SB-0293,As Passed House,Jun 4, 2003

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 293

                                                                             A bill to amend 1929 PA 152, entitled                                             

"An act to provide for the state-owned and operated Michigan                

public safety communications system for police and public safety            

purposes; to provide for acquisition, construction,                         

implementation, operation, and maintenance of the property and              

equipment necessary to operate the system; and to prescribe the             

powers and duties of certain state agencies and officials,"                 

by amending section 3 (MCL 28.283), as amended by 1996 PA 538.              

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 3.  (1) The department of state police shall broadcast                 

2   all police dispatches and reports which have a reasonable                   

3   relation to or connection with the apprehension of criminals, the           

4   prevention of crime, or the maintenance of peace, order, and                

5   public safety in this state.                                                

6       (2)  The Subject to subsections (5) and (7), the director of               

7   the department of state police  may authorize shall allow any              

8   local governmental public safety agency to utilize the Michigan             

9   public safety communications system including attaching public              

Senate Bill No. 293 (H-1) as amended June 4, 2003

1   safety communications equipment to towers constructed under this            

2   act.  The director of the department of state police may                    

3   authorize any other governmental public safety agency to utilize            

4   the Michigan public safety communications system including                  

5   attaching public safety communications equipment to towers                  

6   constructed under this act. [Local governmental public safety agency

equipment placed on towers constructed under this act must be interoperable with the Michigan public safety communications system.]

7       (3) All costs associated with installing and maintaining                    

8   local governmental public safety agency equipment are the                   

9   responsibility of the local governmental public safety agency               

10  requesting permission.  Any damage from natural causes to the               

11  equipment installed by a local governmental public safety agency            

12  is the responsibility of that public safety agency.                         

13      (4) The director shall furnish to the local governmental                    

14  public safety agency requesting permission to attach equipment to           

15  a tower documentation necessary to perform structural, wind load,           

16  and radio frequency analysis of the tower.  The local                       

17  governmental public safety agency shall at its expense conduct a            

18  structural analysis and wind load analysis of the tower that                

19  includes any existing and proposed loads of antennas, cabling,              

20  and appurtenances, and shall perform a radio frequency                      

21  interference analysis of the local governmental public safety               

22  agency's proposed equipment with all other equipment on the tower           

23  on the date of the request for permission.                                  

24      (5) The director may deny permission to install or attach                   

25  local governmental public safety equipment to a tower constructed           

26  under this act only if the structural, wind load, or radio                  

27  frequency interference analysis determines that the installation            

Senate Bill No. 293 (H-1) as amended June 4, 2003

1   or attachment will structurally impair the tower or harmfully               

2   interfere with the operation of the Michigan public safety                  

3   communications system.                                                      

4       (6) For purposes of this section, local governmental public                 

5   safety agency includes a Michigan Indian tribal police force that           

6   is part of an Indian tribe that has a valid gaming compact with             

7   the state of Michigan and is paying the state of Michigan 8% of             

8   its gross gaming proceeds.                                                  

9       (7) The director may rescind the permission to install or                   

10  attach equipment to a tower if the equipment of a local                     

11  governmental public safety agency impedes funded upgrades to the            

12  Michigan public safety communications system.  The determination            

13  regarding impediments to future funded upgrades shall be limited            

14  to structural, wind load, and radio frequency analysis only.  [ 

15 

16                                                   ]  Should the              

17  [determination] indicate that local governmental public safety equipment    

18  that has been placed on a tower under this act requires removal             

19  or relocation, the department shall notify the local governmental           

20  public safety agency in writing and provide a copy of the                   

21  [determination] to that local governmental public safety agency.  The       

22  department shall allow the local governmental public safety                 

23  agency sufficient time, not to exceed 1 calendar year from the              

24  date of written notification, to relocate or remove the                     

25  equipment.