, or that are requested by the Legislative |
209 | Budget Commission to be reviewed. |
210 | Section 4. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section |
211 | 216.292, Florida Statutes, is repealed. |
212 | Section 5. Section 282.0041, Florida Statutes, is amended |
213 | to read: |
214 | 282.0041 Definitions.--For the purposes of this part, the |
215 | term: |
216 | (1) "Agency" means those entities described in s. |
217 | 216.011(1)(qq). |
218 | (2) "Agency Annual Information Technology Investment |
219 | Portfolio Enterprise Resource Planning and Management Report" |
220 | means the report prepared by each agency chief information |
221 | officer as required by s. 282.3063. |
222 | (3) "Agency chief information officer" means the person |
223 | appointed by the agency head State Technology Office to |
224 | coordinate and manage the information technology policies and |
225 | activities applicable to that agency. |
226 | (4) "Agency Chief Information Officers Council" means the |
227 | council created in s. 282.315 to facilitate the sharing and |
228 | coordination of information technology issues and initiatives |
229 | among the agencies. |
230 | (5) "Department" means the Department of Management |
231 | Services. |
232 | (6)(7) "Information technology" means equipment, hardware, |
233 | software, firmware, programs, systems, networks, infrastructure, |
234 | media, and related material used to automatically, |
235 | electronically, and wirelessly collect, receive, access, |
236 | transmit, display, store, record, retrieve, analyze, evaluate, |
237 | process, classify, manipulate, manage, assimilate, control, |
238 | communicate, exchange, convert, converge, interface, switch, or |
239 | disseminate information of any kind or form. |
240 | (7)(5) "Information technology Enterprise resources |
241 | management infrastructure" means the hardware, software, |
242 | networks, data, human resources, policies, standards, |
243 | facilities, maintenance, and related materials and services that |
244 | are required to support the business processes of an agency or |
245 | state enterprise. |
246 | (8)(6) "Information technology Enterprise resource |
247 | planning and management" means the planning, budgeting, |
248 | acquiring, developing, organizing, directing, training, control, |
249 | and related services associated with government information |
250 | technology. The term encompasses information and related |
251 | resources, as well as the controls associated with their |
252 | acquisition, development, dissemination, and use. |
253 | (9)(8) "Project" means an undertaking directed at the |
254 | implementation accomplishment of information technology to |
255 | achieve a strategic objective relating to enterprise resources |
256 | management or a specific appropriated program. |
257 | (10)(9) "State Annual Information Technology Investment |
258 | Portfolio Report on Enterprise Resource Planning and Management" |
259 | means the report defined in s. 282.310 and prepared by the State |
260 | Technology Office as defined in s. 282.102. |
261 | (11)(10) "Standards" means the model definitions for |
262 | information technology which promote the use of current, open, |
263 | nonproprietary, or non-vendor-specific technologies. |
264 | (12)(11) "State Technology Office" or "office" means the |
265 | office created in s. 282.3025 282.102. |
266 | (13)(12) "Total cost" means all costs associated with |
267 | information technology projects or initiatives, including, but |
268 | not limited to, value of hardware, software, service, |
269 | maintenance, incremental personnel, and facilities. Total cost |
270 | of a loan or gift of information technology resources to an |
271 | agency includes the fair market value of the resources, except |
272 | that the total cost of loans or gifts of information technology |
273 | to state universities to be used in instruction or research does |
274 | not include fair market value. |
275 | Section 6. Section 282.005, Florida Statutes, is amended |
276 | to read: |
277 | 282.005 Legislative findings and intent.--The Legislature |
278 | finds that: |
279 | (1) Information is a strategic asset of the state, and, as |
280 | such, it should be managed as a valuable state resource. |
281 | (2) The state makes significant investments in information |
282 | technology in order to manage information and to provide |
283 | services to its citizens. |
284 | (3) An office must be created to provide support and |
285 | guidance to enhance the state's use and management of |
286 | information technology and to design, procure, and deploy, on |
287 | behalf of the state, information technology. |
288 | (4) The cost-effective deployment of information |
289 | technology by state agencies can best be managed by a Chief |
290 | Information Officer. |
291 | (3)(5) The agency head State Technology Office has primary |
292 | responsibility and accountability for the planning, budgeting, |
293 | acquisition, development, implementation, use, and management of |
294 | information technology within the agency and for its use in |
295 | accomplishing the agency's mission. Each agency shall also use |
296 | its information technology in the best interest of the state and |
297 | make use of shared data and related resources state. The State |
298 | Technology Office shall use the state's information technology |
299 | in the best interest of the state as a whole and shall |
300 | contribute to and make use of shared data and related resources |
301 | whenever appropriate. Each agency head has primary |
302 | responsibility and accountability for setting agency priorities, |
303 | identifying business needs, and determining agency services and |
304 | programs to be developed as provided by law. The State |
305 | Technology Office, through service level agreements with each |
306 | agency, shall provide the information technology needed for the |
307 | agency to accomplish its mission. |
308 | (4)(6) The expanding need for, use of, and dependence on |
309 | information technology requires focused management attention and |
310 | managerial accountability by state agencies and the State |
311 | Technology Office on behalf of the state as a whole. |
312 | (5)(7) The state and state entities , through the State |
313 | Technology Office, shall provide, by whatever means is most |
314 | cost-effective and efficient, the information technology, |
315 | enterprise resource planning and management, and information |
316 | technology enterprise resource management infrastructure needed |
317 | to conduct the state's business collect, store, and process the |
318 | state's data and information, provide connectivity, and |
319 | facilitate the exchange of data and information among both |
320 | public and private parties. |
321 | (6)(8) A necessary part of the state's information |
322 | technology infrastructure is a statewide communications system |
323 | for all types of signals, including, but not limited to, voice, |
324 | data, video, radio, telephone, wireless, and image. |
325 | (7)(9) To ensure the best management of the state's |
326 | information technology and notwithstanding other provisions of |
327 | law to the contrary, the functions of information technology are |
328 | assigned to the university boards of trustees for the |
329 | development and implementation of planning, management, |
330 | rulemaking, standards, and guidelines for the state |
331 | universities; to the community college boards of trustees for |
332 | establishing and developing rules for the community colleges; to |
333 | the Supreme Court, for the judicial branch; and to each state |
334 | attorney and public defender; and to the State Technology Office |
335 | for the executive branch of state government. |
336 | (10) The State Technology Office shall take no action |
337 | affecting the supervision, control, management, or coordination |
338 | of information technology and information technology personnel |
339 | that any cabinet officer listed in s. 4, Art. IV of the State |
340 | Constitution deems necessary for the exercise of his or her |
341 | statutory or constitutional duties. |
342 | Section 7. Section 282.102, Florida Statutes, is amended |
343 | to read: |
344 | 282.102 Creation of the State Technology Office; Powers |
345 | and duties of the Department of Management Services relating to |
346 | state communications system.--There is created a State |
347 | Technology Office within The Department of Management Services. |
348 | The office shall be a separate budget entity, and shall be |
349 | headed by a Chief Information Officer who is appointed by the |
350 | Governor and is in the Senior Management Service. The Chief |
351 | Information Officer shall be an agency head for all purposes. |
352 | The Department of Management Services shall provide |
353 | administrative support and service to the office to the extent |
354 | requested by the Chief Information Officer. The office may adopt |
355 | policies and procedures regarding personnel, procurement, and |
356 | transactions for State Technology Office personnel. The office |
357 | shall have the following powers, duties, and functions in |
358 | operating the statewide communications system: |
359 | (1) To publish electronically the portfolio of services |
360 | available from the department office, including pricing |
361 | information; the policies and procedures of the department |
362 | office governing usage of available services; and a forecast of |
363 | the priorities and initiatives for the state communications |
364 | system for the ensuing 2 years. |
365 | (2) To adopt rules implementing policies and procedures |
366 | providing best practices to be followed by agencies in |
367 | acquiring, using, upgrading, modifying, replacing, or disposing |
368 | of information technology. |
369 | (3) To perform, in consultation with an agency, the |
370 | enterprise resource planning and management for the agency. |
371 | (2)(4) To advise and render aid to state agencies and |
372 | political subdivisions of the state as to systems or methods to |
373 | be used for organizing and meeting communications information |
374 | technology requirements efficiently and effectively. |
375 | (5) To integrate the information technology systems and |
376 | services of state agencies. |
377 | (3)(6) To adopt technical standards for the state |
378 | communications information technology system which will assure |
379 | the interconnection of computer networks and information systems |
