Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1329 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATEWIDE 9-1-1 FUND › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1329.110 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"9-1-1 Authority" means the ETSB, Joint ETSB, or qualified
				  governmental entity that provides for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 system
				  within the scope of those duties and powers prescribed by the Emergency Telephone
				  System Act (ETSA) [50 ILCS 750 ].
"9-1-1 Network" means the network used for the delivery of 9-1-1
				  emergency calls over dedicated and redundant facilities, as required by 83 Ill. Adm.
				  Code 725, to a PSAP or backup PSAP that meets the applicable grade of
				  service.
"9-1-1 System" means the geographic area that has been granted an
				  order of authority by the Administrator to use "9-1-1" as the primary emergency
				  telephone number.
"9-1-1 System Provider" means any person, corporation, limited
				  liability company, partnership, sole proprietorship, or entity of any description
				  that acts as a 9-1-1 system provider within the meaning of ETSA Section 2 by
				  contracting to provide 9-1-1 network and database services that has been certified
				  by the Commission pursuant to Section 13-900 of the Public Utilities Act
				  [220
				  ILCS 5/13-900 ].
"Act" or "ETSA" means the Emergency Telephone System Act [50 ILCS
				  750 ].
"Administrative Costs" means the ordinary and extraordinary fees,
				  costs and expenses incurred by the Department in performing its duties and
				  responsibilities under ETSA and this Part, including legal and other professional
				  and consulting fees and expenses.
"Administrator" means the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator.
"Advisory Board" means the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board.
"Automatic Location Identification" or "ALI" means the automatic
				  display at the PSAP of the caller's telephone number, the address/location of the
				  telephone, and supplementary emergency services information.
"Backup PSAP" means a public safety answering point that serves as
				  an alternate to the PSAP for enhanced systems and is at a different location and
				  operates independently from the PSAP. A backup PSAP may accept overflow calls from
				  the PSAP or be activated in the event that the PSAP is disabled.
"Busy Day" means a consecutive 24-hour period during which the
				  greatest volume of traffic is handled in the central office.
"Busy Hour" means the two consecutive half-hours each day during
				  which the greatest volume of traffic is handled in the central office.
"Carrier" means a telecommunications carrier and a wireless
				  carrier.
"Central Office" means the site where switching equipment is
				  located. A local central office, also called an end office, is the switching office
				  where individual subscriber's access lines appear. It houses the equipment that
				  receives calls transmitted on the local loop and routes the call over the switched
				  network either directly to the person called, if the call is placed to a location
				  served by the same local central office, or to another central office, if the call
				  is placed to a customer served by a different central office.
"Collection" means the end of the month in which the surcharge
				  money was received by the Carrier or Interconnected VoIP provider.
"Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
"Consolidation" means a reduction of Emergency Telephone System
				  Boards, Joint Emergency Telephone System Boards, qualified governmental entities,
				  and PSAPs pursuant to Section 15.4a of the Emergency Telephone System Act
				  [50
				  ILCS 750/15.4a ].
"Department" means the Department of State Police.
"Emergency Call" means any type of request for emergency
				  assistance through a 9-1-1 network, not limited to voice. This may include a session
				  established by signaling with two-way real-time media and involves a human making a
				  request for help.
"Emergency Telephone System Board" or "ETSB" means a board
				  appointed by the corporate authorities of any county or municipality that provides
				  for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 system within the scope of the duties
				  and powers prescribed by ETSA. The corporate authorities shall provide for the
				  manner of appointment, provided that members of the board meet the requirements of
				  the statute.
"Fund" means the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund named as such under ETSA
				  Section 30, and includes any monies remaining in, and authority for expenditures
				  from, the Wireless Service Emergency Fund as of January 1, 2016.
"Geospatial Mapping Data" means accurate references to a precise
				  location on the earth's surface using latitude, longitude, elevation and data that
				  identifies the coordinate system used.
"Grade of Service" means P.01 for Basic 9-1-1 or E9-1-1 services
				  or NENA i3 Solution standard for NG9-1-1 services.
"Grant" means a distribution from the Fund to a 9-1-1 Authority
				  pursuant to ETSA Section 30.
"Interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol Provider" or
				  "Interconnected VoIP Provider" means every corporation, company, association, joint
				  stock company or association, firm, partnership, or individual, their lessees,
				  trustees or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever that owns, controls,
				  operates, manages, or provides within this State, directly or indirectly,
				  Interconnected VoIP service
or
the
				  meaning
prescribed in
				  47 CFR
				  9.3
[220 ILCS 5/13-234 and 13 -235].
