2006 New York Code - 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 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.