Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes > 911 Service System Act

• Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Nebraska Statutes 86-1006
• Committee: means the 911 Service System Advisory Committee. See Nebraska Statutes 86-1006.01
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Emergency services: means the provision through a public safety agency of firefighting, law enforcement, ambulance, emergency, medical, or other public emergency services, as determined by a local governing body, to respond to and manage emergency incidents. See Nebraska Statutes 86-1007
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Interconnected voice over Internet protocol service: means an interconnected voice over Internet protocol service as defined in Nebraska Statutes 86-1010
• Internet protocol: means the method by which data is sent from one computer to another on the Internet or other networks. See Nebraska Statutes 86-1011
• Internet protocol-enabled service: means any service, capability, functionality, or application provided using Internet protocol, or any successor protocol, that enables a service user to send or receive a communication in Internet protocol format including, but not limited to, voice, data, or video. See Nebraska Statutes 86-1012
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• Local governing body: means a county board, city council of a city, board of trustees of a village, board of directors of any rural or suburban fire protection district, or any governing body of an entity created pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act or the Joint Public Agency Act. See Nebraska Statutes 86-1013
• Network: means (1) a legacy telecommunications network that supports basic 911 service and enhanced-911 service or (2) a managed Internet protocol network that is used for 911 calls, that can be shared by all public safety answering points, and that provides the Internet protocol transport infrastructure upon which independent application platforms and core functional processes can be deployed, including, but not limited to, those necessary for providing next-generation 911 service capability. See Nebraska Statutes 86-1014
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Originating service provider: means an entity that provides the capability for customers to originate 911 calls to public safety answering points. See Nebraska Statutes 86-1020
• Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Process: shall mean a summons, subpoena, or notice to appear issued out of a court in the course of judicial proceedings. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Public safety agency: means an agency which provides emergency services. See Nebraska Statutes 86-1021
• Public safety answering point: means a local governmental entity responsible for receiving 911 calls and processing those calls according to a specific operational policy. See Nebraska Statutes 86-1022
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Service user: means any person who initiates a 911 call to receive emergency services. See Nebraska Statutes 86-1023
• Stakeholder: means a public safety answering point, a public safety agency, and any person, organization, agency of government, originating service provider, or other organization that has a vital interest in the 911 service system. See Nebraska Statutes 86-1024
• State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801