Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 10 > Chapter 4 > Part 1 - Emergency Telephone System Plans

• Access line: means a voice service of a provider of exchange access services, a wireless provider, or a provider of interconnected voice over IP service that has enabled and activated service for its subscriber to contact a public safety answering point via a 9-1-1 system by entering or dialing the digits 9-1-1. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• Commercial mobile radio service: means :

  (a)a mobile service that is:

  (i)provided for profit with the intent of receiving compensation or monetary gain;

  (ii)an interconnected service; and

  (iii)available to the public or to classes of eligible users so as to be effectively available to a substantial portion of the public; or

  (b)a mobile service that is the functional equivalent of a mobile service described in subsection (3)(a). See Montana Code 10-4-101

• Department: means the department of justice provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 20. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Emergency communications: means any form of communication requesting any type of emergency services by contacting a public safety answering point through a 9-1-1 system, including voice, nonvoice, or video communications, as well as transmission of any text message or analog digital data. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Emergency services: means services provided by a public or private safety agency, including law enforcement, firefighting, ambulance or medical services, and civil defense services. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Exchange access services: means :

  (a)telephone exchange access lines or channels that provide local access from the premises of a subscriber in this state to the local telecommunications network to effect the transfer of information; and

  (b)unless a separate tariff rate is charged for the exchange access lines or channels, a facility or service provided in connection with the services described in subsection (7)(a). See Montana Code 10-4-101

• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• Originating service provider: means an entity that provides capability for a retail customer to initiate emergency communications. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Prepaid wireless service: means a commercial mobile radio service that:

  (a)allows a subscriber to use a 9-1-1 system to engage in emergency communications; and

  (b)is paid for in advance and sold in predetermined units or dollars of which the number declines with use in a known amount, including prepaid wireless phone cards, recharge or refill authorization codes, and prepaid cell phones or other prepaid wireless devices preloaded with airtime minutes. See Montana Code 10-4-101

• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Private safety agency: means an entity, except a public safety agency, providing emergency fire, ambulance, or medical services. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
• Provider: means a public utility, a cooperative telephone company, a wireless provider, a provider of interconnected voice over IP service, a provider of exchange access services, or any other entity that provides access lines. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Public safety agency: means a functional division of a local or tribal government or the state that dispatches or provides law enforcement, firefighting, or emergency medical services or other emergency services. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Public safety answering point: means a communications facility operated on a 24-hour basis that first receives emergency communications from persons requesting emergency services and that may, as appropriate, directly dispatch emergency services or transfer or relay the emergency communications to appropriate public safety agencies. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Relay: means a 9-1-1 service in which a public safety answering point, upon receipt of a telephone request for emergency services, notes the pertinent information from the caller and relays the information to the appropriate public safety agency, other agencies, or other providers of emergency services for dispatch of an emergency unit. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Seller: means a person who owns or operates a business that sells prepaid wireless services directly to a subscriber. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Subscriber: means :

  (a)an end user who has an access line or who contracts with a wireless provider for commercial mobile radio services; or

  (b)a customer who purchases prepaid wireless services from a seller in a transaction. See Montana Code 10-4-101

• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• Transaction: means the purchase of prepaid wireless service from a seller for any purpose other than resale. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Transfer: means a service in which a public safety answering point, upon receipt of a telephone request for emergency services, directly transfers the request to an appropriate public safety agency or other emergency services provider. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• Tribal government: has the meaning provided in 2-15-141. See Montana Code 10-4-101
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Wireless provider: means an entity that is authorized by the federal communications commission to provide facilities-based commercial mobile radio service within this state. See Montana Code 10-4-101