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Title 30 : Public Service
Chapter 087 : Enhanced 911; Emergency Services
(Cite as: 30 V.S.A. § 7055)-
§ 7055. Originating carrier coordination
(a) Every originating carrier offering access to the public switched telephone network shall make available, in accordance with requirements established by the Federal Communications Commission, the universal emergency telephone number 911 for use by the public in seeking assistance from fire, police, medical, and other emergency service providers through a public safety answering point and shall deliver their customers’ 911 calls to the point of interconnection defined by the Board.
(b) Every originating carrier shall provide the ANI, if applicable, and any other information required by rules adopted under section 7053 of this title to the Board, or to any administrator of 911 databases, solely for purposes of maintaining the 911 databases and for purposes outlined in subdivisions 7059(a)(1)(B) and (D) of this title, unless such information is provided by submission to the Vermont 911 ALI database, in case the information may also be used for the purposes outlined in subdivision 7059(a)(1)(A) of this title. Each such provider shall be responsible for updating the information at a frequency specified by such rules. All persons receiving confidential information under this subsection, as defined by section 7059 of this title, shall use it solely for the purposes specified in subdivision 7059(a)(1) of this title and shall not disclose such confidential information for any other purpose.
(c) Each originating carrier providing services within the State shall designate a person to coordinate with and provide all relevant information to the Enhanced 911 Board in carrying out the purposes of the chapter.
(d) Originating carriers certificated to provide service in the State shall transmit with each 911 call available ANI or pseudo-Automatic Number Identification (p-ANI) that can be used to query the Enhanced 911 or third-party databases to provide the Automatic Location Identification as defined by standards approved by the National Emergency Number Association (NENA). Originating carriers with the capability to provide location and caller data with the call shall do so in accordance with the approved i3 Standards for Next Generation 9-1-1.
(e) Each local exchange telecommunications provider in the State shall file with the Public Utility Commission tariffs for each service element necessary for the provision of Enhanced 911 services. The Public Utility Commission shall review each company’s proposed tariff and shall ensure that tariffs for each necessary basic service element are effective within six months after filing. The Department of Public Service, by rule or emergency rule, may establish the basic service elements that each company must provide for in tariffs. Such tariffs must be filed with the Public Utility Commission within 60 days after the basic service elements are established by the Department of Public Service.
(f) As used in this section:
(1) “Incumbent local exchange carrier” has the same meaning as in 47 U.S.C. § 251(h) and includes rural local exchange carriers.
(2) “Originating carrier” or “originating service provider” means an entity that provides voice services to a subscriber and includes incumbent local exchange carriers operating in Vermont. (Added 1993, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2011, No. 64, § 1, eff. June 2, 2011; 2023, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 19, eff. July 1, 2024.)
