As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) 911 means a three-digit abbreviated dialing code used to report an
emergency situation requiring a response by an emergency service provider.
(2) 911 access connection means any communications service including
wireline, wireless cellular, interconnected voice-over-internet-protocol, or satellite
in which connections are enabled, configured, or capable of making 911 calls. The
term does not include facilities-based broadband services. The number of 911
access connections is determined by the configured capacity for simultaneous
outbound calling. For example, for a Digital Signal-1 (DS-1) level service or
equivalent that is channelized and split into separate channels for voice
communications, the number of 911 access connections would be equal to the
number of channels capable of making simultaneous calls.
(3) 911 call means a request for emergency assistance from the public by
dialing 911 or addressing the ESInet regardless of the technology used, and may
include voice, text, images, and video, whether originated by wireline, wireless,
satellite, or other means.
(3.5) 911 enterprise fee means the fee imposed by the 911 services
enterprise pursuant to section 29-11-108 (5)(a) and (8).
(4) 911 surcharge or surcharge means the surcharge established by
section 29-11-102.3.
(5) Automatic location identification or ALI means the automatic display,
on equipment at the PSAP, of the telephone number and location of the caller. ALI
includes nonlisted and nonpublished numbers and addresses, and other information
about the caller's precise location.
(6) Automatic number identification or ANI means the automatic display,
on equipment at the PSAP, of the caller's telephone number.
(7) Basic emergency service means the aggregation and transportation of
a 911 call directly to a point of interconnection with a governing body or PSAP,
regardless of the technology used to provide the service. The aggregation of calls
means the collection of 911 calls from one or more originating service providers or
intermediary aggregation service providers for the purpose of selectively routing
and transporting 911 calls directly to a point of interconnection with a governing
body or PSAP. The offering or providing of ALI service or selective routing directly
to a governing body or PSAP by any person is also a basic emergency service. Basic
emergency service does not include:
(a) The portion of a 911 call provided by an originating service provider;
(b) The services provided by an intermediary aggregation service provider;
(c) The delivery of a 911 call from the originating service provider or an
intermediary aggregation service provider to a point of interconnection with the
BESP;
(d) The delivery of a 911 call from the point of interconnection between the
BESP and a PSAP to the PSAP facility that receives and processes the 911 call; or
(e) The delivery of text-to-911 via interim methods.
(8) Basic emergency service provider or BESP means any person
certified by the commission to provide basic emergency service.
(9) Commission or public utilities commission means the public utilities
commission of the state of Colorado, created in section 40-2-101.
(10) Demarcation point means the physical point where the responsibility of
a portion of a network changes from one party to another.
(10.3) Department means the department of regulatory agencies created in
section 24-34-101 (1)(a).
(10.5) Emergency communications specialist means a first responder
whose operational or supervisory responsibilities critical to public safety are to
exercise independent judgment in the execution of duties that include, but are not
limited to, receiving, triaging, processing, transmitting, or dispatching 911
emergency and nonemergency calls for law enforcement, fire, emergency medical,
and other public safety services by telephone, radio, or other communication
device; or tracking, processing, and transmitting relevant information from the
public and other resources to field responders; or providing emergency medical
dispatch.
(11) Emergency notification service means an informational service that,
upon activation by a public agency, rapidly notifies all telephone customers within a
specified geographic area of hazardous conditions or emergent events that
threaten their lives or property, including, without limitation, floods, fires, and
hazardous materials incidents.
(12) Emergency service provider means a primary provider of emergency
fire fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, emergency medical, or other emergency
services.
(13) Emergency telephone charge means a charge imposed under section
29-11-102 to pay for the expenses authorized in section 29-11-104.
(14) Emergency telephone service means the receipt and processing of 911
calls by the PSAP for the purpose of providing responses from emergency service
providers.
(14.5) Enterprise means the 911 services enterprise created in section 29-11-108 (2).
(14.7) Enterprise fund means the 911 services enterprise cash fund created
in section 29-11-108 (10).
(15) Equipment supplier means any person providing telephone or other
equipment necessary for an emergency telephone service to any public agency or
governing body in the state, through lease or sale.
(16) Governing body means the organization responsible for establishing,
collecting, and disbursing the emergency telephone charge in a specific geographic
area pursuant to sections 29-11-102, 29-11-103, and 29-11-104.
(17) Governing body's jurisdiction means, unless modified by the
agreement of governing bodies, the geographic area within the governing body's
municipal, county, or other border used for determining the address of a service
user for purposes of the emergency telephone charge under this part 1. A governing
body's jurisdiction may differ from an emergency telephone service area which may
be used for call routing and emergency response.
(18) MLTS operator means the person that operates an MLTS from which
an end-user may place a 911 call through the public switched network.
(19) Multi-line telephone system or MLTS means a system composed of
common control units, telephones, and control hardware and software providing
local telephone service to multiple customers in businesses, apartments,
townhouses, condominiums, schools, dormitories, hotels, motels, resorts, extended
care facilities, or similar entities, facilities, or structures. Multi-line telephone
system includes:
(a) Network and premises-based systems such as centrex, PBX, and hybrid-key telephone systems; and
(b) Systems owned or leased by governmental agencies, nonprofit entities,
and for-profit businesses.
(20) Person means any individual, firm, partnership, copartnership, joint
venture, association, cooperative organization, corporation (municipal or private and
whether organized for profit or not), governmental agency, state, county, political
subdivision, state department, commission, board, or bureau, fraternal organization,
nonprofit organization, estate, trust, business or common law trust, receiver,
assignee for the benefit of creditors, trustee, or trustee in bankruptcy, or any other
service user.
(21) Prepaid wireless telecommunications service means wireless
telecommunications access that allows the user to make 911 calls, is paid for in
advance, and is sold in predetermined units or dollars, of which the number of units
or dollars available to the caller declines with use in a known amount.
(22) Public agency means any city, city and county, town, county, municipal
corporation, special district, or public authority located in whole or in part within the
state that provides or has the authority to provide fire fighting, law enforcement,
ambulance, emergency medical, or other emergency services.
(23) Public safety answering point or PSAP means a facility equipped
and staffed to provide emergency telephone service.
(24) Service supplier means a person providing 911 access connections to
any service user in the state, either directly or by resale.
(25) Service user means a person who is provided a 911 access connection
in the state.
(26) State 911 fund means a fund created by the public utilities commission
for receipt of the state 911 surcharge and other funds as described in section 29-11-102.3.
(27) Telecommunications service has the same meaning as set forth in
section 40-15-102 (29).
(28) Wireless automatic location identification or wireless ALI means the
automatic display, on equipment at the PSAP, of the location of a wireless service
user initiating a 911 call.
(29) Wireless automatic number identification or wireless ANI means the
automatic display on equipment at the PSAP of the mobile identification number of
a wireless service user initiating a 911 call.
(30) Wireless carrier means a cellular licensee, a personal communications
service licensee, and certain specialized mobile radio service providers designated
as covered carriers by the federal communications commission in 47 CFR 20.18 and
any successor to such regulation.