§ 10-14-3-22.5 — Program for training and certifying broadcast engineers and technical personnel as first response broadcasters

Indiana § 10-14-3-22.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 10: PUBLIC SAFETY
• Art. 14: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
• Ch. 3: Emergency Management and Disaster Law

Text

5. (a) Broadcasters in Indiana, in
cooperation with the agency, the Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations,
Inc., and the Indiana Broadcasters Association or a successor
association, shall develop comprehensive and coordinated plans for:
(1) preparation for; and
(2) responding appropriately to;
an emergency or disaster.
(b) Any statewide organization or a member of a statewide
organization that represents broadcasters may establish a program for
training and certifying broadcast engineers and technical personnel as
first response broadcasters. A program established under this
subsection must:
(1) be consistent with federal law and guidelines;
(2) provide training and education concerning:
(A) restoration of;
(B) repairing;
(C) resupplying; or
(D) any combination of the activities under clauses (A) through
(C) related to;
any facilities or equipment of a broadcaster in an area affected by
an emergency or disaster; and
(3) provide training and education concerning the personal safety
of a first response broadcaster in an area affected by an
emergency or disaster.
(c) To the extent practicable and consistent with not endangering
public safety or inhibiting recovery efforts, the state and political
subdivisions shall allow a first response broadcaster access to an area
affected by an emergency or disaster for the purpose of restoration of,
repairing, or resupplying (or any combination of these activities) a
facility or equipment critical to the ability of a broadcaster to acquire,
produce, or transmit essential emergency or disaster-related public
information programming, including repairing and maintaining
transmitters and transporting fuel for generators.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.172-2014, SEC.5.