KRS 65.750: Definitions for KRS 65.750 to 65.760.

As used in KRS 65.750 to 65.760:

(1) "911 emergency service" means a system that provides the end user of a service

connection with emergency services by using the digits 9 -1-1, directs emergency

calls to the appropriate public safety answering points based on the geographic

location from wh ich the call originated, and provides the capability for automatic

number identification and automatic location identification features in accordance

with the FCC order. As used in KRS 65.760, the term "911 emergency service"

includes the terms "next gener ation 911" as defined in KRS 65.7621, "wireless

enhanced 911 system," "wireless enhanced 911 service," and "wireless E911

service" as used in KRS 65.7621 to 65.7643;

(2) "Automatic call distribution" or "ACD" means a system that automatically

distributes incoming calls to PSAP attendants in the order the calls are received;

(3) "Automatic number identification" or "ANI" means a feature that allows for the

automatic display of the 911 caller's ten (10) digit number, or equivalent, in

accordance with applicable FCC rules and regulations;

(4) "Automatic location identification" or "ALI" means a feature by which the location

or estimated location of the calling party is made available to a PSAP in accordance

with applicable FCC rules and regulations;

(5) "Automatic location identification data management system" or "ALI/DBS" means

a system of manual procedures and computer programs used to create, store, and

update the data required for ALI in support of enhanced 911;

(6) "Automatic vehicle location" or "AVL" mea ns a system used to track emergency

responder vehicles;

(7) "Dispersed private telephone system" or "DPTS" means a multiline, shared tenant

system or PBX used for the purpose of reselling telephone service to residential

customers and whose connection to a telephone network is capable of carrying

emergency calls from more than one (1) specific location within a structure or

structures but does not mean a multiline, shared tenant system or PBX owned and

operated by a state agency or used in providing service within a hotel or motel;

(8) "FCC order" means the Order of the Federal Communications Commission, FCC

Docket No. 94 -102, adopted effective October 1, 1996, including any subsequent

amendments or modifications thereof;

(9) "Fully enhanced 911 emergency te lephone service" means a telephone network

feature that selectively routes calls placed to the national 911 emergency number to

the proper public service answering points (PSAPs) and provides the PSAP with a

voice connection and ANI and ALI information;

(10) "Geographic information systems" or "GIS" means a system for capturing, storing,

displaying, analyzing, and managing data, and associated attributes which are

spatially referenced;

(11) "Law Enforcement Information Network of Kentucky and the National C rime

Information Center" or "LINK/NCIC" means two (2) systems used by law

enforcement and emergency communications personnel for short messaging

between agencies and to request vehicle, driver, and criminal history checks;

(12) "Local government" means any city, county, urban -county government,

consolidated local government, unified local government, or charter county

government;

(13) "Master street address guide" or "MSAG" means a database of street names and

house number ranges within their associated com munities defining emergency

services zones and their associated emergency service numbers used by PSAPs to

enable proper routing of 911 calls;

(14) "Private branch exchange" or "PBX" means a privately owned switch system that

connects calls to a telephone company;

(15) "Public safety answering point" or "PSAP" means a communications facility that is

assigned the responsibility to receive 911 calls originating in a given area and, as

appropriate, to dispatch public safety services or to extend, transfer, or relay 911

calls to appropriate public safety agencies;

(16) "Service connection" means the transmission, conveyance, or routing of voice, data,

video, text, or any other information signal of the purchaser's choosing by any

medium or method now in existence or later devised with the ability to directly

connect the user to 911 emergency services;

(17) "Service supplier" means a person or entity that administers, maintains, and

operates the ALI/DBS and may include telephone companies that provide local

exchange telephone service to a telephone subscriber;

(18) "Station identification number" or "SIN" means a number that a DPTS uses to

identify a specific station on the switch; and

(19) "Interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol" or "VoIP" means a service that:

(a) Enables real-time, two-way voice communications;

(b) Requires a broadband connection from the user's location;

(c) Requires Internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment; and

(d) Permits users generally to receive calls that originate on the public switched

telephone network and terminate calls to the public switched telephone

network.