Section 28-24-1a - DefinitionsAs used in sections 28-24-1a to 28-24-12a, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Capital expenditure" means any single non-recurring acquisition in excess of ten thousand dollars in a single budget cycle for durable goods, information technology, or related services.(2) "Division" means the Division of Statewide Emergency Telecommunications within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.(3) "Emergency medical dispatch" has the same meaning as provided in section 28-25 of the Connecticut General Statutes.(4) "Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund" means the fund described in section 28-30a of the Connecticut General Statutes.(5) "Funded entity" means a PSAP serving a single town, city, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough with a population of forty thousand or more that receives an annual subsidy from the Enhanced 9-1-1 telecommunications fund.(6) "Multi-town public safety answering point" or "multi-town PSAP" means an entity authorized by the Division as the public safety answering point responsible for the receipt and processing of 9-1-1 calls for two towns, cities, consolidated towns and cities or consolidated boroughs and towns that is not eligible to be a regional PSAP An unconsolidated borough plus a town or city does not constitute a multi-town PSAP(7) "Next generation 9-1-1" means a 9-1-1 internet protocol-based system with inherent capabilities beyond enhanced 9-1-1 system functions, such as the basic ability to support non-voice multimedia, including text, images and video.(8) "Private safety answering point" has the same meaning as provided in section 28-25 of the Connecticut General Statutes.(9) "Public safety agency" has the same meaning as provided in section 28-25 of the Connecticut General Statutes.(10) "Public safety answering point" or "PSAP" has the same meaning as provided in section 28-25 of the Connecticut General Statutes.(11) "Public safety answering point terminal equipment" or "PSAP terminal equipment" means hardware and software installed at a PSAP which allows personnel to receive emergency calls from the public delivered through the next generation 9-1-1 system.(12) "Regional emergency telecommunications center" or "regional PSAP" means an entity authorized by the Division as the public safety answering point responsible for the receipt and processing of 9-1-1 calls for no fewer than three towns, cities, consolidated towns and cities or consolidated towns and boroughs. Two towns or cities plus an unconsolidated borough do not constitute a regional PSAP.(13) "Secondary answering point" means a facility that receives emergency 9-1-1 calls transferred to it by a public safety answering point, private safety answering point or other entity for the purpose of the dispatch of municipal emergency response agencies or for the provision of mandatory services including, but not limited to, emergency medical dispatch services as required in section 28-25b(g) of the Connecticut General Statutes..(14) "Stand-alone multi-town PSAP" means a multi-town PSAP authorized by the Division as the public safety answering point responsible for the receipt and processing of 9-1-1 calls, organized as an independent entity that is not a part of any municipality, but has the responsibility to receive and process 9-1-1 calls for two towns, cities, consolidated towns and cities or consolidated boroughs and towns and is not eligible to be a regional PSAPConn. Agencies Regs. § 28-24-1a