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S. C. R. No. 15 As Adopted by the HouseAs Adopted by the House
| 130th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2013-2014 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Seitz, Manning, LaRose, Hughes, Balderson, Beagle, Burke, Coley, Eklund, Hite, Jones, Jordan, Lehner, Schaffer, Uecker
Representatives Stautberg, Cera, Conditt, Duffey, Roegner, Rogers, Romanchuk, Strahorn, Anielski, Baker, Beck, Blessing, Brown, Buchy, Butler, Dovilla, Grossman, Hackett, Hall, Johnson, Maag, Schuring, Sprague, Stebelton Speaker Batchelder
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION | To urge the United States House of Representatives
Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on
Communications and Technology to hold regular
hearings regarding the nationwide broadband public
safety network, require the First Responder
Network Authority (FirstNet) to identify the costs
of such network to Ohio, and include related
amendments to the law governing FirstNet.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, Ohio's first responders require mission critical
communications infrastructure to effectively do their jobs; and |
| WHEREAS, Ohio has invested over $500,000,000 in system assets
that include over 200 tower sites, shelters, generators, mobile
towers, microwave backhaul, consoles, and mobile and portable
radios; and |
| WHEREAS, Over 55,000 first responders and public service
users at the federal, state, and local government levels rely on
the assets that Ohio has invested in; and |
| WHEREAS, The federal Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation
Act of 2012 created the First Responder Network Authority
(FirstNet) within the United States Department of Commerce
National Telecommunications and Information Administration and
tasked FirstNet with building and maintaining a single,
nationwide, interoperable broadband public safety network; and |
| WHEREAS, FirstNet is requiring states to inventory their
assets and develop statewide plans to allow federal use or
takeover of those assets for the undetermined nationwide broadband
public safety network; and |
| WHEREAS, FirstNet is requiring states to opt into, and
provide an undetermined level of financial support to, the
nationwide broadband public safety network; and |
| WHEREAS, FirstNet appears to lack sufficient funding for the
nationwide broadband public safety network, but is requiring a
self-sustaining model; and |
| WHEREAS, FirstNet lacks planning and did not seek input from
Ohio as evidenced by the witnesses who testified before, and
submitted testimony to, the United States House of Representatives
Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications
and Technology in a March 2013, hearing entitled "Oversight of
FirstNet and Emergency Communications"; now therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, respectfully urge the Subcommittee on
Communications and Technology to hold regular hearings regarding
the nationwide broadband public safety network and require that
FirstNet create a publicly vetted business plan that identifies
the exact costs that Ohio will be mandated to appropriate or
obligate for the nationwide broadband public safety network; and
be it further |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, respectfully urge the Subcommittee on
Communications and Technology to include amendments to the law
that would allow Ohio to opt-out of the nationwide broadband
public safety network with no net costs; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, respectfully urge the Subcommittee on
Communications and Technology to include amendments to the law
that require FirstNet to provide full written assurances that
communications provided by the nationwide broadband public safety
network will meet and exceed the current level of service for
Ohio's state and local public safety officers in the areas of
reliability, redundancy, and state-based system control; and be it
further |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, respectfully urge the Subcommittee on
Communications and Technology to include amendments to the law
that require FirstNet to provide fair market compensation to Ohio
for access and utilization of state-owned assets in support of the
network's deployment; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, respectfully urge the United States Congress
to reconsider the statute and appropriations creating FirstNet;
and be if further |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly
authenticated copies of this resolution to the Speaker and Clerk
of the United States House of Representatives, the President Pro
Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, all members of
the United States House of Representatives Energy and Commerce
Committee, the members of the Ohio Congressional delegation, and
the news media of Ohio. |
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