SB 278 — PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE

a l r i 20 (1) selectively route incoming 911 calls to t e a t the appropriate public safety answering point operating in a m m 21 e d 911 service area;

r e 22 c e r c 23 (2) automatically display the name, address e a n b 24 and telephone number of an incoming 911 call on a video monitor u [ at the appropriate public safety answering point;

.233916.1 - 4 - ___C/SB 278 (3) provide one or more access paths for communications between users at different geographic locations through a network system that may be designed for voice, text or data, or any combination of these, and may feature limited or open access and may employ appropriate analog, digital switching or transmission technologies;

(4) relay to a designated public safety answering point a 911 caller's number and base station or cell site location and the latitude and longitude of the 911 caller's location in relation to the designated public safety answering point;

and (5) manage or administer the functions listed in Paragraphs (1) through (4) of this subsection;

N.

"enhanced 911 equipment" means the public safety answering point equipment directly related to the operation of an enhanced 911 system, including automatic number e e 17 identification or automatic location identification controllers e e n d 18 and display units, printers, logging recorders and software = = l ] 19 associated with call detail recording, call center work a l r i 20 stations, training, latitude and longitude base station or cell t e a t site location data and GIS equipment necessary to obtain and m m 21 e d process locational map and emergency service zone data for r e 22 c e r c 23 landline and wireless callers;

e a n b 24 O.

"equipment supplier" means a person who provides u [ or offers to provide communications equipment necessary for the .233916.1 - 5 - ___C/SB 278 establishment of enhanced 911 services;

P.

"ESInet" means emergency services internet protocol network, an internet-protocol-based, multipurpose inter-network supporting local, regional, state and national public safety communications services in addition to 911;

Q.

"fiscal agent" means the local governing body that administers grants from the fund for a given locality or region by agreement;

R.

"fund" means the enhanced 911 fund;

S.

"local governing body" means the board of county commissioners of a county or the governing body of a municipality as defined in the Municipal Code;

T.

"NG-911" means a next generation 911 system consisting of network, hardware, software, data and operational policies and procedures that:

(1) provides standardized interfaces from call e e 17 and message services;

e e n d 18 (2) processes all types of emergency calls, = = l ] 19 including non-voice (multimedia) messages;

a l r i 20 (3) acquires and integrates additional data t e a t useful to call routing and handling;

m m 21 e d (4) delivers the calls, messages and data to r e 22 c e r c 23 appropriate public safety answering points and other e a n b 24 appropriate emergency entities;

u [ (5) supports data and communications needs for .233916.1 - 6 - ___C/SB 278 coordinated incident response and management;

and (6) provides a secure environment for emergency communications;

U.

"proprietary information" means customer lists, customer counts, technology descriptions or trade secrets, including the actual or development costs of individual components of an enhanced 911 system;

provided that such information is designated as proprietary by the communications service provider;

and provided further that "proprietary information" does not include individual payments made by the division or any list of names and identifying information of subscribers who have not paid the surcharge;

V.

"public safety answering point" means a twenty- four-hour local communications facility that receives 911 service communications and directly dispatches emergency response services or that relays communications to the e e 17 appropriate public or private safety agency;

e e n d 18 W.

"subscriber" means a person who purchases = = l ] 19 communication services at retail from a communications service a l r i 20 provider that are capable of originating a 911 communication;

t e a t X.

"surcharge" means the 911 emergency surcharge;

m m 21 e d Y.

"surcharge collected" means the amount of r e 22 c e r c 23 enhanced 911 surcharge billed or received or deemed to have e a n b 24 been received by the seller or provider, consistent with the u [ seller's or provider's method of accounting, including accrual .233916.1 - 7 - ___C/SB 278 or cash;

Z.

"telecommunications company" means a person who provides wire telecommunications services that are capable of originating a 911 communication;

AA.

"vendor" means a person that provides 911 equipment, service or network support;

BB.

"VoIP" means "interconnected voice-over- internet protocol service" as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47, Part 9, Section 9.3, as amended;

and CC.

"VoIP service provider" or "interconnected voice-over-internet protocol service provider" means an entity that provides interconnected voice-over-internet protocol service to end users." - 8 - 16 e e 17 e e n d 18 = = l ] 19 a l r i 20 t e a t m m 21 e d r e 22 c e r c 23 e a n b 24 u [ .233916.1