47 USC § 1471 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t47/s1471"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "47 USC § 1471 - Definitions"
title_number: 47
title_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"
section_number: "1471"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM AUCTIONS"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "NEXT GENERATION 9–1–1 ADVANCEMENT ACT OF 2012"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-08-11"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6502, Feb. 22, 2012, 126 Stat. 237.)"
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# § 1471. Definitions

In this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply:

**(1)** **9–1–1 services and E9–1–1 services** section 942 of this title

The terms “9–1–1 services” and “E9–1–1 services” shall have the meaning given those terms in .

**(2)** **Multi-line telephone system** 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.

**(3)** **Office** section 942 of this title

The term “Office” means the 9–1–1 Implementation Coordination Office established under .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6502, Feb. 22, 2012, 126 Stat. 237.)