380 | of agencies. |
381 | (4)(7) To assume management responsibility for any |
382 | consolidated communications system integrated information |
383 | technology system or service when determined by the department |
384 | office to be economically efficient or performance-effective. |
385 | (5)(8) To enter into agreements for the support and use of |
386 | communications systems related to information technology with |
387 | state agencies and political subdivisions of the state. |
388 | (6)(9) To use and acquire, with agency concurrence, |
389 | communications facilities information technology now owned or |
390 | operated by any agency. |
391 | (7)(10) To purchase from or contract with suppliers and |
392 | communications companies information technology providers for |
393 | communications facilities and services information technology, |
394 | including private line services. |
395 | (8)(11) To apply for, receive, and hold, and to assist |
396 | agencies in applying for, receiving, or holding, such |
397 | authorizations, patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, |
398 | licenses, and allocations or channels and frequencies to carry |
399 | out the purposes of this part. |
400 | (9)(12) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire and to |
401 | hold, sell, transfer, license, or otherwise dispose of real, |
402 | personal, and intellectual property, including, but not limited |
403 | to, patents, trademarks, copyrights, and service marks. |
404 | (10)(13) To cooperate with any federal, state, or local |
405 | emergency management agency in providing for emergency |
406 | communications services. |
407 | (11)(14) To delegate, as necessary, to state agencies the |
408 | authority to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire and to use |
409 | communications equipment, facilities, and services information |
410 | technology or, as necessary, to control and approve the |
411 | purchase, lease, or acquisition and the use of all |
412 | communications equipment, services, and facilities information |
413 | technology, including, but not limited to, communications |
414 | services provided as part of any other total system to be used |
415 | by the state or any of its agencies. |
416 | (12)(15) To acquire ownership, possession, custody, and |
417 | control of existing communications equipment and facilities, |
418 | including all right, title, interest, and equity therein, as |
419 | necessary, to carry out the purposes of this part. However, the |
420 | provisions of this subsection shall in no way affect the rights, |
421 | title, interest, or equity in any such equipment or facilities |
422 | owned by, or leased to, the state or any state agency by any |
423 | telecommunications company. |
424 | (13)(16) To adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and |
425 | 120.54 relating to the use of communications systems information |
426 | technology and to administer the provisions of this part. |
427 | (14)(17) To provide a means whereby political subdivisions |
428 | of the state may use state communications information technology |
429 | systems upon such terms and under such conditions as the |
430 | department office may establish. |
431 | (15)(18) To apply for and accept federal funds for any of |
432 | the purposes of this part as well as gifts and donations from |
433 | individuals, foundations, and private organizations. |
434 | (16)(19) To monitor issues relating to communications |
435 | facilities and services before the Florida Public Service |
436 | Commission and, when necessary, prepare position papers, prepare |
437 | testimony, appear as a witness, and retain witnesses on behalf |
438 | of state agencies in proceedings before the commission. |
439 | (17)(20) Unless delegated to the agencies by the Chief |
440 | Information Officer, to manage and control, but not intercept or |
441 | interpret, communications within the SUNCOM Network by: |
442 | (a) Establishing technical standards to physically |
443 | interface with the SUNCOM Network. |
444 | (b) Specifying how communications are transmitted within |
445 | the SUNCOM Network. |
446 | (c) Controlling the routing of communications within the |
447 | SUNCOM Network. |
448 | (d) Establishing standards, policies, and procedures for |
449 | access to the SUNCOM Network. |
450 | (e) Ensuring orderly and reliable communications services |
451 | in accordance with the service level agreements executed with |
452 | state agencies. |
453 | (21) To plan, design, and conduct experiments for |
454 | information technology services, equipment, and technologies, |
455 | and to implement enhancements in the state information |
456 | technology system when in the public interest and cost- |
457 | effective. Funding for such experiments shall be derived from |
458 | SUNCOM Network service revenues and shall not exceed 2 percent |
459 | of the annual budget for the SUNCOM Network for any fiscal year |
460 | or as provided in the General Appropriations Act. New services |
461 | offered as a result of this subsection shall not affect existing |
462 | rates for facilities or services. |
463 | (18)(22) To enter into contracts or agreements, with or |
464 | without competitive bidding or procurement, to make available, |
465 | on a fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory basis, property and |
466 | other structures under department office control for the |
467 | placement of new facilities by any wireless provider of mobile |
468 | service as defined in 47 U.S.C. s. 153(n) or s. 332(d) and any |
469 | telecommunications company as defined in s. 364.02 when it is |
470 | determined to be practical and feasible to make such property or |
471 | other structures available. The department office may, without |
472 | adopting a rule, charge a just, reasonable, and |
473 | nondiscriminatory fee for the placement of the facilities, |
474 | payable annually, based on the fair market value of space used |
475 | by comparable communications facilities in the state. The |
476 | department office and a wireless provider or telecommunications |
477 | company may negotiate the reduction or elimination of a fee in |
478 | consideration of services provided to the department office by |
479 | the wireless provider or telecommunications company. All such |
480 | fees collected by the department office shall be deposited |
481 | directly into the Law Enforcement Radio Operating Trust Fund, |
482 | and may be used by the department office to construct, maintain, |
483 | or support the system. |
484 | (19)(23) To provide an integrated electronic system for |
485 | deploying government products, services, and information to |
486 | individuals and businesses which reflects cost-effective |
487 | deployment strategies in keeping with industry standards and |
488 | practices and includes protections and security of private |
489 | information as well as maintenance of public records. |
490 | (a) The integrated electronic system shall reflect cost- |
491 | effective deployment strategies in keeping with industry |
492 | standards and practices, including protections and security of |
493 | private information as well as maintenance of public records. |
494 | (b) The office shall provide a method for assessing fiscal |
495 | accountability for the integrated electronic system and shall |
496 | establish the organizational structure required to implement |
497 | this system. |
498 | (24) To provide administrative support to the Agency Chief |
499 | Information Officers Council and other workgroups created by the |
500 | Chief Information Officer. |
501 | (25) To facilitate state information technology education |
502 | and training for senior management and other agency staff. |
503 | (26) To prepare, on behalf of the Executive Office of the |
504 | Governor, memoranda on recommended guidelines and best practices |
505 | for information resources management, when requested. |
506 | (27) To prepare, publish, and disseminate the State Annual |
507 | Report on Enterprise Resource Planning and Management under s. |
508 | 282.310. |
509 | (28) To study and make a recommendation to the Governor |
510 | and Legislature on the feasibility of implementing online voting |
511 | in this state. |
512 | (29) To facilitate the development of a network access |
513 | point in this state, as needed. |
514 | (30) To designate a State Chief Privacy Officer who shall |
515 | be responsible for the continual review of policies, laws, |
516 | rules, and practices of state agencies which may affect the |
517 | privacy concerns of state residents. |
518 | Section 8. Section 282.103, Florida Statutes, is amended |
519 | to read: |
520 | 282.103 SUNCOM Network; exemptions from the required |
521 | use.-- |
522 | (1) There is created within the Department of Management |
523 | Services State Technology Office the SUNCOM Network which shall |
524 | be developed to serve as the state communications system for |
525 | providing local and long-distance communications services to |
526 | state agencies, political subdivisions of the state, |
527 | municipalities, state universities, and nonprofit corporations |
528 | pursuant to ss. 282.101-282.111. The SUNCOM Network shall be |
529 | developed to transmit all types of communications signals, |
530 | including, but not limited to, voice, data, video, image, and |
531 | radio. State agencies shall cooperate and assist in the |
532 | development and joint use of communications systems and |
533 | services. |
534 | (2) The department State Technology Office shall design, |
535 | engineer, implement, manage, and operate through state |
536 | ownership, commercial leasing, or some combination thereof, the |
537 | facilities and equipment providing SUNCOM Network services, and |
538 | shall develop a system of equitable billings and charges for |
539 | communication services. |
540 | (3) All state agencies and state universities are required |
541 | to use the SUNCOM Network for agency and state university |
542 | communications services as the services become available; |
543 | however, no agency or university is relieved of responsibility |
544 | for maintaining communications services necessary for effective |
545 | management of its programs and functions. If a SUNCOM Network |
546 | service does not meet the communications requirements of an |
547 | agency or university, the agency or university shall notify the |
548 | department State Technology Office in writing and detail the |
549 | requirements for that communications service. If the department |
