2004 Minnesota Statutes

     403.02 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Scope.  For the purposes of this 
 chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings 
 given them. 

    Subd. 2.  Renumbered subd 16 

    Subd. 3.  Renumbered subd 14 

    Subd. 4.  Renumbered subd 18 

    Subd. 5.  Renumbered subd 19 

    Subd. 6.  Renumbered subd 17 

    Subd. 7.    Automatic location identification.  
 "Automatic location identification" means the process of 
 electronically identifying and displaying on a special viewing 
 screen the name of the subscriber and the location, where 
 available, of the calling telephone number to a person answering 
 a 911 emergency call. 

    Subd. 8.  Renumbered subd 15 

    Subd. 9.  Renumbered subd 13 

    Subd. 10.    Commissioner.  "Commissioner" means the 
 commissioner of public safety. 

    Subd. 11.  Renumbered subd 20 

    Subd. 12.  Renumbered subd 21 

    Subd. 13.    Enhanced 911 service.  "Enhanced 911 
 service" means the use of selective routing, automatic location 
 identification, or local location identification as part of 
 local 911 service. 

    Subd. 14.    Governmental agency.  "Governmental agency" 
 means any unit of local government or special purpose district 
 located in whole or in part within this state that provides or 
 has authority to provide fire-fighting, police, ambulance, 
 medical, or other emergency services. 

    Subd. 15.    Local location identification.  "Local 
 location identification" means the process of locating the 
 origin of calls to a 911 system by means of a periodically 
 updated database located and maintained at the public safety 
 answering point. 

    Subd. 16.    Metropolitan area.  "Metropolitan area" 
 means the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
 Scott, and Washington. 

    Subd. 17.    911 service.  "911 service" means a 
 telecommunications service that automatically connects a person 
 dialing the digits 911 to an established public safety answering 
 point.  911 service includes: 

    (1) equipment for connecting and outswitching 911 calls 
 within a telephone central office, trunking facilities from the 
 central office to a public safety answering point; 

    (2) equipment, as appropriate, for automatically 
 selectively routing 911 calls in situations where one telephone 
 central office serves more than one public safety answering 
 point; and 

    (3) provision of automatic location identification if the 
 public safety answering point has the capability of providing 
 that service. 

    Subd. 18.    Public safety agency.  "Public safety 
 agency" means a functional division of a public agency which 
 provides fire fighting, police, medical, or other emergency 
 services, or a private entity which provides emergency medical 
 or ambulance services. 

    Subd. 19.    Public safety answering point.  "Public 
 safety answering point" means a communications facility operated 
 on a 24-hour basis which first receives 911 calls from persons 
 in a 911 service area and which may, as appropriate, directly 
 dispatch public safety services or extend, transfer, or relay 
 911 calls to appropriate public safety agencies. 

    Subd. 20.    Wire-line telecommunications service provider.
  "Wire-line telecommunications service provider" means a 
 person, firm, association, corporation, or other legal entity, 
 however organized, or combination of them, authorized by state 
 or federal regulatory agencies to furnish telecommunications 
 service, including local service, over wire-line facilities. 

    Subd. 21.    Wireless telecommunications service provider. 
  "Wireless telecommunications service provider" means a 
 provider of commercial mobile radio services, as that term is 
 defined in United States Code, title 47, section 332, subsection 
 (d), including all broadband personal communications services, 
 wireless radio telephone services, geographic area specialized 
 and enhanced specialized mobile radio services, and incumbent 
 wide area specialized mobile radio licensees, that offers real 
 time, two-way voice service interconnected with the public 
 switched telephone network and that is doing business in the 
 state of Minnesota. 

    Subd. 22.    Call-back number.  "Call-back number" means 
 a number used by the public safety answering point to recontact 
 the location from which the 911 call was placed.  

    Subd. 23.    Emergency location identification number.  
 "Emergency location identification number" means a valid North 
 American numbering plan format telephone number, assigned to the 
 multiline telephone system operator by the appropriate 
 authority, that is used to route the call to a public safety 
 answering point and is used to retrieve the automatic location 
 identification for the public safety answering point.  

    Subd. 24.    Emergency response location.  "Emergency 
 response location" means a location to which a 911 emergency 
 response team may be dispatched.  The location must be specific 
 enough to provide a reasonable opportunity for the emergency 
 response team to locate a caller anywhere within it.  

    Subd. 25.    Multiline telephone system.  "Multiline 
 telephone system" means a private telephone system comprised of 
 common control units, telephones, and control hardware and 
 software that share a common interface to the public switched 
 telephone network.  This includes network and premises-based 
 systems and systems owned or leased by governmental agencies and 
 nonprofit entities, as well as for-profit businesses.  

    Subd. 26.    Shared residential multiline telephone system 
 service.  "Shared residential multiline telephone service" 
 means the use of a multiline telephone system to provide service 
 to residential facilities.  For purposes of this subdivision, 
 "residential facilities" means both single-family and 
 multifamily facilities including extended care facilities and 
 dormitories.  

    HIST: 1977 c 311 s 2; 1987 c 56 s 1,2; 1990 c 543 s 1; 1994 c 
 616 s 6; 1995 c 149 s 1; 1997 c 202 art 3 s 18,19; 3Sp1997 c 3 s 
 1; 2002 c 372 s 2-6; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 102; 2004 c 282 s 3-7