Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 24 > Article 6 - Local Emergency Telephone System

• ALI: means a telecommunications network capability that enables the automatic display of information defining the geographical location of the telephone used to place a wireless enhanced 911 call. See West Virginia Code 24-6-2
• ANI: means a telecommunications network capability that enables the automatic display of the telephone number used to place a wireless enhanced 911 call. See West Virginia Code 24-6-2
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• CMRS provider: means cellular licensees, broadband personal communications services (PCS) licensees and specialized mobile radio (SMR) providers, as those terms are defined by the Federal Communications Commission, which offer on a post-paid or prepaid basis or via a combination of those two methods, real-time, two-way switched voice service that is interconnected with the public switched network and includes resellers of any commercial mobile radio service. See West Virginia Code 24-6-2
• Comprehensive plan: means a plan pertaining to the installing, modifying or replacing of telephone switching equipment. See West Virginia Code 24-6-2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Emergency service provider: means any emergency services organization or public safety unit. See West Virginia Code 24-6-2
• Emergency services organization: means the organization established under article five, chapter . See West Virginia Code 24-6-2
• Emergency telecommunicator: means a professional telecommunicator meeting the training requirements set forth in §. See West Virginia Code 24-6-2
• Emergency telephone system: means a telephone system which through normal telephone service facilities automatically connects a person dialing the primary emergency telephone number to an established public agency answering point, but does not include an enhanced emergency telephone system. See West Virginia Code 24-6-2
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing, engraving, writing, or otherwise. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• 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.
• Prepaid wireless calling service: means prepaid wireless calling service as defined in §. See West Virginia Code 24-6-2
• PSAP: means a facility to which 911 calls are initially routed for response and where county personnel respond to specific requests for emergency service by directly dispatching the appropriate emergency service provider, relaying a message to the appropriate provider or transferring the call to the appropriate provider. See West Virginia Code 24-6-2
• Public agency: means the state and any municipality, county, public district or public authority which provides or has authority to provide firefighting, police, ambulance, medical, rescue or other emergency services. See West Virginia Code 24-6-2
• Public safety unit: means a functional division of a public agency which provides firefighting, police, medical, rescue or other emergency services. See West Virginia Code 24-6-2
• Public Service Commission: means the Public Service Commission of West Virginia. See West Virginia Code 24-1-2
• Public utility: means any person or persons, or association of persons, however associated, whether incorporated or not, including municipalities, engaged in any business, whether herein enumerated or not, which is, or shall hereafter be held to be, a public service: Provided, That "public utility" does not include individuals or entities owning a solar photovoltaic energy facility located on and designed to meet only the electrical needs of the premises of a retail electric customer, the output of which is subject to a power purchase agreement with the retail electric customer, subject to §. See West Virginia Code 24-1-2
• State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Technical and operational standards: means those standards of telephone equipment and processes necessary for the implementation of the comprehensive plan as defined in subdivision (11) of this subsection. See West Virginia Code 24-6-2
• Telephone company: means any public utility and any CMRS provider which is engaged in the provision of telephone service whether primarily by means of wire or wireless facilities. See West Virginia Code 24-6-2