550 | office is unable to meet an agency's or university's |
551 | requirements by enhancing SUNCOM Network service, the department |
552 | office may grant the agency or university an exemption from the |
553 | required use of specified SUNCOM Network services. |
554 | Section 9. Section 282.104, Florida Statutes, is amended |
555 | to read: |
556 | 282.104 Use of state SUNCOM Network by |
557 | municipalities.--Any municipality may request the department |
558 | State Technology Office to provide any or all of the SUNCOM |
559 | Network's portfolio of communications services upon such terms |
560 | and under such conditions as the department office may |
561 | establish. The requesting municipality shall pay its share of |
562 | installation and recurring costs according to the published |
563 | rates for SUNCOM Network services and as invoiced by the |
564 | department office. Such municipality shall also pay for any |
565 | requested modifications to existing SUNCOM Network services, if |
566 | any charges apply. |
567 | Section 10. Section 282.105, Florida Statutes, is amended |
568 | to read: |
569 | 282.105 Use of state SUNCOM Network by nonprofit |
570 | corporations.-- |
571 | (1) The department State Technology Office shall provide a |
572 | means whereby private nonprofit corporations under contract with |
573 | state agencies or political subdivisions of the state may use |
574 | the state SUNCOM Network, subject to the limitations in this |
575 | section. In order to qualify to use the state SUNCOM Network, a |
576 | nonprofit corporation shall: |
577 | (a) Expend the majority of its total direct revenues for |
578 | the provision of contractual services to the state, a |
579 | municipality, or a political subdivision of the state; and |
580 | (b) Receive only a small portion of its total revenues |
581 | from any source other than a state agency, a municipality, or a |
582 | political subdivision of the state during the period of time |
583 | SUNCOM Network services are requested. |
584 | (2) Each nonprofit corporation seeking authorization to |
585 | use the state SUNCOM Network pursuant to this section shall |
586 | provide to the department office, upon request, proof of |
587 | compliance with subsection (1). |
588 | (3) Nonprofit corporations established pursuant to general |
589 | law and an association of municipal governments which is wholly |
590 | owned by the municipalities shall be eligible to use the state |
591 | SUNCOM Network, subject to the terms and conditions of the |
592 | department office. |
593 | (4) Institutions qualified to participate in the William |
594 | L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program pursuant to |
595 | s. 1009.89 shall be eligible to use the state SUNCOM Network, |
596 | subject to the terms and conditions of the department office. |
597 | Such entities shall not be required to satisfy the other |
598 | criteria of this section. |
599 | (5) Private, nonprofit elementary and secondary schools |
600 | shall be eligible for rates and services on the same basis as |
601 | public schools, providing these nonpublic schools do not have an |
602 | endowment in excess of $50 million. |
603 | Section 11. Section 282.106, Florida Statutes, is amended |
604 | to read: |
605 | 282.106 Use of SUNCOM Network by libraries.--The |
606 | department State Technology Office may provide SUNCOM Network |
607 | services to any library in the state, including libraries in |
608 | public schools, community colleges, state universities, and |
609 | nonprofit private postsecondary educational institutions, and |
610 | libraries owned and operated by municipalities and political |
611 | subdivisions. |
612 | Section 12. Section 282.107, Florida Statutes, is amended |
613 | to read: |
614 | 282.107 SUNCOM Network; criteria for usage.-- |
615 | (1) The department State Technology Office shall |
616 | periodically review the qualifications of subscribers using the |
617 | state SUNCOM Network and shall terminate services provided to |
618 | any facility not qualified pursuant to ss. 282.101-282.111 or |
619 | rules adopted hereunder. In the event of nonpayment of invoices |
620 | by subscribers whose SUNCOM Network invoices are paid from |
621 | sources other than legislative appropriations, such nonpayment |
622 | represents good and sufficient reason to terminate service. |
623 | (2) The department State Technology Office shall adopt |
624 | rules setting forth its procedures for withdrawing and restoring |
625 | authorization to use the state SUNCOM Network. Such rules shall |
626 | provide a minimum of 30 days' notice to affected parties prior |
627 | to termination of voice communications service. |
628 | (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or |
629 | restrict the ability of the Florida Public Service Commission to |
630 | set jurisdictional tariffs of telecommunications companies. |
631 | Section 13. Section 282.1095, Florida Statutes, is amended |
632 | to read: |
633 | 282.1095 State agency law enforcement radio system and |
634 | interoperability network.-- |
635 | (1) The department State Technology Office may acquire and |
636 | implement a statewide radio communications system to serve law |
637 | enforcement units of state agencies, and to serve local law |
638 | enforcement agencies through mutual aid channels. The Joint Task |
639 | Force on State Agency Law Enforcement Communications is |
640 | established in the department State Technology Office to advise |
641 | the department office of member-agency needs for the planning, |
642 | designing, and establishment of the joint system. The State |
643 | Agency Law Enforcement Radio System Trust Fund is established in |
644 | the department State Technology Office. The trust fund shall be |
645 | funded from surcharges collected under ss. 320.0802 and 328.72. |
646 | (2)(a) The Joint Task Force on State Agency Law |
647 | Enforcement Communications shall consist of eight members, as |
648 | follows: |
649 | 1. A representative of the Division of Alcoholic Beverages |
650 | and Tobacco of the Department of Business and Professional |
651 | Regulation who shall be appointed by the secretary of the |
652 | department. |
653 | 2. A representative of the Division of Florida Highway |
654 | Patrol of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles |
655 | who shall be appointed by the executive director of the |
656 | department. |
657 | 3. A representative of the Department of Law Enforcement |
658 | who shall be appointed by the executive director of the |
659 | department. |
660 | 4. A representative of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation |
661 | Commission who shall be appointed by the executive director of |
662 | the commission. |
663 | 5. A representative of the Division of Law Enforcement of |
664 | the Department of Environmental Protection who shall be |
665 | appointed by the secretary of the department. |
666 | 6. A representative of the Department of Corrections who |
667 | shall be appointed by the secretary of the department. |
668 | 7. A representative of the Division of State Fire Marshal |
669 | of the Department of Financial Services who shall be appointed |
670 | by the State Fire Marshal. |
671 | 8. A representative of the Department of Transportation |
672 | who shall be appointed by the secretary of the department. |
673 | (b) Each appointed member of the joint task force shall |
674 | serve at the pleasure of the appointing official. Any vacancy on |
675 | the joint task force shall be filled in the same manner as the |
676 | original appointment. Any joint task force member may, upon |
677 | notification to the chair prior to the beginning of any |
678 | scheduled meeting, appoint an alternative to represent the |
679 | member on the task force and vote on task force business in his |
680 | or her absence. |
681 | (c) The joint task force shall elect a chair from among |
682 | its members to serve a 1-year term. A vacancy in the chair of |
683 | the joint task force must be filled for the remainder of the |
684 | unexpired term by an election of the joint task force members. |
685 | (d) The joint task force shall meet as necessary, but at |
686 | least quarterly, at the call of the chair and at the time and |
687 | place designated by him or her. |
688 | (e) The per diem and travel expenses incurred by a member |
689 | of the joint task force in attending its meetings and in |
690 | attending to its affairs shall be paid pursuant to s. 112.061, |
691 | from funds budgeted to the state agency that the member |
692 | represents. |
693 | (f) The department State Technology Office is hereby |
694 | authorized to rent or lease space on any tower under its |
695 | control. The department office may also rent, lease, or sublease |
696 | ground space as necessary to locate equipment to support |
697 | antennae on the towers. The costs for use of such space shall be |
698 | established by the department office for each site, when it is |
699 | determined to be practicable and feasible to make space |
700 | available. The department office may refuse to lease space on |
701 | any tower at any site. All moneys collected by the department |
702 | office for such rents, leases, and subleases shall be deposited |
703 | directly into the Law Enforcement Radio Operating Trust Fund and |
704 | may be used by the department office to construct, maintain, or |
705 | support the system. |
706 | (g) The department State Technology Office is hereby |
707 | authorized to rent, lease, or sublease ground space on lands |
708 | acquired by the department office for the construction of |
709 | privately owned or publicly owned towers. The department office |
710 | may, as a part of such rental, lease, or sublease agreement, |
711 | require space on said tower or towers for antennae as may be |
712 | necessary for the construction and operation of the state agency |
713 | law enforcement radio system or any other state need. The |
714 | positions necessary for the department office to accomplish its |
715 | duties under this paragraph and paragraph (f) shall be |
716 | established in the General Appropriations Act and shall be |
717 | funded by the Law Enforcement Radio Operating Trust Fund or |
718 | other revenue sources. |
719 | (h) The department State Technology Office may make the |
720 | mutual aid channels in the statewide radio communications system |
721 | available to federal agencies, state agencies, and agencies of |
722 | the political subdivisions of the state for the purpose of |
