Interoperability systems.

The California Emergency Services Act creates within the office of the Governor the Office of Emergency Services, which is responsible for the state's emergency and disaster response services, as specified. The Public Safety Communication Act of 2002, among other things, requires the Public Safety Radio Strategic Planning Committee to develop and implement a statewide integrated public safety communication system that facilitates interoperability among state public safety departments and other first response agencies and coordinate other shared uses of the public safety spectrum consistent with decisions and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission. This bill would require the Office of Emergency Services to establish and operate a grant program, upon appropriation of adequate funds by the Legislature, to provide assistance in obtaining, retrofitting, purchasing, and maintaining interoperability systems in K–12 school, community college, and California State University campuses, and University of California campuses, and to enable local fire agencies to enable their systems of communications to be connected to, and coordinated with, communications and security technology systems installed and operating on K–12 school, community college, and California State University campuses, and University of California campuses, as specified.