(20 ILCS 2615/10)

Sec. 10. Public safety radio interoperability. Upon their establishment and thereafter, the Director of the Illinois State Police, or his or her designee, shall serve as the chairman of the Illinois Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) and as the chairman of the STARCOM21 Oversight Committee. The Director or his or her designee, as chairman, may increase the size and makeup of the voting membership of each committee when deemed necessary for improved public safety radio interoperability, but the voting membership of each committee must represent public safety users (police, fire, or EMS) and must, at a minimum, include the representatives specified in this Section.

The STARCOM21 Oversight Committee must comprise public safety users accessing the system and shall include the Statewide Interoperability Coordinator. The members of the STARCOM21 Oversight Committee shall serve without compensation and may, at the call of the Chair, meet in person or remotely. The Illinois State Police shall provide administrative and other support to the STARCOM21 Oversight Committee. The STARCOM21 Oversight Committee shall:

(1) review existing statutory law and make recommendations for legislative changes to ensure efficient, effective, reliable, and sustainable radio interoperability statewide;

(2) make recommendations concerning better integration of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System statewide; and

(3) develop a plan to sustainably fund radio infrastructure, radio equipment, and interoperability statewide.

The SIEC shall have at a minimum one representative from each of the following: the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, the Rural Fire Protection Association, the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, the Illinois Sheriffs' Association, the Illinois State Police, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Public Health, and the Secretary of State Police (which representative shall be the Director of the Secretary of State Police or his or her designee).

(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23.)