723 | public safety and domestic security. The department office shall |
724 | exercise its powers and duties, as specified in this chapter, to |
725 | plan, manage, and administer the mutual aid channels. The |
726 | department office shall, in implementing such powers and duties, |
727 | act in consultation and conjunction with the Department of Law |
728 | Enforcement and the Division of Emergency Management of the |
729 | Department of Community Affairs, and shall manage and administer |
730 | the mutual aid channels in a manner that reasonably addresses |
731 | the needs and concerns of the involved law enforcement agencies |
732 | and emergency response agencies and entities. |
733 | (3) Upon appropriation, moneys in the trust fund may be |
734 | used by the department office to acquire by competitive |
735 | procurement the equipment; software; and engineering, |
736 | administrative, and maintenance services it needs to construct, |
737 | operate, and maintain the statewide radio system. Moneys in the |
738 | trust fund collected as a result of the surcharges set forth in |
739 | ss. 320.0802 and 328.72 shall be used to help fund the costs of |
740 | the system. Upon completion of the system, moneys in the trust |
741 | fund may also be used by the department office to provide for |
742 | payment of the recurring maintenance costs of the system. |
743 | (4)(a) The department office shall, in conjunction with |
744 | the Department of Law Enforcement and the Division of Emergency |
745 | Management of the Department of Community Affairs, establish |
746 | policies, procedures, and standards which shall be incorporated |
747 | into a comprehensive management plan for the use and operation |
748 | of the statewide radio communications system. |
749 | (b) The joint task force, in consultation with the |
750 | department office, shall have the authority to permit other |
751 | state agencies to use the communications system, under terms and |
752 | conditions established by the joint task force. |
753 | (5) The department office shall provide technical support |
754 | to the joint task force and shall bear the overall |
755 | responsibility for the design, engineering, acquisition, and |
756 | implementation of the statewide radio communications system and |
757 | for ensuring the proper operation and maintenance of all system |
758 | common equipment. |
759 | (6)(a) The department State Technology Office may create |
760 | and implement an interoperability network to enable |
761 | interoperability between various radio communications |
762 | technologies and to serve federal agencies, state agencies, and |
763 | agencies of political subdivisions of the state for the purpose |
764 | of public safety and domestic security. The department office |
765 | shall, in conjunction with the Department of Law Enforcement and |
766 | the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of |
767 | Community Affairs, exercise its powers and duties pursuant to |
768 | this chapter to plan, manage, and administer the |
769 | interoperability network. The department office may: |
770 | 1. Enter into mutual aid agreements among federal |
771 | agencies, state agencies, and political subdivisions of the |
772 | state for the use of the interoperability network. |
773 | 2. Establish the cost of maintenance and operation of the |
774 | interoperability network and charge subscribing federal and |
775 | local law enforcement agencies for access and use of the |
776 | network. The department State Technology Office may not charge |
777 | state law enforcement agencies identified in paragraph (2)(a) to |
778 | use the network. |
779 | 3. In consultation with the Department of Law Enforcement |
780 | and the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of |
781 | Community Affairs, amend and enhance the statewide radio |
782 | communications system as necessary to implement the |
783 | interoperability network. |
784 | (b) The department State Technology Office, in |
785 | consultation with the Joint Task Force on State Agency Law |
786 | Enforcement Communications, and in conjunction with the |
787 | Department of Law Enforcement and the Division of Emergency |
788 | Management of the Department of Community Affairs, shall |
789 | establish policies, procedures, and standards to incorporate |
790 | into a comprehensive management plan for the use and operation |
791 | of the interoperability network. |
792 | Section 14. Section 282.111, Florida Statutes, is amended |
793 | to read: |
794 | 282.111 Statewide system of regional law enforcement |
795 | communications.-- |
796 | (1) It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature that a |
797 | statewide system of regional law enforcement communications be |
798 | developed whereby maximum efficiency in the use of existing |
799 | radio channels is achieved in order to deal more effectively |
800 | with the apprehension of criminals and the prevention of crime |
801 | generally. To this end, all law enforcement agencies within the |
802 | state are directed to provide the department State Technology |
803 | Office with any information the department office requests for |
804 | the purpose of implementing the provisions of subsection (2). |
805 | (2) The department State Technology Office is hereby |
806 | authorized and directed to develop and maintain a statewide |
807 | system of regional law enforcement communications. In |
808 | formulating such a system, the department office shall divide |
809 | the state into appropriate regions and shall develop a program |
810 | which shall include, but not be limited to, the following |
811 | provisions: |
812 | (a) The communications requirements for each county and |
813 | municipality comprising the region. |
814 | (b) An interagency communications provision which shall |
815 | depict the communication interfaces between municipal, county, |
816 | and state law enforcement entities which operate within the |
817 | region. |
818 | (c) Frequency allocation and use provision which shall |
819 | include, on an entity basis, each assigned and planned radio |
820 | channel and the type of operation, simplex, duplex, or half- |
821 | duplex, on each channel. |
822 | (3) The department office shall adopt any necessary rules |
823 | and regulations for implementing and coordinating the statewide |
824 | system of regional law enforcement communications. |
825 | (4) The secretary of the Department of Management Services |
826 | Chief Information Officer of the State Technology Office or his |
827 | or her designee is designated as the director of the statewide |
828 | system of regional law enforcement communications and, for the |
829 | purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section, is |
830 | authorized to coordinate the activities of the system with other |
831 | interested state agencies and local law enforcement agencies. |
832 | (5) No law enforcement communications system shall be |
833 | established or present system expanded without the prior |
834 | approval of the department State Technology Office. |
835 | (6) Within the limits of its capability, the Department of |
836 | Law Enforcement is encouraged to lend assistance to the |
837 | department State Technology Office in the development of the |
838 | statewide system of regional law enforcement communications |
839 | proposed by this section. |
840 | Section 15. Section 282.20, Florida Statutes, is amended |
841 | to read: |
842 | 282.20 Technology Resource Center.-- |
843 | (1)(a) The Department of Management Services State |
844 | Technology Office shall operate and manage the Technology |
845 | Resource Center. |
846 | (b) For the purposes of this section, the term: |
847 | 1. "Information-system utility" means a full-service |
848 | information-processing facility offering hardware, software, |
849 | operations, integration, networking, and consulting services. |
850 | 2. "Customer" means a state agency or other entity which |
851 | is authorized to utilize the SUNCOM Network pursuant to this |
852 | part. |
853 | (2) The Technology Resource Center shall: |
854 | (a) Serve the department office and other customers as an |
855 | information-system utility. |
856 | (b) Cooperate with customers to offer, develop, and |
857 | support a wide range of services and applications needed by |
858 | users of the Technology Resource Center. |
859 | (c) Cooperate with the Florida Legal Resource Center of |
860 | the Department of Legal Affairs and other state agencies to |
861 | develop and provide access to repositories of legal information |
862 | throughout the state. |
863 | (d) Cooperate with the department office to facilitate |
864 | interdepartmental networking and integration of network services |
865 | for its customers. |
866 | (e) Assist customers in testing and evaluating new and |
867 | emerging technologies that could be used to meet the needs of |
868 | the state. |
869 | (3) The department office may contract with customers to |
870 | provide any combination of services necessary for agencies to |
871 | fulfill their responsibilities and to serve their users. |
872 | (4) The Technology Resource Center may plan, design, |
873 | establish pilot projects for, and conduct experiments with |
874 | information technology resources, and may implement enhancements |
875 | in services when such implementation is cost-effective. Funding |
876 | for experiments and pilot projects shall be derived from service |
877 | revenues and may not exceed 5 percent of the service revenues |
878 | for the Technology Resource Center for any single fiscal year. |
879 | Any experiment, pilot project, plan, or design must be approved |
880 | by the secretary of the department Chief Information Officer. |
881 | (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.272, the |
882 | Technology Resource Center may spend funds in the reserve |
883 | account of the Technology Enterprise Operating Trust Fund for |
884 | enhancements to center operations or for information technology |
885 | resources. Any expenditure of reserve account funds must be |
886 | approved by the secretary of the department Chief Information |
887 | Officer. Any funds remaining in the reserve account at the end |
888 | of the fiscal year may be carried forward and spent as approved |
889 | by the secretary Chief Information Officer, provided that such |
890 | approval conforms to any applicable provisions of chapter 216. |
891 | Section 16. Section 282.21, Florida Statutes, is amended |
892 | to read: |
