HB 1619-1_ Filed 02/17/2009, 13:34
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COMMITTEE REPORT
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MR. SPEAKER:
Your Committee on Commerce, Energy, Technology and Utilities , to which was
referred House Bill 1619 , has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report
the same back to the House with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
Delete the title and insert the following:
A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning public safety.
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"SECTION 1. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) As used in this
SECTION, "emergency override" means the interruption of video
programming simultaneously on all analog or digital downstream
channels with an audio and visual message created to alert the
franchise holder's subscribers of an emergency or a disaster.
(b) As used in this SECTION, "franchise holder" refers to a
holder of:
(1) a certificate of franchise authority issued by the Indiana
utility regulatory commission under IC 8-1-34-17; or
(2) a local franchise (as defined in IC 8-1-34-8) that is in effect
on April 29, 2009.
(c) Not later than November 1, 2009, the planning and
assessment division of the department of homeland security shall
recommend to the general assembly a system that allows units to
provide:
(1) audio and visual emergency information; and
(2) instructions to the franchise holder's subscribers within
the unit's jurisdiction;
during a local emergency or a local disaster through an emergency
override. The division shall submit its recommendations in a report
to the legislative council in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(d) The division shall consult with associations and groups
representing the following while developing its recommendations
under subsection (c):
(1) County emergency management agencies.
(2) Public safety access points (PSAPs).
(3) Franchise holders.
(4) Broadcasters located in Indiana.
(5) Counties.
(6) Cities and towns.
(e) This SECTION expires January 1, 2010.".
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Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
(Reference is to HB 1619 as introduced.)
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
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AM161902/DI 75 2009