Section 325. Definitions  


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  • 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.