By King of Parker                                     H.B. No. 3380
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to state agency acquisitions of public safety and law
 1-3     enforcement wireless communications equipment.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 2170, Government Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 2170.0021 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 2170.0021.  ACQUISITION OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
 1-8     EQUIPMENT. The commission and each state agency shall not acquire
 1-9     any wireless communications equipment that incorporates a single
1-10     ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standardized digital
1-11     protocol until such time as all state agencies utilizing two-way
1-12     radio wireless communications equipment operate within the same
1-13     frequency band.
1-14           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-15     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-16     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-17     act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-18     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.