NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 901

SENATE BILL 632

AN ACT TO REVISE THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS STATUTES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 143-340, as the same appears in Volume 3C of the General Statutes, 1978 Replacement, is amended by substituting a new subdivision (14) in lieu of existing subdivision (14) to read as follows:

"(14)    With respect to the principal State offices and Departments as defined in G.S. 143A-11 and G.S. 143B-6, or a division thereof, to exercise general coordinating authority for all telecommunications matters relating to the internal management and operations of State government. In discharging that responsibility the Secretary may in cooperation with affected State Agency Heads, do such of the following things as he deems necessary and advisable:

a.         Provide for the establishment, management, and operation, through either State ownership or commercial leasing of the following systems and services as they affect the internal management and operation of State government:

1.         central telephone systems and telephone networks;

2.         teleprocessing systems;

3.         teletype and facsimile services;

4.         satellite services;

5.         closed-circuit TV systems;

6.         two-way radio systems;

7.         microwave systems;

8.         related systems based on telecommunications technologies.

b.         Coordinate the development of cost sharing systems for respective user agencies for their proportionate parts of the cost of maintenance and operation of the systems and services listed in item a. of this subdivision, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the Governor and approved by the Council of State, pursuant to G.S. 143-341(8)k.

c.         Assist in the development of coordinated telecommunications services or systems within and among all agencies and departments, and recommend, where appropriate, cooperative utilization of telecommunication facilities by aggregating users.

d.         Perform traffic analysis and engineering for all telecommunications services and systems listed in item a. of this subdivision.

e.         Pursuant to G.S. 143-49, establish telecommunications specifications and designs so as to promote and support compatibility of the systems within State government.

f.          Pursuant to G.S. 143-49 and G.S. 143-50, coordinate the review of requests by State agencies for the procurement of telecommunications systems or services.

g.         Pursuant to G.S. 143-341 and Chapter 146, coordinate the review of requests by State agencies for State government property acquisition, disposition, or construction for telecommunications systems requirements.

h.         Provide a periodic inventory of telecommunications costs, facilities, systems, and personnel within State government.

i.          Promote, coordinate, and assist in the design and engineering of emergency telecommunications systems, including but not limited to the 911 emergency telephone number program, Emergency Medical Services, and other emergency telecommunications services.

j.          Perform frequency coordination and management for State and local governments, including all public safety radio service frequencies, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission or any successor federal agency.

k.         Advise all State agencies and institutions on telecommunications management planning and related matters and provide through the State Personnel Training Center training to users with State government in telecommunications technology and systems.

l.          Assist and coordinate the development of policies and long-range plans, consistent with the protection of citizens' rights to privacy and access to information, for the acquisition and use of telecommunications systems; and base such policies and plans on current information about State telecommunications activities in relation to the full range of emerging technologies.

m.        Work cooperatively with the North Carolina Agency for Public Telecommunications in furthering the purpose of this subdivision."

Sec. 2.  The provisions of this act shall not apply to the Police Information Network (P.I.N.) of the Department of Justice or to the Judicial Information System in the Judicial Department.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon July 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.