§ 53126.5

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 28, Sec. 31. (SB 71) Effective June 27, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 93 of Ch. 28.

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a)“Local public agency” means a city, county, city and county, and joint powers authority that provides a public safety answering point (PSAP).
(b)“Nonemergency telephone system” means a system structured to provide access to only public safety agencies such as police and fire, or a system structured to provide access to public safety agencies and to all other services provided by a local public agency such as street maintenance and animal control.
(c)“Public Safety Communications Division” means the Public Safety Communications Division within the

Office of Emergency Services.

Other sections in Article 6.6 - State Nonemergency Telephone System

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