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HARRY HUGHES, Governor 503
(1) "County" means any of the 23 counties of Maryland
and Baltimore City.
(2) "Comptroller" means the Comptroller of the State
Treasury.
(3) "Board" means the Emergency Number Systems Board.
(4) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the State
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
(5) "911 system" means a telephone service which
meets the planning guidelines established pursuant to Section
204H-3 of this subtitle, and which automatically connects a
person dialing the digits 911 to an established public safety
answering point. 911 system includes equipment for connecting
and outswitching 911 calls within a telephone central office,
trunking facilities from the central office to a public safety
answering point, and equipment to connect 911 calls to the
appropriate public safety agency.
(6) "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.
(7) "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 such services on a voluntary basis.
(8) "Enhancement" means any addition to a 911 system
such as automatic number identification, automatic location
identification, selective routing of calls, or other future
technological advancements, as determined by the Board.
(9) "County plan" means a plan for a 911 system or
enhanced 911 system or any amendment to the plan developed by a
county or several counties together under the provisions of
Sections 204H-3 and 204H-4 of this subtitle.
(10) "911 Trust Fund" means the [net proceeds of the
fee proposed in] THE FUND ESTABLISHED BY Section 204H-5 of this
subtitle.
(11) "Multicounty" means two or more counties which
are contiguous.
(12) "911 FEE" MEANS THE FEE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 204H~5(B) OF THIS SUBTITLE ON THE TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS
IN THIS STATE.
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