893 | 282.21 The State Technology Office's Electronic access |
894 | services of the department.--The department State Technology |
895 | Office may collect fees for providing remote electronic access |
896 | pursuant to s. 119.07(2). The fees may be imposed on individual |
897 | transactions or as a fixed subscription for a designated period |
898 | of time. All fees collected under this section shall be |
899 | deposited in the appropriate trust fund of the program or |
900 | activity that made the remote electronic access available. |
901 | Section 17. Section 282.22, Florida Statutes, is amended |
902 | to read: |
903 | 282.22 State Technology Office; Production, dissemination, |
904 | and ownership of materials and products.-- |
905 | (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that when |
906 | materials, products, information, and services are acquired or |
907 | developed by or under the direction of the department State |
908 | Technology Office, through research and development or other |
909 | efforts, including those subject to copyright, patent, or |
910 | trademark, they shall be made available for use by state and |
911 | local government entities at the earliest practicable date and |
912 | in the most economical and efficient manner possible and |
913 | consistent with chapter 119. |
914 | (2) To accomplish this objective the department office is |
915 | authorized to publish or partner with private sector entities to |
916 | produce or have produced materials and products and to make them |
917 | readily available for appropriate use. The department office is |
918 | authorized to charge an amount or receive value-added services |
919 | adequate to cover the essential cost of producing and |
920 | disseminating such materials, information, services, or products |
921 | and is authorized to sell services. |
922 | (3) In cases in which the materials or products are of |
923 | such nature, or the circumstances are such, that it is not |
924 | practicable or feasible for the department office to produce or |
925 | have produced materials and products so developed, it is |
926 | authorized, after review and approval by the Executive Office of |
927 | the Governor, to license, lease, assign, sell, or otherwise give |
928 | written consent to any person, firm, or corporation for the |
929 | manufacture or use thereof, on a royalty basis, or for such |
930 | other consideration as the department office shall deem proper |
931 | and in the best interest of the state; the department office is |
932 | authorized and directed to protect same against improper or |
933 | unlawful use or infringement and to enforce the collection of |
934 | any sums due for the manufacture or use thereof by any other |
935 | party. |
936 | (4) All proceeds from the sale of such materials and |
937 | products or other money collected pursuant to this section shall |
938 | be deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund of the |
939 | department office and, when properly budgeted as approved by the |
940 | Legislature and the Executive Office of the Governor, used to |
941 | pay the cost of producing and disseminating materials and |
942 | products to carry out the intent of this section. |
943 | Section 18. Section 282.23, Florida Statutes, is repealed. |
944 | Section 19. Section 282.3025, Florida Statutes, is created |
945 | to read: |
946 | 282.3025 State Technology Office; powers and duties.-- |
947 | (1) There is created a State Technology Office in the |
948 | Department of Management Services. The office shall be headed by |
949 | a State Chief Information Officer who is appointed by the |
950 | secretary of the department in consultation with the Executive |
951 | Office of the Governor. The Department of Management Services |
952 | shall provide administrative support and oversight of the |
953 | office. |
954 | (2) The office shall have the following powers, duties, |
955 | and functions: |
956 | (a) Develop enterprise information technology mission, |
957 | goals, and objectives consistent with the provisions of s. |
958 | 282.3032 and in consultation with the Agency Chief Information |
959 | Officers Council for publication in the State Annual Information |
960 | Technology Investment Portfolio Report. |
961 | (b) Develop plans for achievement of the enterprise |
962 | information technology mission, goals, and objectives. |
963 | (c) Develop enterprise information technology policies, |
964 | standards, guidelines, and procedures in consultation with the |
965 | Agency Chief Information Officers Council and the department for |
966 | enterprise architecture, disaster recovery, security, computing, |
967 | networks, and communications. |
968 | (d) Adopt, in consultation with the Agency Chief |
969 | Information Officers Council and the Technology Review |
970 | Workgroup, a project management methodology for use by the |
971 | agencies. |
972 | (e) Serve on agency information technology project |
973 | management teams for enterprise initiatives. |
974 | (f) Provide project management services for agency |
975 | information technology initiatives identified by the Legislature |
976 | as requiring such assistance. |
977 | (g) Review recommendations made by the Agency Chief |
978 | Information Officers Council for improving information |
979 | technology in agencies or the state and make recommendations to |
980 | the Governor and the Legislature for consideration during |
981 | legislative session. |
982 | (h) Develop, in consultation with the Agency Chief |
983 | Information Officers Council, a model for formation of an agency |
984 | information technology investment board, the associated |
985 | processes, and an information technology investment portfolio. |
986 | (i) Review each agency information technology investment |
987 | portfolio and make recommendations to the Governor and the |
988 | Legislature regarding opportunities consistent with ss. 282.005 |
989 | and 282.3032. |
990 | (j) Prepare the State Annual Information Technology |
991 | Investment Portfolio Report as defined in s. 282.310. |
992 | (k) Review the agency information technology issues |
993 | developed pursuant to s. 216.023 and make recommendations to the |
994 | Governor and the Legislature consistent with the provisions of |
995 | ss. 282.005 and 282.3032. |
996 | (l) Prepare, on behalf of the Executive Office of the |
997 | Governor, memoranda on recommended guidelines and best practices |
998 | for information technology, when requested. |
999 | Section 20. Section 282.3031, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1000 | to read: |
1001 | 282.3031 Assignment of information technology planning and |
1002 | resources management responsibilities.--For purposes of ss. |
1003 | 282.3032-282.322 282.303-282.322, to ensure the best management |
1004 | of state information technology resources, and notwithstanding |
1005 | other provisions of law to the contrary, the functions of |
1006 | information technology planning and resources management are |
1007 | assigned to the university boards of trustees for the |
1008 | development and implementation of planning, management, |
1009 | rulemaking, standards, and guidelines for the state |
1010 | universities; to the community college boards of trustees for |
1011 | establishing and developing rules for the community colleges; to |
1012 | the Supreme Court for the judicial branch; and to each state |
1013 | attorney and public defender; and to the State Technology Office |
1014 | for the agencies within the executive branch of state |
1015 | government. |
1016 | Section 21. Section 282.3032, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1017 | to read: |
1018 | 282.3032 Development and implementation of information |
1019 | technology systems; guiding principles.--To ensure the best |
1020 | management of the state's information technology resources, the |
1021 | following guiding principles are adopted: |
1022 | (1) Information technology Enterprise resource planning |
1023 | and management by state governmental entities is a prerequisite |
1024 | for the effective development and implementation of information |
1025 | systems to enable sharing of data and cost-effective and |
1026 | efficient services to individuals. |
1027 | (2) The Enterprise resource planning process, as well as |
1028 | coordination and of development efforts, should include all |
1029 | principals from agencies impacted by the development from the |
1030 | outset. |
1031 | (3) State governmental entities should be committed to |
1032 | maximizing information sharing and participate in enterprise- |
1033 | wide efforts when appropriate. |
1034 | (4) State governmental entities should maximize public |
1035 | access to data, while complying with legitimate security, |
1036 | privacy, and confidentiality requirements. |
1037 | (5) State governmental entities should strive for an |
1038 | integrated electronic system for providing individuals with |
1039 | agency services and information to the extent possible. |
1040 | (6) To the extent that state government entities charge |
1041 | each other for data, this practice, insofar as possible, should |
1042 | be eliminated. Further, when the capture of data for mutual |
1043 | benefit can be accomplished, the costs for the development, |
1044 | capture, and network for access to that data should be shared. |
1045 | (7) The redundant capture, storage, and dissemination of |
1046 | data should, insofar as possible, be eliminated. |
1047 | (8) Only data that are auditable, or that otherwise can be |
1048 | determined to be accurate, valid, and reliable, should be |
1049 | maintained. |
1050 | (9) Methods of sharing data among different protocols |
1051 | should be developed without requiring major redesign or |
1052 | replacement of individual systems. |
1053 | (10) Integration of systems and data elements should be |
1054 | supported and achieved by establishing policies, standards, |
1055 | guidelines, and procedures definitions, formats, and integrated |
1056 | electronic systems, when possible. |
1057 | Section 22. Section 282.3055, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1058 | to read: |
1059 | 282.3055 Agency chief information officer; appointment; |
1060 | duties.-- |
1061 | (1)(a) To assist the agency head State Technology Officer |
1062 | in carrying out information technology the enterprise resource |
1063 | planning and management responsibilities, the agency head Chief |
1064 | Information Officer may appoint or contract for an agency chief |
