Terms Used In Michigan Laws 484.1318

  • Public agency: means a village, township, charter township, or city within the state and any special purpose district located in whole or in part within the state. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
  • Public safety agency: means a functional division of a public agency, county, or the state that provides fire fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
  • secondary PSAP: means a communications facility of a public safety agency or private safety entity that receives 9-1-1 calls by the transfer method only and generally serves as a centralized location for a particular type of emergency call. See Michigan Laws 484.1102
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
   A public agency may enter into an agreement with a public safety agency of another public agency, or of the state, to serve as a PSAP or secondary PSAP for such public agency in a 9-1-1 system implemented pursuant to this act.