This chapter shall be known as the "Putnam County Wireless 911 Call
Routing Law."
This chapter is enacted under authority of § 10 of the Municipal
Home Rule Law of the State of New York, Article IX of the State Constitution
of New York, the County Law, and other applicable statutory and decisional
law.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
WIRELESS TELEPHONE SERVICE
All commercial mobile services, as that term is defined in § 332
(d) of Title 47, United States Code, including all broadband personal communications
services, wireless radio telephone services, geographic area specialized and
enhanced specialized mobile radio services, and incumbent wide-area specialized
mobile radio licenses, which offer real time, two-way voice service that is
interconnected with the public switched telephone network.
All wireless telephone service suppliers doing business in Putnam County
shall route all 911 emergency calls to the Putnam County Public Service Answering
Point (PSAP).
Any person or entity violating this local law shall be guilty of an
unclassified misdemeanor or shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $500
and/or to a period of confinement in the Putnam County Correctional Facility
for a period not to exceed three months for each offense. For the purpose
of this chapter, each improperly routed 911 call shall constitute a separate
offense.
This chapter is separate and apart from any other local law, and each
provision hereof is separate from any other provision. If this chapter or
portion thereof is found to be invalid, no other law or unaffected portion
of this chapter shall be affected thereby and shall remain in full force and
effect.
This chapter shall be effective 30 days after it is enacted by this
Legislature.