Section 63-9D-3 - Definitions.
63-9D-3. Definitions.
As used in the Enhanced 911 Act:
A. "911 emergency surcharge" means the monthly uniform charge assessed on each access line in the state and on each active number for a commercial mobile radio service subscriber whose billing address is in New Mexico;
B. "911 service area" means the area designated by the fiscal agent, local governing body or the division to receive enhanced 911 service;
C. "access line" means a telecommunications company's line that has the capability to reach local public safety agencies by dialing 911, but does not include a line used for the provision of interexchange services or commercial mobile radio service;
D. "commercial mobile radio service" means service provided by a wireless real-time two-way voice communication device, including:
(1) radio-telephone communications used in cellular telephone service;
(2) the functional or competitive equivalent of radio-telephone communications used in cellular telephone service;
(3) a personal communications service; or
(4) a network radio access line;
E. "commercial mobile radio service provider" means a person who provides commercial mobile radio services, including a person who purchases commercial mobile radio service from a provider and resells that service;
F. "commission" means the public regulation commission;
G. "database" means information that is collected, formatted and disseminated and that is necessary for the functioning of the enhanced 911 system, including geographic information system (GIS) addressing and digital mapping information;
H. "department" means the taxation and revenue department;
I. "division" means the local government division of the department of finance and administration;
J. "enhanced 911 system" means a landline or wireless system consisting of network switching equipment, database, mapping and on-premises equipment that uses the single three-digit number 911 for reporting police, fire, medical or other emergency situations, thereby enabling a caller to reach a public safety answering point to report emergencies by dialing 911, and includes the capability to:
(1) selectively route incoming 911 calls to the appropriate public safety answering point operating in a 911 service area;
(2) automatically display the name, address and telephone number of an incoming 911 call on a video monitor at the appropriate public safety answering point;
(3) provide one or more access paths for communications between users at different geographic locations through a network system that may be designed for voice or data, or both, and may feature limited or open access and may employ appropriate analog, digital switching or transmission technologies; and
(4) relay to a designated public safety answering point a 911 caller's number and base station or cell site location and the latitude and longitude of the 911 caller's location in relation to the designated public safety answering point;
K. "enhanced 911 equipment" means the public safety answering point equipment directly related to the operation of an enhanced 911 system, including automatic number identification or automatic location identification controllers and display units, printers, logging recorders and software associated with call detail recording, call center work stations, training, latitude and longitude base station or cell site location data and GIS equipment necessary to obtain and process locational map and emergency service zone data for landline and wireless callers;
L. "equipment supplier" means a person who provides or offers to provide telecommunications equipment necessary for the establishment of enhanced 911 services;
M. "fiscal agent" means the local governing body that administers grants from the fund for a given locality or region by agreement;
N. "fund" means the enhanced 911 fund;
O. "local governing body" means the board of county commissioners of a county or the governing body of a municipality as defined in the Municipal Code [3-1-1 NMSA 1978];
P. "proprietary information" means customer lists, customer counts, technology descriptions or trade secrets, including the actual or development costs of individual components of an enhanced 911 system; provided that such information is designated as proprietary by the commercial mobile radio service provider or telecommunications company; and provided further that "proprietary information" does not include individual payments made by the division or any list of names and identifying information of subscribers who have not paid the surcharge;
Q. "public safety answering point" means a twenty-four-hour local communications facility that receives 911 service calls and directly dispatches emergency response services or that relays calls to the appropriate public or private safety agency;
R. "subscriber" means a person who is a retail purchaser of telecommunications services that are capable of originating a 911 call;
S. "surcharge" means the 911 emergency surcharge;
T. "telecommunications company" means a person who provides wire telecommunications services that are capable of originating a 911 call; and
U. "vendor" means a person that provides 911 equipment, service or network support.