47 U.S.C. § 1471
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United States · Title 47 — TELECOMMUNICATIONS · Status: effective
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- 47 U.S.C. § 1471, Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/489060
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In this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply:
The terms “9–1–1 services” and “E9–1–1 services” shall have the meaning given those terms in section 942 of this title.
The term “multi-line telephone system” or “MLTS” means a system comprised of common control units, telephone sets, control hardware and software and adjunct systems, including network and premises based systems, such as Centrex and VoIP, as well as PBX, Hybrid, and Key Telephone Systems (as classified by the Commission under part 68 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations), and includes systems owned or leased by governmental agencies and non-profit entities, as well as for profit businesses.
The term “Office” means the 9–1–1 Implementation Coordination Office established under section 942 of this title.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012