Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
(a) Those definitions set forth in Sections 28-25 and 28-30 of the Connecticut General Statutes shall govern the provisions of Sections 28-24-1 to 28-24-14, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, in addition to definitions set forth in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) As used in Sections 28-24-1 to 28-24-14, inclusive:
(1) "Regional emergency telecommunications center" means an entity, authorized by the Department of Public Safety, Office of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications, as the public safety answering point responsible for the receipt and processing of 9-1-1 calls for at least three municipalities.
(2) "Public safety answering point," "or PSAP," means a facility, authorized by the Department of Public Safety, Office of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications, in accordance with section 28-27(b) of the Connecticut General Statutes, operated on a twenty-four hour basis, assigned the responsibility of receiving 9-1-1 calls and, as appropriate, directly dispatching emergency response services, or transferring or relaying emergency 9-1-1 calls to other public safety agencies. A public safety answering point is the first point of reception by a public safety agency of a 9-1-1 call and serves the jurisdictions in which it is located or other participating jurisdictions.
(3) "Private safety answering point" means a facility within a private company, corporation or institution, operated on a twenty-four hour basis, and assigned the responsibility of receiving 9-1-1 calls routed by a private branch exchange and, directly dispatching in-house emergency response services, or transferring or relaying emergency 9-1-1 calls to other public or private safety agencies.
(4) "Municipality" means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough.
(5) "Public safety agency" means a functional division of a municipality or the state, which provides fire fighting, law enforcement or emergency medical services.
(6) "Secondary answering point" means a facility to which a Public Safety Answering Point transfers a 9-1-1 call.
(7) "Enhanced 9-1-1 network" means the arrangement of channels, loops, trunks, paths and associated switching devices, nodes, interconnections, data management equipment and station equipment designed to handle enhanced 9-1-1 calls.
(8) "Subscriber assessment" means the monthly telephone subscriber assessment as determined by the Department of Public Utility Control. Such assessment is collected from subscribers of local telephone service by telephone or telecommunications companies providing such service and by each provider of commercial mobile radio service, pursuant to Section 16-256g of the Connecticut General Statutes, and deposited in the Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund.
(9) "Multi-town PSAP" means an entity authorized by the Department of Public Safety, Office of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications, as the Public Safety answering point responsible for the receipt and processing of 9-1-1 calls for two municipalities.
(10) "Capital expenditure" means any single non-recurring acquisition in excess of $5,000 for durable goods, information technology or related services in a single budget cycle.
(11) "Funded municipality" means a city that receives a subsidy from the enhanced 9-1-1 telecommunications fund.
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(Adopted effective January 24, 1997; Amended March 3, 2006)