HB 2482 — appropriations; crime victim notification fund.

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State(now: of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session HOUSE BILL 2482 AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 41-180, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;

APPROPRIATINGsexual MONIES;assault kits;

victim notification) State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session CHAPTER 154 HOUSE BILL 2482 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR TRANSFERRING AND RENUMBERING;

AMENDING SECTION 41-2414, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, AS TRANSFERRED AND RENUMBERED;

Section 41-180, Arizona Revised Statutes, is transferred and renumbered for placement in title 41, chapter 21, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, as section 41-2414 and, as so renumbered, is amended to read:

41-180.41-2414.

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The state treasurer ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION shall administer the fund.

Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation and may be used by law enforcement agencies in this state to fundCONTINUOUSLY softwareAPPROPRIATED. that does the following:

NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, THE ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION SHALL USE FUND MONIES TO EXPAND THE COMMISSION'S AUTOMATED CRIME VICTIM NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND TO fund software that does the following:

EnablesCOMPLIES theWITH county-and-or-city-basedALL COUNTYOF ORTHE CITY,FOLLOWING: OR BOTH, OR TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT BASED deployment of an automated crime victim notification system to a user base consisting of law enforcement agencies.

(a) ARTICLE II, SECTION 2.1, CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA.

(b) TITLE 8, CHAPTER 3, ARTICLE 7.

(c) TITLE 13, CHAPTER 40.

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Enables the county-and-or-city-based deployment of ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION TO DEPLOY an automated crime victim notification system to a user base consisting of law enforcement agencies.

(a) Automatically, and without the requirement to download a software application or to opt in to notifications, notify the victim by email or text of all of the following regarding a victim's law enforcement crime report, investigation and case:case, IF APPROVED BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY:

(e) Provide the ability for victims to find their case status on the agency's VENDORS' WEBSITES WITH LINKS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY'S website.

(f)- Be1 configurable- toH.B. the requirements of each county and or city in this state.

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(g) Include county, city or town THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY'S branding, county, city or town email addresses ADDRESS and web domains DOMAIN for all communications.

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(a) Crime victims are automatically notified by texttext, and AUTOMATED TELEPHONE CALL OR email following any updates to their case.

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PROVIDES FOR MULTIAGENCY NOTIFICATION TO ENABLE AN AGENCY TO AUTOMATICALLY SHARE THE STATUS OF AN INCIDENT OR INVESTIGATION WITH AN IDENTIFIED PARTNER AGENCY BASED ON CONFIGURABLE CRITERIA.

PROVIDES THEFOR CAPABILITYMULTIAGENCY NOTIFICATION TO ALLOWENABLE CITIZENSAN AGENCY TO LEVERAGEAUTOMATICALLY CONVERSATIONALSHARE ARTIFICIALTHE INTELLIGENCESTATUS FOROF BIDIRECTIONALAN REAL-TIMEINCIDENT COMMUNICATIONOR INVESTIGATION WITH CITIZENSAN THROUGHIDENTIFIED VOICE,PARTNER TEXTAGENCY MESSAGESBASED ANDON EMAILS.CONFIGURABLE CRITERIA.

THE5. SYSTEM SHALL PROVIDE A VIRTUAL AGENT THAT RESPONDS AND ASKS QUESTIONS BASED ON THE CITIZEN'S QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES.

B.ALLOWS VICTIMS TO LEVERAGE CONVERSATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR BIDIRECTIONAL REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THROUGH VOICE, TEXT MESSAGES AND EMAILS.

ATHE vendorSYSTEM ofSHALL anyPROVIDE software that is described in subsection A ofVIRTUAL thisAGENT sectionTHAT mustRESPONDS haveTO previouslyAND deployedASKS aQUESTIONS solutionBASED forON aTHE cityVICTIM'S policeQUESTIONS department,AND sheriff'sRESPONSES. office and prosecutor's office.

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PROVIDES A MECHANISM TO TRACK WHETHER THERE IS A DATA OUTAGE AT A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND INFORMS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND THE ARIZONA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION OF THE DATA OUTAGE.

DURING AN OUTAGE PERIOD, THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM SHALL HAVE A BACKUP PROCESS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO ENSURE THAT NOTIFICATIONS ARE MADE IN A TIMELY AND ACCURATE MANNER.

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COMPLIES WITH THE TECHNICAL GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR THE OPERATION OF A STATEWIDE AUTOMATED CRIME VICTIM INFORMATION AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE.

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PROVIDES A DESIGNATED STATEWIDE TOLL-FREE NUMBER THAT IS AVAILABLE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, THAT IS OPERATED BY TRAINED OPERATORS AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND THAT ALLOWS VICTIMS, SURVIVING IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS, WITNESSES AND OTHER CONCERNED CITIZENS TO SEARCH FOR AND OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT AN OFFENDER, INMATE OR CASE AND TO REGISTER FOR NOTIFICATIONS.