				  VoIP service is a service that:
enables real-time, two-way voice communications;
requires a broadband connection from the user's location;
requires Internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment;
				  and
permits users generally to receive calls that originate on the
				  public switched telephone network and to terminate calls to the public switched
				  network.
"Joint ETSB" means a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board
				  established by intergovernmental agreement of two or more municipalities or
				  counties, or a combination thereof, to provide for the management and operation of a
				  9-1-1 system.
"Master Street Address Guide" or "MSAG" means the computerized
				  geographic file that either consists of all street and address data or its
				  functional equivalent (i.e., Geospatial Mapping Data) within the 9-1-1 system area.
				  This database is the key to the selective routing capability of E9-1-1 systems. It
				  matches an originating caller to a specific answering point based on the address
				  data. The MSAG will require updating after the initial file is created.
"NENA i3 Solution standard" means the NENA 08-003 Detailed
				  Functional and Interface Standard for NG9-1-1 (i3), published by the National
				  Emergency Number Association, 1700 Diagonal Rd., Suite 500, Alexandria VA 22314
				  (
www.NENA.org
) (June 14, 2011). These standards
				  are hereby incorporated by reference and do not include any later amendments or
				  additions.
"Network Costs" means those recurring costs that directly relate
				  to the operation of the 9-1-1 network, including costs for interoffice trunks,
				  selective routing charges, transfer lines and toll charges for 9-1-1 services,
				  Automatic Location Information (ALI) database charges, call box trunk circuit
				  (including central office only and not including extensions to fire stations),
				  independent local exchange carrier charges and nonsystem provider charges, carrier
				  charges for third party database for on-site customer premises equipment, backup
				  PSAP trunks for nonsystem providers, periodic database updates as provided by
				  carrier (also known as "ALI data dump"), regional ALI storage charges, circuits for
				  call delivery (fiber or circuit connection), NG9-1-1 costs, and all associated fees,
				  taxes and surcharges on each invoice. "Network Costs" shall not include radio
				  circuits or toll charges that are for other than for 9-1-1 services.
"NG9-1-1 Costs" means those recurring costs that directly relate
				  to the Next Generation 9-1-1 service including costs for Emergency System Routing
				  Proxy (ESRP), Emergency Call Routing Function/Location Validation Function
				  (ECRF/LVF), Spatial Information Function (SIF), the Border Control Function (BCF),
				  and the Emergency Services Internet Protocol networks (ESInets), legacy network
				  gateways, and all associated fees, taxes, and surcharges on each invoice.
"P.01" means the probability (P) expressed as a decimal fraction
				  of an emergency call being blocked. P.01 is the grade of service reflecting the
				  probability that one call out of 100 during the average busy hour of the average
				  busy day will be blocked, or the number of 9-1-1 circuits or facilities from the
				  9-1-1 system provider's routing equipment to the primary PSAP or PSAPs that is
				  sufficient to complete 99% of all requests for emergency service during the average
				  busy hour of the average busy day.
"Prepaid Act" means the Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act [50
				  ILCS 753 ].
"Public Safety Answering Point" or "PSAP" means the initial
				  answering location of an emergency call.
"Subscriber" means a wireless subscriber.
"Surcharge" means a monthly amount imposed, pursuant to ETSA
				  Section 20 on all customers of telecommunications carriers, wireless carriers and
				  interconnected VoIP providers for the purpose of installing and maintaining an
				  E9-1-1 or NG9-1-1 system with the exception of a municipality with a population of
				  500,000 or greater.
"Telecommunications Carrier" or "Carrier" shall have the same
				  meaning ascribed in Section 13-202 of the Public Utilities Act [220
				  ILCS 5/13-202 ], including those carriers acting as
				  resellers of telecommunications services. It includes telephone systems operating as
				  mutual concerns, but does not include a wireless carrier.
"Vendor" means an entity that provides some or all elements of
				  9-1-1, E9-1-1, and/or other services for which it incurs network costs for one or
				  more 9-1-1 Authorities.
"WCRF" means the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund created by
				  ETSA Section 45.
"Wireless Carrier" means a provider of two-way cellular, broadband
				  personal communications service (PCS), geographic area 800 MHZ and 900 MHZ
				  Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS), Wireless Communications Service (WCS), or
				  other Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS), as defined by the Federal
				  Communications Commission, offering radio communications that may provide fixed,
				  mobile, radio location, or satellite communication services to individuals or
				  businesses within its assigned spectrum block and geographic area or that offers
				  real-time, two-way voice service that is interconnected with the public switched
				  network, including a reseller of that service.