34A.2 - DEFINITIONS.

        34A.2  DEFINITIONS.
         As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
         1.  "Access line" means an exchange access line that has the
      ability to access dial tone and reach a public safety answering
      point.
         2.  "Administrator" means the administrator of the homeland
      security and emergency management division of the department of
      public defense.
         3.  "Competitive local exchange service provider" means the
      same as defined in section 476.96.
         4.  "Emergency 911 notification device" means a product
      capable of accessing a public safety answering point through the 911
      system.
         5.  "Enhanced 911" or "E911" means a service that provides
      the user of a communications service with the ability to reach a
      public safety answering point by dialing the digits 911, and that has
      the following additional features:
         a.  Routes an incoming 911 call to the appropriate public
      safety answering point.
         b.  Automatically provides voice, displays the name, address
      or location, and telephone number of an incoming 911 call and public
      safety agency servicing the location.
         6.  "Enhanced 911 service area" means the geographic area to
      be serviced, or currently serviced under an enhanced 911 service
      plan, provided that an enhanced 911 service area must at minimum
      encompass one entire county.  The enhanced 911 service area may
      encompass more than one county, and need not be restricted to county
      boundaries.
         7.  "Enhanced 911 service plan" means a plan that includes the
      following information:
         a.  A description of the enhanced 911 service area.
         b.  A list of all public and private safety agencies within
      the enhanced 911 service area.
         c.  The number of public safety answering points within the
      enhanced 911 service area.
         d.  Identification of the agency responsible for management
      and supervision of the enhanced 911 emergency communication system.
         e. (1)  A statement of estimated costs to be incurred by the
      joint E911 service board or the department of public safety,
      including separate estimates of the following:
         (a)  Nonrecurring costs, including, but not limited to, public
      safety answering points, network equipment, software, database,
      addressing, initial training, and other capital and start-up
      expenditures, including the purchase or lease of subscriber names,
      addresses, and telephone information from the local exchange service
      provider.
         (b)  Recurring costs, including, but not limited to, network
      access fees and other telephone charges, software, equipment, and
      database management, and maintenance, including the purchase or lease
      of subscriber names, addresses, and telephone information from the
      local exchange service provider.  Recurring costs shall not include
      personnel costs for a public safety answering point.
         (2)  Funds deposited in an E911 service fund are appropriated and
      shall be used for the payment of costs that are limited to
      nonrecurring and recurring costs directly attributable to the
      provision of 911 emergency telephone communication service and may
      include costs for portable and vehicle radios, communication towers
      and associated equipment, and other radios and associated equipment
      permanently located at the public safety answering point and as
      directed by either the joint E911 service board or the department of
      public safety.  Costs do not include expenditures for any other
      purpose, and specifically exclude costs attributable to other
      emergency services or expenditures for buildings or personnel, except
      for the costs of personnel for database management and personnel
      directly associated with addressing.
         f.  Current equipment operated by affected local exchange
      service providers, and central office equipment and technology
      upgrades necessary for the provider to implement enhanced 911 service
      within the enhanced 911 service area.
         g.  A schedule for implementation of the plan throughout the
      E911 service area.  The schedule may provide for phased
      implementation.
         h.  The number of telephone access lines capable of access to
      911 in the enhanced 911 service area.
         i.  The total property valuation in the enhanced 911 service
      area.
         8.  "Local exchange carrier" means the same as defined in
      section 476.96.
         9.  "Local exchange service provider" means a vendor engaged
      in providing telecommunications service between points within an
      exchange and includes but is not limited to a competitive local
      exchange service provider and a local exchange carrier.
         10.  "Program manager" means the E911 program manager
      appointed pursuant to section 34A.2A.
         11.  "Provider" means a vendor who provides, or offers to
      provide, E911 equipment, installation, maintenance, or exchange
      access services within the enhanced 911 service area.
         12.  "Public or private safety agency" means a unit of state
      or local government, a special purpose district, or a private firm
      which provides or has the authority to provide fire fighting, police,
      ambulance, emergency medical services, or hazardous materials
      response.
         13.  "Public safety answering point" means a twenty-four-hour
      public safety communications facility that receives enhanced 911
      service calls and directly dispatches emergency response services or
      relays calls to the appropriate public or private safety agency.
         14.  "Wireless E911 phase 1" means a 911 call made from a
      wireless device in which the wireless service provider delivers the
      call-back number and address of the tower that received the call to
      the appropriate public safety answering point.
         15.  "Wireless E911 phase 2" means a 911 call made from a
      wireless device in which the wireless service provider delivers the
      call-back number and the latitude and longitude coordinates of the
      wireless device to the appropriate public safety answering point.
         16.  "Wire-line E911 service surcharge" is a charge set by the
      E911 service area operating authority and assessed on each wire-line
      access line which physically terminates within the E911 service area.
      
         Section History: Recent Form
         88 Acts, ch 1177, §2
         C89, § 477B.2
         92 Acts, ch 1139, § 34
         C93, § 34A.2
         93 Acts, ch 125, § 1; 94 Acts, ch 1199, §45; 98 Acts, ch 1101, §
      3, 4, 16; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §445; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, § 201
         Referred to in § 34A.7