ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 451

(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 § 18-103 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)     "Enhanced 911" means a 911 system that provides:
(i) Automatic number identification;

(ii) Automatic location identification; and

(iii) After July 1, 1995, other future technological advancements
that the Board may require.

(7) "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.

(8) "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.

(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 §§ 18-103 and 18-104 of this subtitle.

(10) "911 Trust Fund" means the Fund established by § 18-105 of this
subtitle.

(11) "Multicounty" means two or more counties which are contiguous.

(12) "911 fee" means the fee imposed pursuant to § 18-105(b) of this
subtitle.

(13) "Additional charge" means the charge imposed by a county pursuant
to § 18-105(c) of this subtitle.

(14) [(i) "Wireless telephone service" means public telephone services
provided for two way voice or data communication which is transmitted independent
of switched local exchange access telephone service and which may in part be
transmitted via cable or wire as part of a larger telephone or cable system.

(ii) "Wireless telephone service" includes:
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