Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Division 90 - Missouri 911 Service Board › Chapter 2 - 911 Financial Assistance Program › Section 11 CSR 90-2.010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment changes the definition of
				  eligible applicants to include certain regional planning commissions consistent
				  with a change to section
				  650.335, RSMo, that becomes
				  effective August 28, 2023.
(1) As used in this chapter, the following
				terms shall mean-
(A) "911 services
				authority," any county or city governing body or elected emergency services
				board to which the board remits prepaid wireless emergency telephone service
				charges deposited in the fund under section
				190.460.3(5), RSMo;
(B) "911 service level," level of a Public
				Safety Answering Point's (PSAPs) 911 services. There are four (4) levels:
1. Basic-No 911 equipment;
2. Enhanced-Wireline only;
3. Phase 1-Wireless number only;
				and
4. Start Phase
				II-Latitude/Longitude, Text-to- 911;
(C) "Adverse action," an action taken by the
				board to deny, reject, reduce, suspend, or terminate a grant or loan
				application, financial assistance under an approved application or project
				agreement, or request to materially amend a project agreement or extend the
				project completion date;
(D)
				"Application window," a period set by the board for the submission of
				applications for grants and loans available pursuant to section
				650.335,
				RSMo;
(E) "Award priority areas,"
				attributes of loan or grant applications that warrant priority in allocating
				financial assistance from the fund due to the potential to most greatly improve
				911 services statewide, especially in underserved areas, including the
				following:
1. Including one (1) or more PSAPs
				located in a jurisdiction with a 911 service level of basic;
2. Consolidating two (2) or more
				PSAPs;
3. Consolidating 911
				services within a defined region of the state;
4. Moving one (1) or more PSAPs up one (1) or
				more 911 service levels;
5. Meeting
				the NENA i3 Solution Standard for Emergency Services IP Network;
6. Becoming NG9-1-1 compatible;
7. Purchasing 911 technology and equipment,
				such as 911 trunking equipment, workstations with 911 answering equipment,
				software, dispatch systems, and radio systems, that is currently nonexistent
				and is not being used to replace existing equipment; and
8. Adding Text-to-911; defined as is the
				ability to send a text message to reach 911 emergency call takers from a mobile
				phone or device;
(F)
				"Board," the Missouri 911 service board defined in section
				650.320, RSMo and
				established by section
				650.325,
				RSMo;
(G) "Eligible applicants" or
				"Applicants," counties, cities, elected emergency service boards, and regional
				planning commissions as defined in section
				70.515, RSMo, that provide
				emergency telephone services to multiple counties, that sections
				650.330 and
				655.335, RSMo, authorize to
				submit applications to the board for grants and loans to finance all or a
				portion of the costs incurred by their 911 services authorities in implementing
				a 911 communications service project;
(H) "Eligible uses," expenditures that may be
				paid using financial assistance from the fund, including, but not limited to,
				capital expenses such as building, facility, and equipment costs; operating
				expenses such as research, development, and administrative costs; expenses
				associated with training; and matching funds for federal grants;
(I) "Fund," the Missouri 911 service trust
				fund established by section
				190.420,
				RSMo;
(J) "Grant," a distribution
				from the fund that is not required to be repaid;
(K) "Incomplete application," an application
				received by the board that is not submitted in accordance with the application
				instructions, regulations, or statutes;
(L) "Loan," a distribution from the fund that
				must be repaid with interest;
(M)
				"NENA i3 Solution Standard," the NENA Detailed Functional and Interface
				Standard for the NENA i3 Solution, NENA-STA-010.2-2016 (originally 08-003),
				September 10, 2016, published by the National Emergency Number Association,
				1700 Diagonal Rd., Suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22314 (
www.NENA.org
) and available at
http://www.nena.org/resource/resmgr/standards/NENA-STA-010.2_i3_Architectu.pdf\
and on the board's website. This standard is incorporated herein by reference
				and does not include any later amendments or additions;
(N) "Next Generation 911" or "NG9-1-1," a
				system comprised of managed IP-based networks, gateways, functional elements,
				and databases that augment or replicate present day E9-1-1 features and
				functions and provide new capabilities. NG9-1-1 is designed to provide access
				to emergency services from all sources, and to provide multimedia data
				capabilities for PSAPs and other emergency service organizations;
(O) "Project Agreement," an agreement
				governing the board's award of a financial assistance for an 911 services
				authority's 911 communications service project; and
(P) "PSAPs," public safety answering points
				as defined in sections
				190.400
				and
				650.320,
				RSMo.