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CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODETitle 5 - LOCAL AGENCIESDivision 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIESPart 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIESChapter 1 - GENERAL
Article 6.6 - STATE NONEMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Section 53126.5 - Definitions

Cal. Gov. Code § 53126.5

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Section 53126.5 - Definitions

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) "Local public agency" means a city, county, city and county, and joint powers authority that provides a public safety answering point (PSAP).
(b) "Nonemergency telephone system" means a system structured to provide access to only public safety agencies such as police and fire, or a system structured to provide access to public safety agencies and to all other services provided by a local public agency such as street maintenance and animal control.
(c) "Public Safety Communications Division" means the Public Safety Communications Division within the Office of Emergency Services.

Ca. Gov. Code § 53126.5

Amended by Stats 2013 ch 28 (SB 71),s 31, eff. 6/27/2013, op. 7/1/2013.
Amended by Stats 2010 ch 404 (AB 2408),s 55, eff. 1/1/2011.
Added by Stats 2002 ch 731 (AB 669), s 2, eff. 1/1/2003.