Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2923-A – Requirements of municipalities
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2923-A
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the Department of Public Safety. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2921
- Emergency services: includes fire, police, ambulance, rescue services and other services of an emergency nature identified by the commissioner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2921
- Municipality: includes cities, towns and plantations, except that "municipality" does not include plantations in Title 10, chapter 110, subchapter IV; or Title 30?A, Part 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Public safety answering point: means a facility with enhanced 9-1-1 capability, operated on a 24-hour basis, assigned the responsibility of receiving 9-1-1 calls and, as appropriate, directly dispatching emergency services or, through transfer routing or relay routing, passing 9-1-1 calls to public or private safety agencies. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2921
- Relay routing: means the method of responding to a 9-1-1 call whereby a public safety answering point notes pertinent information and relays it by telephone to the appropriate public or private safety agency that dispatches the needed service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2921
- Transfer routing: means the method of responding to a 9-1-1 call whereby a public safety answering point transfers the call, including the automatic location and number information, to the appropriate public or private safety agency that dispatches the needed service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2921
Each municipality that does not have a public safety answering point shall contract with an entity that does have a public safety answering point, which may be the department, for receiving 9-1-1 calls and, as appropriate, directly dispatching emergency services or, through transfer routing or relay routing, passing 9-1-1 calls to public or private safety agencies that dispatch emergency services. If a municipality without a public safety answering point does not enter into such an agreement, the department shall serve as the public safety answering point for that municipality and the municipality shall pay the department for the provision of those services. Fees received by the department pursuant to this section must be deposited in the Consolidated Emergency Communications Fund established in section 1534. If a fee assessed to a municipality for services provided pursuant to an agreement under this section or by the department is based in whole or in part on population, the population of the municipality may not include persons held at a correctional facility, as defined in Title 34?A, section 1001, subsection 6, within the municipality. [PL 2011, c. 505, §3 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 622, §2 (NEW). PL 2011, c. 505, §3 (AMD).