Maryland Code, PUBLIC SAFETY 1-302
Terms Used In Maryland Code, PUBLIC SAFETY 1-302
- County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(1) recognizes the paramount importance of the safety and well-being of the public;
(2) recognizes that timely and appropriate assistance must be provided when the lives or property of the public are in imminent danger;
(3) recognizes that emergency assistance usually is summoned by telephone, and that a multiplicity of emergency telephone numbers existed throughout the State and within each county;
(4) was concerned that avoidable delays in reaching appropriate emergency assistance were occurring to the jeopardy of life and property;
(5) acknowledges that the three digit number, 9-1-1, is a nationally recognized and applied telephone number that may be used to summon emergency assistance and to eliminate delays caused by lack of familiarity with emergency numbers and by confusion in circumstances of crisis; and
(6) recognizes that all end user customers of 9-1-1-accessible services, including consumers of prepaid wireless telecommunications service, should contribute in a fair and equitable manner to the 9-1-1 Trust Fund.
(b) The purposes of this subtitle are to:
(1) establish the three digit number, 9-1-1, as the primary emergency telephone number for the State; and
(2) provide for the orderly installation, maintenance, and operation of 9-1-1 systems in the State.