34A.2 - DEFINITIONS. - Iowa Statutes

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