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House approves substitute creating Utah Wireless Interagency Network but members press for bonding checks

Utah House of Representatives · February 27, 1996
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Summary

First substitute House Bill 432, creating a Utah Wireless Interagency Network to coordinate an 800 MHz public-safety communications system, passed the House after debate over independent-agency status, bonding authority and oversight safeguards.

The Utah House on Feb. 27 approved a substitute version of House Bill 432 that establishes a statewide public-safety communications entity (referred to on the floor as the Utah Wireless Interagency Network or Utah Wireless Network). The sponsor said the measure is intended to allow state, city and county governments to cooperate on an 800 megahertz public-safety network so agencies can share capacity and maintain interoperable…

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