§1520. Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund
1.Fund established. The Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund, referred to in this section as the "fund," is established as an internal
service fund in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Information Technology, referred to in
this section as the "office," for the purposes of managing the fund and acquiring, expanding, upgrading and replacing a statewide
radio and network system for use by state agencies. The office may charge a fee to agencies using the statewide radio and network system in accordance with an established rate structure.
Revenues derived from operations must be used to pay the costs of the lease-purchase to acquire a system, expand, upgrade
and replace the system, and to manage the fund.
A. The office shall work closely with all departments and agencies to identify radio and network requirements for the statewide
system to ensure that agency program requirements are met to the maximum extent possible. The office shall:
(1) Ensure that the annual costs of the lease or lease-purchase are paid in a timely manner and that the financial affairs
of the fund are properly managed;
(2) Maintain records of radio and network system requirements for all agencies using the system and make this information
available to state agencies;
(3) Require state agencies to become part of the statewide radio and network system when replacing their current systems
or purchasing new systems;
(4) Acquire, expand, upgrade or replace the statewide radio and network system in accordance with an established replacement
plan; and
(5) Transfer radio equipment and network infrastructure into the fund from agencies using the system, purchase, lease, lease-purchase
or enter into other financing agreements, in accordance with section 1587, for the acquisition, expansion, upgrade or replacement
of the system or any of its components in accordance with paragraph B when it can be demonstrated that any such action or
agreement provides a clear cost or program advantage to the State. [2005, c. 12, Pt. SS, §4 (AMD).]
B. The Chief Information Officer, in conjunction with the agencies using the statewide radio and network system, operating as
a board that may be referred to as "the Statewide Radio Network Board," shall establish the following:
(1) Standards for statewide radio and network system operations;
(2) Specifications for systems and components to be acquired by the State; and
(3) Standards for the exemption or waiver of state agencies from the requirements of this section.
By January 15, 2002, standards must be developed for statewide radio and network system usage by all state agencies not exempted
under subparagraph (3). [2005, c. 634, §3 (AMD).]
C. The office shall establish, through the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of the State Controller,
the Statewide Radio and Network System Reserve Fund account. The funds deposited in the account may include, but are not
limited to, appropriations made to the account, funds transferred to the account from within the Department of Administrative
and Financial Services, funds received from state departments and agencies using the services provided by the office, earnings
by the fund from the Treasurer of State's pool and proceeds from the sale of system assets under the administrative control
of the fund by the state surplus property program in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General
Services in accordance with paragraph B and other provisions of law. [2005, c. 12, Pt. SS, §4 (AMD).]
D. The fund may levy charges according to a rate schedule recommended by the Chief Information Officer and approved by the Commissioner
of Administrative and Financial Services against all departments and agencies using the services of the statewide radio and
network system. [2005, c. 12, Pt. SS, §4 (AMD).]
E. Service charges for the statewide radio and network system must be calculated to provide for system acquisition costs, expansion
costs, upgrade costs, necessary capital investment and fund management costs, replacement costs and sufficient working capital
for the fund. [2001, c. 439, Pt. U, §1 (NEW).]
F. Each department or agency using the services of the statewide radio and network system must budget adequate funds to pay for
costs described in paragraph E. [2001, c. 439, Pt. U, §1 (NEW).]
[
2007, c. 240, Pt. PP, §1 (AMD)
.]
SECTION HISTORY
2001, c. 439, §U1 (NEW).
RR 2003, c. 2, §2 (COR).
2005, c. 12, §SS4 (AMD).
2005, c. 634, §3 (AMD).
2007, c. 240, Pt. PP, §1 (AMD).
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