Section 4501.302 | Compliance with standards; planning documents.
(A) The multi-agency radio communications system (MARCS) steering committee is established consisting of the following members:
(1) The directors, or designees thereof, of administrative services, public safety, natural resources, transportation, rehabilitation and correction, and budget and management, and the state fire marshal or the state fire marshal's designee;
(2) The following members appointed by the governor:
(a) One representative of the Ohio chapter of the association of public safety communications officials or its successor organization;
(b) One representative of the buckeye state sheriff's association or its successor organization;
(c) One representative of the Ohio association of chiefs of police or its successor organization;
(d) One representative of the Ohio fire chiefs' association or its successor organization.
(3) Two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one from the majority party and one from the minority party;
(4) Two members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, one from the majority party and one from the minority party.
(B) The director of administrative services or the director's designee shall chair the committee.
(C) The committee shall provide assistance to the director of administrative services for effective and efficient implementation of MARCS as well as develop policies for the ongoing management of the system. Upon dates prescribed by the directors of administrative services and budget and management, the MARCS steering committee shall report to the directors on the progress of MARCS implementation and the development of policies related to the system.
(D) The committee shall establish a subcommittee to represent MARCS users on the local government level. The chairperson of the subcommittee shall serve as a member of the MARCS steering committee.
(E) Divisions (A) to (D) of this section represent the codification of the existing MARCS steering committee and subcommittee. Upon the effective date of this amendment, members of the MARCS steering committee and the subcommittee may continue service on these committees, their terms unaffected by the codification.
(F) The MARCS steering committee shall certify that the P25 system complies with P25 standards based on business planning documents it approves. The planning documents shall outline the various end user costs for monthly access to the system depending on the number of MARCS users and including adequate funding for future repairs, maintenance, and upgrades of MARCS statewide.
Last updated August 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Available Versions of this Section
- July 3, 2012 – House Bill 482 - 129th General Assembly [ View July 3, 2012 Version ]
- September 30, 2025 – Amended by House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly [ View September 30, 2025 Version ]