{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-53126.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 53126.5","heading":"","body":"For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:\n(a) “Local public agency” means a city, county, city and county, and joint powers authority that provides a public safety answering point (PSAP).\n(b) “Nonemergency telephone system” means a system structured to provide access to only public safety agencies such as police and fire, or a system structured to provide access to public safety agencies and to all other services provided by a local public agency such as street maintenance and animal control.\n(c) “Public Safety Communications Division” means the Public Safety Communications Division within the Office of Emergency Services.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001. - 57607.]","DIVISION 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000. - 55821.]","PART 1. POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000. - 54999.7.]","CHAPTER 1. General [53000. - 53170.]","ARTICLE 6.6. State Nonemergency Telephone System [53126. - 53127.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"05086052714320e3c9a89d2f4798621394334adb9bd089280fc681c1c106218c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-53126","next":"us-ca/gov-53127"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}