Gov. Code, § 53126.5 · Article 6.6. State Nonemergency Telephone System
Gov. Code, § 53126.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
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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