1065 | information officer. This position may be full time or part |
1066 | time. |
1067 | (b) The agency chief information officer must, at a |
1068 | minimum, have knowledge and experience in both management and |
1069 | information technology resources. |
1070 | (2) The duties of the agency chief information officer |
1071 | include, but are not limited to: |
1072 | (a) Coordinating and facilitating agency information |
1073 | technology enterprise resource planning and management projects |
1074 | and initiatives. |
1075 | (b) Preparing the an agency annual information technology |
1076 | investment portfolio report on enterprise resource planning and |
1077 | management pursuant to s. 282.3063. |
1078 | (c) Developing and implementing agency information |
1079 | technology enterprise resource planning and management policies, |
1080 | procedures, guidelines, and standards, including specific |
1081 | policies and procedures for review and approval of the agency's |
1082 | purchases of information technology resources in accordance with |
1083 | the office's policies and procedures. |
1084 | (d) Advising agency senior management as to the |
1085 | information technology enterprise resource planning and |
1086 | management and the information technology infrastructure needs |
1087 | of the agency for inclusion in planning documents required by |
1088 | law. |
1089 | (e) Staffing and supporting an agency information |
1090 | technology investment board. |
1091 | (f)(e) Assisting in the development and prioritization of |
1092 | the information technology enterprise resource planning and |
1093 | management schedule of the agency's legislative budget request. |
1094 | Section 23. Section 282.3063, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1095 | to read: |
1096 | 282.3063 Agency Annual Information Technology Investment |
1097 | Portfolio Enterprise Resource Planning and Management Report.-- |
1098 | (1) By September 1 of each year, each agency chief |
1099 | information officer shall prepare and submit to the State |
1100 | Technology Office an Agency Annual Information Technology |
1101 | Investment Portfolio Enterprise Resource Planning and Management |
1102 | Report. Following consultation with the State Technology Office |
1103 | and the agency chief information officers Council, The Executive |
1104 | Office of the Governor and the fiscal committees of the |
1105 | Legislature shall jointly develop and issue instructions for the |
1106 | format and contents of the report. |
1107 | (2) The Agency Annual Information Technology Investment |
1108 | Portfolio Enterprise Resource Planning and Management Report |
1109 | shall contain, at a minimum, the following: |
1110 | (a) A forecast of information technology projects and |
1111 | their cost and priority enterprise resource planning and |
1112 | management priorities and initiatives for the ensuing 2 years. |
1113 | (b) A description of the current information technology |
1114 | enterprise resource planning and management infrastructure of |
1115 | the agency and planned changes for the ensuing 2 years. |
1116 | (c) A status report on the major information technology |
1117 | enterprise resource planning and management projects of the |
1118 | agency. |
1119 | (d) An assessment of the progress made toward implementing |
1120 | enterprise information technology policies, standards, |
1121 | guidelines, and procedures the prior fiscal year legislative |
1122 | appropriation to the agency for enterprise resource planning and |
1123 | management. |
1124 | (e) The estimated value of the information technology |
1125 | investment portfolio expenditures by the agency for enterprise |
1126 | resource planning and management for the prior fiscal year. |
1127 | (f) An inventory list, by major categories, of the agency |
1128 | information technology resources, which specifically identifies |
1129 | the resources acquired during the previous fiscal year. |
1130 | (f)(g) An assessment of opportunities for the agency to |
1131 | fulfill the guidelines in s. 282.3032 share enterprise resource |
1132 | planning and management projects or initiatives with other |
1133 | governmental or private entities. |
1134 | (h) A list of enterprise resource planning and management |
1135 | issues the agency has identified as statewide issues. |
1136 | Section 24. Section 282.310, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1137 | to read: |
1138 | 282.310 State Annual Information Technology Investment |
1139 | Portfolio Report on Enterprise Resource Planning and |
1140 | Management.-- |
1141 | (1) By February 15 of each year, the State Technology |
1142 | Office shall develop a State Annual Information Technology |
1143 | Investment Portfolio Report on Enterprise Resource Planning and |
1144 | Management. |
1145 | (2) The State Annual Information Technology Investment |
1146 | Portfolio Report on Enterprise Resource Planning and Management |
1147 | shall contain, at a minimum, the following: |
1148 | (a) The state vision for enterprise information technology |
1149 | resource planning and management. |
1150 | (b) A forecast of the state information technology |
1151 | projects, their cost, and priority enterprise resource planning |
1152 | and management priorities and initiatives for the ensuing 2 |
1153 | years. |
1154 | (c) A summary of major statewide policies recommended by |
1155 | the State Technology Office for enterprise information |
1156 | technology resource planning and management. |
1157 | (d) A summary of memoranda issued by the Executive Office |
1158 | of the Governor. |
1159 | (e) An assessment of the overall progress toward an |
1160 | integrated electronic system for deploying government products, |
1161 | services, and information to individuals and businesses and |
1162 | state enterprise information technology resource planning and |
1163 | management initiatives and priorities for the past fiscal year. |
1164 | (f) A summary of major statewide issues related to |
1165 | improving enterprise information technology resource planning |
1166 | and management by the state. |
1167 | (g) An inventory list, by major categories, of state |
1168 | information technology resources. |
1169 | (g)(h) A summary of the total agency expenditures or |
1170 | descriptions of agreements, contracts, or partnerships for |
1171 | enterprise information technology resource planning and |
1172 | management and of enterprise-wide procurements done by the |
1173 | office on behalf of the state. |
1174 | (h)(i) A summary of the opportunities for government |
1175 | agencies or entities to fulfill the guidelines provided in s. |
1176 | 282.3032 share enterprise resource planning and management |
1177 | projects or initiatives with other governmental or private |
1178 | sector entities. |
1179 |
|
1180 | The state annual report shall also include enterprise resource |
1181 | planning and management information from the annual reports |
1182 | prepared by the state universities and the community colleges, |
1183 | from the Supreme Court for the judicial branch, and from the |
1184 | Justice Administrative Commission on behalf of the state |
1185 | attorneys and public defenders. Expenditure information shall be |
1186 | taken from each agency's annual report as well as the annual |
1187 | reports of the state universities and the community colleges, |
1188 | the Supreme Court, and the Justice Administrative Commission. |
1189 | (3) The state annual report shall be made available in |
1190 | writing or through electronic means to the Executive Office of |
1191 | the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the |
1192 | House of Representatives, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme |
1193 | Court. |
1194 | Section 25. Section 282.315, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1195 | to read: |
1196 | 282.315 Agency Chief Information Officers Council; |
1197 | creation.--The Legislature finds that enhancing communication, |
1198 | consensus building, coordination, and facilitation of statewide |
1199 | enterprise information technology resource planning and |
1200 | management issues is essential to improving state management of |
1201 | such resources. |
1202 | (1) There is created an Agency Chief Information Officers |
1203 | Council to: |
1204 | (a) Enhance communication among the agency chief |
1205 | information officers and the State Technology Office by sharing |
1206 | enterprise resource planning and management experiences and |
1207 | exchanging ideas. |
1208 | (b) Identify and recommend Facilitate the sharing of best |
1209 | practices that are characteristic of highly successful |
1210 | technology organizations, as well as exemplary information |
1211 | technology applications of state agencies, and assist the State |
1212 | Technology Office in the development of policies, standards, |
1213 | guidelines, and procedures for use by all state agencies. |
1214 | (c) Identify efficiency opportunities among state agencies |
1215 | to fulfill the guidelines in s. 282.3032 and make |
1216 | recommendations for action to the State Technology Office. |
1217 | (d) Serve as an educational forum for enterprise |
1218 | information technology resource planning and management issues. |
1219 | (e) Identify Assist the State Technology Office in |
1220 | identifying critical statewide issues and, when appropriate, |
1221 | make recommendations to the State Technology Office for solving |
1222 | enterprise information technology resource planning and |
1223 | management deficiencies. |
1224 | (2) Members of the council shall include the agency chief |
1225 | information officers, including the chief information officers |
1226 | of the agencies and governmental entities enumerated in s. |
1227 | 282.3031, except that there shall be one chief information |
1228 | officer selected by the state attorneys and one chief |
1229 | information officer selected by the public defenders. The |
1230 | chairs, or their designees, of the Florida Financial Management |
1231 | Information System Coordinating Council, the Criminal and |
1232 | Juvenile Justice Information Systems Council, and the Health |
1233 | Information Systems Council shall represent their respective |
1234 | organizations on the Agency Chief Information Officers Council |
1235 | as voting members. The council shall appoint a chair, a vice |
1236 | chair, and a secretary from its members to serve a 1-year term |
1237 | each. The council shall establish procedures to govern council |
1238 | business. |
