N.Y. County Law § 325: Definitions

§ 325. Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and

phrases shall have the following meanings unless the specific context

clearly indicates otherwise:

1. "Wireless telephone service" shall have the same meaning as the

term "wireless communications service" as defined in section three

hundred one of this chapter.

2. "Wireless telephone service supplier" shall have the same meaning

as the term "wireless communications service supplier" as defined in

section three hundred one of this chapter.

3. "Service supplier" means a telephone corporation which provides

local exchange access service within a 911 service area.

4. "Enhanced wireless 911 service" means the service required to be

provided by wireless telephone service suppliers pursuant to the FCC

order.

5. "FCC order" means all orders issued by the Federal Communications

Commission pursuant to the proceeding entitled "Revision of the

Commission's Rule to Ensure Compatibility with Enhanced 911 Emergency

Calling Systems" (CC Docket No. 94-102; RM-8143), or any successor

proceeding, regarding the delivery of ANI and ALI as of the dates and

according to the other criteria established therein and the rules

adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in any such proceeding,

as such rules may be amended from time to time.

6. "Automatic number identification" or "ANI" means the delivery or

receipt of the telephone number assigned to the wireless device being

used to place a 911 call.

7. "Automatic location information" or "ALI" means the delivery or

receipt of the approximate geographic location, as specified in the FCC

order, of the wireless device being used to place a 911 call.

8. "Basic wireless 911 service" means the ability of wireless

telephone service subscribers to dial the digits 9-1-1 and be connected

to a local public safety answering point or a state public safety

answering point.

9. "State public safety answering point" means a site designated and

operated by the division of state police for the purposes of receiving

emergency calls from customers of a wireless telephone service supplier.

10. "Local public safety answering point" means a site designated and

operated by a local governmental entity for the purpose of receiving

emergency calls from customers of a wireless telephone service supplier.

11. "Wireless telecommunications facility" means any unstaffed

facility used in the receipt and transmission of wireless telephone

service, including but not limited to antennas, ancillary

telecommunications equipment and telecommunications towers or poles.

12. "Direct dispatch" shall mean that the public safety answering

point can, by encoding or toning, alert the responding agency without

having to relay or reroute calls unless the call originates outside the

jurisdiction.

13. "Board" shall mean the New York state 911 board.

14. "Jurisdictional protocol" shall mean a written agreement entered

into by two or more law enforcement agencies setting forth procedures to

ensure the organized, coordinated, and prompt mobilization of personnel,

equipment, services, or facilities in order to achieve the fastest

response to a 911 emergency.

15. "Fund" shall mean the statewide public safety communications

account established pursuant to section ninety-seven-qq of the state

finance law.

16. "Eligible wireless 911 service costs" shall mean costs eligible

for reimbursement and shall include the actual costs incurred by the

locality related to the design, installation, operation, or maintenance

of a system to provide enhanced wireless 911 service, including, but not

limited to, hardware, software, consultants, financing and other

acquisition costs.

17. "Expedited deployment funding" means eligible wireless 911 costs

estimated to be incurred by local public safety answering points for

enhanced wireless 911 service.