Bill Text: AZ SB1148 | 2019 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: DPS; school safety; hotline
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-30 - Senate TPS Committee action: Discussed and Held, voting: (0-0-0-0) [SB1148 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2019-SB1148-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: DPS; school safety; hotline |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature First Regular Session 2019
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SB 1148 |
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Introduced by Senators Boyer: Brophy McGee; Representative Udall
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AN ACT
amending section 41‑1711, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the department of public safety.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 41-1711, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-1711. Department of public safety; purpose; location; qualifications of director; responsibilities; center for school safety
A. There shall be a department of public safety which that is responsible for creating and coordinating services for use by local law enforcement agencies in protecting the public safety. The principal office and headquarters of the department shall be in Phoenix.
B. The department shall formulate plans with a view to establishing modern services for the prevention of crime, the apprehension of violators, the training of law enforcement personnel, and the promotion of public safety. The department shall in no way not preempt the authority and jurisdiction of established agencies of political subdivisions of the this state.
C. The director shall be selected on the basis of training and experience with a minimum of five years' experience in the administration of law enforcement.
D. The director shall be appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38‑211 to serve concurrently with the appointing governor and shall be is subject to removal for cause, including but not limited to malfeasance, misfeasance and nonfeasance in office. The director shall receive annual compensation as determined pursuant to section 38‑611.
E. The director shall be is directly responsible to the governor for the conduct and the administration of the department. If the director is unable to act, the deputy director shall direct the activities of the department during the period in which the director is unable to act. If the director and deputy director are both unable to act, the governor shall direct the activities of the department during the period in which the director and deputy director are both unable to act.
F. The director shall prescribe procedures for use of department personnel, facilities, equipment, supplies and other resources in assisting search or rescue operations.
G. The director shall be is responsible for the establishment, operation and maintenance of the statewide emergency medical services communication system prescribed by section 41‑1835.
H. The director may purchase, lease, equip, staff and operate air ambulances, including ambulance helicopters, pursuant to section 41‑1834.
I. To limit the expenditures of monies derived from the state highway fund established pursuant to article IX, section 14, Constitution of Arizona, to traffic safety and traffic law enforcement purposes, the department of public safety shall:
1. Maintain a strict account of all costs incurred by each function of the department. Such costs shall be determined and allocated between traffic safety or traffic law enforcement functions and all other departmental functions and shall include such costs as wages or salaries, materials or supplies and equipment or facility use.
2. Immediately following the determination of all such costs, certify to the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting the full amount of all such costs relating to the various functions within the department.
J. The governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting shall annually submit a separate report to the legislature compiled from the department's department of public safety's functional costs certification indicating the complete breakdown between those costs which that are related to traffic safety or traffic law enforcement functions and the various other functions within the department of public safety. The director of the department of administration shall include within the director's annual report to the legislature a recommendation for a separate appropriation to reimburse the state highway fund from the state general fund for any expenditures from the state highway fund during the prior fiscal year in excess of the total of all costs related to traffic safety or traffic law enforcement functions of the department of public safety.
K. The director shall establish a special hazardous materials emergency response organizational unit within the department to function as the initial response element of the hazardous materials emergency management program pursuant to section 49‑123.
L. The department is designated as this state's recipient of federal victims of crime act grants.
M. The director shall establish a center for school safety in the Arizona counterterrorism information center. The center for school safety shall:
1. Establish a safe schools hotline program that allows any person to anonymously report any dangerous, violent or unlawful activity that is being conducted or is threatened to be conducted on a school campus, on school transportation or at a school-sponsored event or a school-related activity. The director shall establish policies and procedures to protect the identity of any person submitting information or a report that is based on a good faith belief that the information is true and policies and procedures on disseminating the information to school districts, schools and law enforcement agencies. Information that is reported pursuant to this paragraph is confidential and does not constitute a public record. The program and the persons implementing or operating the program may be compelled to disclose information reported pursuant to this paragraph or produce related materials only before a court and pursuant to a court order. Any such review shall be limited to an inspection of materials that are material to the specific case pending before the court. The attorney general acting on behalf of the department of public safety has standing in any action to oppose the disclosure of information or materials that are in the custody of the center for school safety and that are confidential pursuant to this paragraph.
2. Coordinate with the department of education, school districts, charter schools, county sheriffs and local law enforcement agencies to ensure the safety of schools in this state and develop and provide information to school districts and charter schools on best practices for school security and training on school safety.
