The department shall:
A. establish, implement and administer a statewide interoperable emergency communications plan and standards for a statewide integrated public safety radio communications system;
B. train representatives of entities in the state that are involved in emergency response and homeland security activities with respect to interoperability;
C. require that all radio communications at emergency incidents adhere to the national incident management system guidelines established by the federal department of homeland security and statewide integrated public safety radio communications standards;
D. use appropriated money, including money from relevant federal homeland security grants, for the purposes of designing and promulgating systems compliant with the standards established under Subsection A of this section and to enable the implementation and maintenance of a statewide interoperable public safety radio communications system; and
E. report annually to the appropriate interim legislative committee.
History: Laws 2009, ch. 111, § 5.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 111 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 19, 2009, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.