Senate Bill 79 – Emergency Communications System

The rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Safety and Homeland Security shall not require any building to be certified for 95% in-building coverage until all 800 MHz communications towers within a county, under the Next Generation 800 MHz Project in effect at the time this Section is enacted, are fully operational.  If a building otherwise subject to the provisions of this Section is temporarily exempt from certification under this Section due to unfinished towers in a county, the design and construction of a building shall incorporate the means to later install any equipment necessary to meet the 95% GAT in-building coverage requirement.  A building temporarily exempted under this subsection shall be certified within 6 months after all Next Generation 800 MHz communication towers are fully operational within a county.  The Department of Safety and Homeland Security shall publish, and update, on its website, a map of the State showing those counties in which buildings subject to this Chapter must comply with the requirements under this Section.

Temporarily Exempt

Towers erected under the 800 MHz Next Generation Project are not fully operational. They are projected to be fully operational in March 2010.   

Senate Bill 79 Advisory Committee – Awaiting Appointments.
Senate Bill 79 Rules and Regulations – To be Developed.