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