1239 | (3) The State Technology Office shall provide |
1240 | administrative support to the council. |
1241 | Section 26. Section 282.318, Florida Statutes, is amended |
1242 | to read: |
1243 | 282.318 Security of data and information technology |
1244 | resources.-- |
1245 | (1) This section may be cited as the "Security of Data and |
1246 | Information Technology Infrastructure Resources Act." |
1247 | (2)(a) The State Technology Office, in consultation with |
1248 | Each agency head, is responsible and accountable for assuring an |
1249 | adequate level of security for all data and information |
1250 | technology infrastructure resources of each agency and, to carry |
1251 | out this responsibility, shall, at a minimum: |
1252 | 1. Designate an information security manager who shall |
1253 | administer the security program of each agency for its data and |
1254 | information technology resources. |
1255 | 2. Conduct, and periodically update, a comprehensive risk |
1256 | analysis to determine the security threats to the data and |
1257 | information technology infrastructure resources of each agency. |
1258 | The risk analysis information is confidential and exempt from |
1259 | the provisions of s. 119.07(1), except that such information |
1260 | shall be available to the Auditor General in performing his or |
1261 | her postauditing duties. |
1262 | 3. Develop, and periodically update, written internal |
1263 | policies and procedures to assure the security of the data and |
1264 | information technology infrastructure resources of each agency. |
1265 | The internal policies and procedures which, if disclosed, could |
1266 | facilitate the unauthorized modification, disclosure, or |
1267 | destruction of data or information technology infrastructure |
1268 | resources are confidential information and exempt from the |
1269 | provisions of s. 119.07(1), except that such information shall |
1270 | be available to the Auditor General in performing his or her |
1271 | postauditing duties. |
1272 | 4. Implement appropriate cost-effective safeguards to |
1273 | reduce, eliminate, or recover from the identified risks to the |
1274 | data and information technology infrastructure resources of each |
1275 | agency. |
1276 | 5. Ensure that periodic internal audits and evaluations of |
1277 | each security program for the data and information technology |
1278 | infrastructure resources of the agency are conducted. The |
1279 | results of such internal audits and evaluations are confidential |
1280 | information and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1), |
1281 | except that such information shall be available to the Auditor |
1282 | General in performing his or her postauditing duties. |
1283 | 6. Include appropriate security requirements, as |
1284 | determined by the Department of Management Services State |
1285 | Technology Office, in consultation with each agency head, in the |
1286 | written specifications for the solicitation of information |
1287 | technology resources. |
1288 | (b) In those instances in which the department State |
1289 | Technology Office develops state contracts for use by state |
1290 | agencies, the department office shall include appropriate |
1291 | security requirements in the specifications for the solicitation |
1292 | for state contracts for procuring information technology |
1293 | infrastructure resources. |
1294 | Section 27. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3), subsections |
1295 | (4), (5), (7), (9), (10), and (12), and paragraph (a) of |
1296 | subsection (13) of section 365.171, Florida Statutes, are |
1297 | amended to read: |
1298 | 365.171 Emergency telephone number "911."-- |
1299 | (3) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section: |
1300 | (a) "Department Office" means the Department of Management |
1301 | Services State Technology Office. |
1302 | (4) STATE PLAN.--The department office shall develop a |
1303 | statewide emergency telephone number "911" system plan. The plan |
1304 | shall provide for: |
1305 | (a) The establishment of the public agency emergency |
1306 | telephone communications requirements for each entity of local |
1307 | government in the state. |
1308 | (b) A system to meet specific local government |
1309 | requirements. Such system shall include law enforcement, |
1310 | firefighting, and emergency medical services and may include |
1311 | other emergency services such as poison control, suicide |
1312 | prevention, and emergency management services. |
1313 | (c) Identification of the mutual aid agreements necessary |
1314 | to obtain an effective "911" system. |
1315 | (d) A funding provision which shall identify the cost |
1316 | necessary to implement the "911" system. |
1317 | (e) A firm implementation schedule which shall include the |
1318 | installation of the "911" system in a local community within 24 |
1319 | months after the designated agency of the local government gives |
1320 | a firm order to the telephone utility for a "911" system. |
1321 |
|
1322 | The department office shall be responsible for the |
1323 | implementation and coordination of such plan. The department |
1324 | office shall adopt any necessary rules and schedules related to |
1325 | public agencies for implementing and coordinating such plan, |
1326 | pursuant to chapter 120. The public agency designated in the |
1327 | plan shall order such system within 6 months after publication |
1328 | date of the plan if the public agency is in receipt of funds |
1329 | appropriated by the Legislature for the implementation and |
1330 | maintenance of the "911" system. Any jurisdiction which has |
1331 | utilized local funding as of July 1, 1976, to begin the |
1332 | implementation of the state plan as set forth in this section |
1333 | shall be eligible for at least a partial reimbursement of its |
1334 | direct cost when, and if, state funds are available for such |
1335 | reimbursement. |
1336 | (5) SYSTEM DIRECTOR.--The secretary director of the |
1337 | department office or his or her designee is designated as the |
1338 | director of the statewide emergency telephone number "911" |
1339 | system and, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of |
1340 | this section, is authorized to coordinate the activities of the |
1341 | system with state, county, local, and private agencies. The |
1342 | secretary director is authorized to employ not less than five |
1343 | persons, three of whom will be at the professional level, one at |
1344 | the secretarial level, and one to fill a fiscal position, for |
1345 | the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section. The |
1346 | secretary director in implementing the system shall consult, |
1347 | cooperate, and coordinate with local law enforcement agencies. |
1348 | (7) TELEPHONE INDUSTRY COORDINATION.--The department |
1349 | office shall coordinate with the Florida Public Service |
1350 | Commission which shall encourage the Florida telephone industry |
1351 | to activate facility modification plans for a timely "911" |
1352 | implementation. |
1353 | (9) SYSTEM APPROVAL.--No emergency telephone number "911" |
1354 | system shall be established and no present system shall be |
1355 | expanded without prior approval of the department office. |
1356 | (10) COMPLIANCE.--All public agencies shall assist the |
1357 | department office in their efforts to carry out the intent of |
1358 | this section, and such agencies shall comply with the developed |
1359 | plan. |
1360 | (12) FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.--The secretary of the department |
1361 | office or his or her designee may apply for and accept federal |
1362 | funding assistance in the development and implementation of a |
1363 | statewide emergency telephone number "911" system. |
1364 | (13) "911" FEE.-- |
1365 | (a) Following approval by referendum as set forth in |
1366 | paragraph (b), or following approval by a majority vote of its |
1367 | board of county commissioners, a county may impose a "911" fee |
1368 | to be paid by the local exchange subscribers within its |
1369 | boundaries served by the "911" service. Proceeds from the "911" |
1370 | fee shall be used only for "911" expenditures as set forth in |
1371 | subparagraph 6. The manner of imposing and collecting said |
1372 | payment shall be as follows: |
1373 | 1. At the request of the county subscribing to "911" |
1374 | service, the telephone company shall, insofar as is practicable, |
1375 | bill the "911" fee to the local exchange subscribers served by |
1376 | the "911" service, on an individual access line basis, at a rate |
1377 | not to exceed 50 cents per month per line (up to a maximum of 25 |
1378 | access lines per account bill rendered). However, the fee may |
1379 | not be assessed on any pay telephone in this state. A county |
1380 | collecting the fee for the first time may collect the fee for no |
1381 | longer than 36 months without initiating the acquisition of its |
1382 | "911" equipment. |
1383 | 2. Fees collected by the telephone company pursuant to |
1384 | subparagraph 1. shall be returned to the county, less the costs |
1385 | of administration retained pursuant to paragraph (c). The county |
1386 | shall provide a minimum of 90 days' written notice to the |
1387 | telephone company prior to the collection of any "911" fees. |
1388 | 3. Any county that currently has an operational "911" |
1389 | system or that is actively pursuing the implementation of a |
1390 | "911" system shall establish a fund to be used exclusively for |
1391 | receipt and expenditure of "911" fee revenues collected pursuant |
1392 | to this section. All fees placed in said fund, and any interest |
1393 | accrued thereupon, shall be used solely for "911" costs |
1394 | described in subparagraph 6. The money collected and interest |
1395 | earned in this fund shall be appropriated for "911" purposes by |
1396 | the county commissioners and incorporated into the annual county |
1397 | budget. Such fund shall be included within the financial audit |
1398 | performed in accordance with s. 218.39. A report of the audit |
1399 | shall be forwarded to the department office within 60 days of |
1400 | its completion. A county may carry forward on an annual basis |
1401 | unspent moneys in the fund for expenditures allowed by this |
1402 | section, or it may reduce its fee. However, in no event shall a |
1403 | county carry forward more than 10 percent of the "911" fee |
1404 | billed for the prior year. The amount of moneys carried forward |
