001.01
Definitions: As used in this chapter, unless the
context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply:
001.01A Advisory Board means the Enhanced
Wireless 911 Advisory Board.
001.01B Automatic number identification (AND
means a feature by which a person calling a PSAP has his or her ten-digit
telephone number simultaneously forwarded to the PSAP and to the PSAP's display
and transfer units.
001.01C
Commission means the Nebraska Public Service Commission.
001-01D E-911 or enhanced-911 service means a telephone
exchange communications service by which one or more PSAPs designated by the
governing body may receive telephone calls dialed to the telephone number 911.
E-911 service generally may provide, but is not limited to, selective routing,
ANI, and automatic location identification (ALI) features.
001.01E Enhanced wireless 911 service means a
telephone exchange communications service by which wireless carriers can
provide automatic number identification, pseudo-automatic number
identification, and wireless automatic location identification information to a
PSAP which has capability of providing selective routing, selective transfer,
fixed transfer, automatic number identification, and wireless automatic
location identification.
001.01F
Fund means the Enhanced Wireless 911 Fund.
001.01G Funding year means the year for which
funding is awarded under the permanent funding mechanism from July 1 through
June 30.
001.01H Governing body
means the board of county commissioners or supervisors of a county, the city
council of a city, the board of trustees of a village, or the board of
directors of any rural or suburban fire protection district.
001.01l Home service provider means a
telecommunications company that has contracted with a customer to provide
wireless service.
001.01J 911
service means a telephone service which provides a service user with the
ability to reach a PSAP by dialing the digits 911 for the purpose of reporting
emergencies. The level of technology used for 911 service in a particular 911
service area shall be determined by the governing bodies having jurisdiction
over such area.
001.01K Prepaid
wireless telecommunications service means a wireless telecommunications service
that allows a caller to dial 911 to access the 911 system, which service must
be paid for in advance and is sold in predetermined units or dollars of which
the number declines with use in a known amount.
001.01L Primary place of use means for users
of wireless service other than prepaid wireless service, the street address
representative of where the use of wireless service primarily occurs. The place
of primary use shall be the residential street address or the primary business
street address of the user of the wireless service and shall be within the
service area of the home service provider. For users of prepaid wireless
service, primary place of use means the location associated with the telephone
number assigned to the user.
001.01M Pseudo-automatic number
identification means a feature by which automatic number identification is
provided to a PSAP of the ten-digit telephone number of the specific cell site
or cell site sector from which a wireless call originated.
001.01N Public safety agency means an agency
which actually provides firefighting, law enforcement, ambulance, emergency
medical, or other emergency services.
001.01O Public safety answering point (PSAP)
means a twenty-four hour, local-jurisdiction communications facility which
receives 911 service calls and either directly dispatches emergency services or
relays calls to the appropriate public safety agency.
001.01P Surcharge means the Enhanced Wireless
911 Surcharge.
001.01Q Ten-digit
telephone number means a telephone number assigned to a particular telephone
account including the area code.
001.01R Wireless automatic location
identification (ALI) means a feature by which information is provided to a PSAP
identifying the location, the latitude and longitude within the parameters
established by the Federal Communications Commission, of a wireless unit
originating a call to a PSAP.
001.01S Wireless carrier means any carrier of
mobile service as referenced in
47
U.S.C. 153(27), as such
section existed on January 1, 2007; any carrier of commercial mobile service as
referenced in
47 U.S.C.
332(d)(1), as such section
existed on January 1, 2007; any carrier of commercial mobile radio service as
referenced in
47
C.F.R. 20.9, as such regulation existed on
January 1, 2007; or any cellular radiotelephone service, licensees of a
personal communications service, and specialized mobile radio services as
referenced in
47
C.F.R. 20.9, as such regulation existed on
January 1, 2007. References to wireless carrier include those wireless carriers
providing prepaid wireless telecommunications service as defined in section
001.0IK unless
specifically exempted.
001.01T
Wireless service means any mobile service as defined in
47
U.S.C. 153 and 47 C.F.R. 27.4, as such
section and regulation existed on January 1, 2007; any commercial mobile
service as defined in
47 U.S.C.
332(d), as such section
existed on January 1, 2007; or any commercial mobile radio service as
referenced in
47
C.F.R. 20.9, as such regulation existed on
January 1, 2007.
001.02
Confidential Information: Information provided by
wireless carriers to the Advisory Board or the Commission pursuant to the
Enhanced Wireless 911 Services Act may be treated as records which may be
withheld from the public upon request of the party submitting such records if
the information qualifies under subdivision (3) of section
84-712.05.
001.03
Immunity:
The Commission, governing bodies, and public safety-agencies
may provide enhanced wireless 911 service. In contracting for and providing
such service, except for failure to use reasonable care or for intentional
acts, the Commission, each governing body, each public safety agency, each
wireless carrier, and their employees and agents shall be immune from liability
or the payment of damages in the performance of installing, maintaining, or
providing enhanced wireless 911 service.
001.04
Civil
Penalty:
The Commission may assess a civil penalty pursuant to section
75-156
for each violation of any provision of the Enhanced Wireless 911 Services Act
or any rule, regulation, or order of the Commission issued under authority
delegated to the Commission pursuant to the Act.
