TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES 50001-57550›DIVISION 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES 53000-55821›PART 1. POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES 53000-54999.7›CHAPTER 1. General 53000-53166›ARTICLE 6.6. State Nonemergency Telephone System 53126-53127
§ 53126.5
California Government Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
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.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 28, Sec. 31. (SB 71) Effective June 27, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 93 of Ch. 28.)
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