1405 | each year may be accumulated in order to allow for capital |
1406 | improvements described in this subsection. The carryover shall |
1407 | be documented by resolution of the board of county commissioners |
1408 | expressing the purpose of the carryover or by an adopted capital |
1409 | improvement program identifying projected expansion or |
1410 | replacement expenditures for "911" equipment and service |
1411 | features, or both. In no event shall the "911" fee carryover |
1412 | surplus moneys be used for any purpose other than for the "911" |
1413 | equipment, service features, and installation charges authorized |
1414 | in subparagraph 6. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a |
1415 | county from using other sources of revenue for improvements, |
1416 | replacements, or expansions of its "911" system. A county may |
1417 | increase its fee for purposes authorized in this section. |
1418 | However, in no case shall the fee exceed 50 cents per month per |
1419 | line. All current "911" fees shall be reported to the department |
1420 | office within 30 days of the start of each county's fiscal |
1421 | period. Any fee adjustment made by a county shall be reported to |
1422 | the department office. A county shall give the telephone company |
1423 | a 90-day written notice of such fee adjustment. |
1424 | 4. The telephone company shall have no obligation to take |
1425 | any legal action to enforce collection of the "911" fee. The |
1426 | telephone company shall provide quarterly to the county a list |
1427 | of the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of any and all |
1428 | subscribers who have identified to the telephone company their |
1429 | refusal to pay the "911" fee. |
1430 | 5. The county subscribing to "911" service shall remain |
1431 | liable to the telephone company for any "911" service, |
1432 | equipment, operation, or maintenance charge owed by the county |
1433 | to the telephone company. |
1434 |
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1435 | As used in this paragraph, "telephone company" means an exchange |
1436 | telephone service provider of "911" service or equipment to any |
1437 | county within its certificated area. |
1438 | 6. It is the intent of the Legislature that the "911" fee |
1439 | authorized by this section to be imposed by counties will not |
1440 | necessarily provide the total funding required for establishing |
1441 | or providing the "911" service. For purposes of this section, |
1442 | "911" service includes the functions of database management, |
1443 | call taking, location verification, and call transfer. The |
1444 | following costs directly attributable to the establishment |
1445 | and/or provision of "911" service are eligible for expenditure |
1446 | of moneys derived from imposition of the "911" fee authorized by |
1447 | this section: the acquisition, implementation, and maintenance |
1448 | of Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) equipment and "911" |
1449 | service features, as defined in the Florida Public Service |
1450 | Commission's lawfully approved "911" and related tariffs and/or |
1451 | the acquisition, installation, and maintenance of other "911" |
1452 | equipment, including call answering equipment, call transfer |
1453 | equipment, ANI controllers, ALI controllers, ANI displays, ALI |
1454 | displays, station instruments, "911" telecommunications systems, |
1455 | teleprinters, logging recorders, instant playback recorders, |
1456 | telephone devices for the deaf (TDD) used in the "911" system, |
1457 | PSAP backup power systems, consoles, automatic call |
1458 | distributors, and interfaces (hardware and software) for |
1459 | computer-aided dispatch (CAD) systems; salary and associated |
1460 | expenses for "911" call takers for that portion of their time |
1461 | spent taking and transferring "911" calls; salary and associated |
1462 | expenses for a county to employ a full-time equivalent "911" |
1463 | coordinator position and a full-time equivalent staff assistant |
1464 | position per county for the portion of their time spent |
1465 | administrating the "911" system; training costs for PSAP call |
1466 | takers in the proper methods and techniques used in taking and |
1467 | transferring "911" calls; expenses required to develop and |
1468 | maintain all information (ALI and ANI databases and other |
1469 | information source repositories) necessary to properly inform |
1470 | call takers as to location address, type of emergency, and other |
1471 | information directly relevant to the "911" call-taking and |
1472 | transferring function; and, in a county defined in s. |
1473 | 125.011(1), such expenses related to a nonemergency "311" |
1474 | system, or similar nonemergency system, which improves the |
1475 | overall efficiency of an existing "911" system or reduces "911" |
1476 | emergency response time for a 2-year pilot project that ends |
1477 | June 30, 2003. However, no wireless telephone service provider |
1478 | shall be required to participate in this pilot project or to |
1479 | otherwise implement a nonemergency "311" system or similar |
1480 | nonemergency system. The "911" fee revenues shall not be used to |
1481 | pay for any item not listed, including, but not limited to, any |
1482 | capital or operational costs for emergency responses which occur |
1483 | after the call transfer to the responding public safety entity |
1484 | and the costs for constructing buildings, leasing buildings, |
1485 | maintaining buildings, or renovating buildings, except for those |
1486 | building modifications necessary to maintain the security and |
1487 | environmental integrity of the PSAP and "911" equipment rooms. |
1488 | 7. It is the goal of the Legislature that enhanced "911" |
1489 | service be available throughout the state. Expenditure by |
1490 | counties of the "911" fees authorized by this section should |
1491 | support this goal to the greatest extent feasible within the |
1492 | context of local service needs and fiscal capability. Nothing in |
1493 | this section shall be construed to prohibit two or more counties |
1494 | from establishing a combined emergency "911" telephone service |
1495 | by interlocal agreement and utilizing the "911" fees authorized |
1496 | by this section for such combined "911" service. |
1497 |
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1498 | As used in this paragraph, "telephone company" means an exchange |
1499 | telephone service provider of "911" service or equipment to any |
1500 | county within its certificated area. |
1501 | Section 28. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2), paragraph (f) |
1502 | of subsection (3), subsection (4), paragraph (a) of subsection |
1503 | (5), and paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (6) of section |
1504 | 365.172, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
1505 | 365.172 Wireless emergency telephone number "E911."-- |
1506 | (2) FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--The |
1507 | Legislature finds and declares that: |
1508 | (d) The revenues generated by the E911 fee imposed under |
1509 | this section are required to fund the efforts of the counties, |
1510 | the Wireless 911 Board under the Department of Management |
1511 | Services State Technology Office, and commercial mobile radio |
1512 | service providers to improve the public health, safety, and |
1513 | welfare and serve a public purpose by providing emergency |
1514 | telephone assistance through wireless communications. |
1515 | (3) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section and ss. 365.173 |
1516 | and 365.174, the term: |
1517 | (f) "Department Office" means the Department of Management |
1518 | Services State Technology Office. |
1519 | (4) POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OFFICE.--The |
1520 | department office shall oversee the administration of the fee |
1521 | imposed on subscribers of statewide E911 service under |
1522 | subsection (8). |
1523 | (5) THE WIRELESS 911 BOARD.-- |
1524 | (a) The Wireless 911 Board is established to administer, |
1525 | with oversight by the department office, the fee imposed under |
1526 | subsection (8), including receiving revenues derived from the |
1527 | fee; distributing portions of such revenues to providers, |
1528 | counties, and the department office; accounting for receipts, |
1529 | distributions, and income derived by the funds maintained in the |
1530 | fund; and providing annual reports to the Governor and the |
1531 | Legislature for submission by the department office on amounts |
1532 | collected and expended, the purposes for which expenditures have |
1533 | been made, and the status of wireless E911 service in this |
1534 | state. In order to advise and assist the department office in |
1535 | carrying out the purposes of this section, the board, which |
1536 | shall have the power of a body corporate, shall have the powers |
1537 | enumerated in subsection (6). |
1538 | (6) AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD; ANNUAL REPORT.-- |
1539 | (c) By February 28 of each year, the board shall prepare a |
1540 | report for submission by the department office to the Governor, |
1541 | the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of |
1542 | Representatives which reflects, for the immediately preceding |
1543 | calendar year, the quarterly and annual receipts and |
1544 | disbursements of moneys in the fund, the purposes for which |
1545 | disbursements of moneys from the fund have been made, and the |
1546 | availability and status of implementation of E911 service in |
1547 | this state. |
1548 | (d) By February 28, 2001, the board shall undertake and |
1549 | complete a study for submission by the department office to the |
1550 | Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the |
1551 | House of Representatives which addresses: |
1552 | 1. The total amount of E911 fee revenues collected by each |
1553 | provider, the total amount of expenses incurred by each provider |
1554 | to comply with the order, and the amount of moneys on deposit in |
1555 | the fund, all as of December 1, 2000. |
1556 | 2. Whether the amount of the E911 fee and the allocation |
1557 | percentages set forth in s. 365.173 should be adjusted to comply |
1558 | with the requirements of the order, and, if so, a recommended |
1559 | adjustment to the E911 fee. |
1560 | 3. Any other issues related to providing wireless E911 |
1561 | services. |
1562 | Section 29. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |