State Interoperability Executive Council.

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(a) Two members from the Legislative Assembly, as follows:

(A) The President of the Senate shall appoint one member from the Senate with an interest in public safety communications infrastructure; and

(B) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member from the House of Representatives with an interest in public safety and emergency communications infrastructure.

(b) The following members appointed by the Governor:

(A) One member from the Department of State Police;

(B) One member from the Oregon Department of Emergency Management;

(C) One member from the State Forestry Department;

(D) One member from the Department of Corrections;

(E) One member from the Department of Transportation;

(F) One member from the office of Enterprise Information Services;

(G) One member from the Oregon Health Authority;

(H) One member from the Oregon Military Department;

(I) One member from the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training;

(J) One member from the Oregon Broadband Advisory Council;

(K) One member of an Indian tribe as defined in ORS 97.740 or a designee of an Indian tribe; and

(L) One member of the public.

(c) The following members appointed by the Governor with the concurrence of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

(A) One member from the Oregon Fire Chiefs Association;

(B) One member from the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police;

(C) One member from the Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association;

(D) One member from the Association of Oregon Counties;

(E) One member from the League of Oregon Cities;

(F) One member from the Special Districts Association of Oregon;

(G) One member who is an information technology officer of an Oregon city;

(H) One member who is an information technology officer of an Oregon county;

(I) One member who represents a nonprofit professional organization interested in the enhancement of public safety communications systems; and

(J) One member of the public who works or resides in Federal Communications Commission Region 35.

(2) Each agency or organization identified in subsection (1)(b)(A) to (J) and (1)(c)(A) to (H) of this section shall recommend an individual from the agency or organization for membership on the council.

(3) Members of the council are not entitled to compensation, but in the discretion of the State Chief Information Officer may be reimbursed from funds available to the office of Enterprise Information Services for actual and necessary travel and other expenses the members incur in performing the members’ official duties in the manner and amount provided in ORS 292.495.

(4) Members of the Legislative Assembly appointed to the council are nonvoting members and may act in an advisory capacity only. [Formerly 401.871; 2010 c.107 §59; 2011 c.9 §51; 2014 c.87 §§3,4; 2015 c.807 §§47,48; 2019 c.648 §6; 2021 c.17 §9; 2021 c.539 §74]

Note: The amendments to 403.450 by section 74, chapter 539, Oregon Laws 2021, become operative July 1, 2022. See section 155, chapter 539, Oregon Laws 2021. The text that is operative until July 1, 2022, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
(1) The State Interoperability Executive Council is created under the State Chief Information Officer to be the statewide interoperability governing body serving as the primary steering group for the Oregon Statewide Communication Interoperability Plan. The membership of the council consists of:

(a) Two members from the Legislative Assembly, as follows:

(A) The President of the Senate shall appoint one member from the Senate with an interest in public safety communications infrastructure; and

(B) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member from the House of Representatives with an interest in public safety and emergency communications infrastructure.

(b) The following members appointed by the Governor:

(A) One member from the Department of State Police;

(B) One member from the Office of Emergency Management;

(C) One member from the State Forestry Department;

(D) One member from the Department of Corrections;

(E) One member from the Department of Transportation;

(F) One member from the office of Enterprise Information Services;

(G) One member from the Oregon Health Authority;

(H) One member from the Oregon Military Department;

(I) One member from the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training;

(J) One member from the Oregon Broadband Advisory Council;

(K) One member of an Indian tribe as defined in ORS 97.740 or a designee of an Indian tribe; and

(L) One member of the public.

(c) The following members appointed by the Governor with the concurrence of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

(A) One member from the Oregon Fire Chiefs Association;

(B) One member from the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police;

(C) One member from the Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association;

(D) One member from the Association of Oregon Counties;

(E) One member from the League of Oregon Cities;

(F) One member from the Special Districts Association of Oregon;

(G) One member who is an information technology officer of an Oregon city;

(H) One member who is an information technology officer of an Oregon county;

(I) One member who represents a nonprofit professional organization interested in the enhancement of public safety communications systems; and

(J) One member of the public who works or resides in Federal Communications Commission Region 35.

(2) Each agency or organization identified in subsection (1)(b)(A) to (J) and (1)(c)(A) to (H) of this section shall recommend an individual from the agency or organization for membership on the council.

(3) Members of the council are not entitled to compensation, but in the discretion of the State Chief Information Officer may be reimbursed from funds available to the office of Enterprise Information Services for actual and necessary travel and other expenses the members incur in performing the members’ official duties in the manner and amount provided in ORS 292.495.

(4) Members of the Legislative Assembly appointed to the council are nonvoting members and may act in an advisory capacity only.


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