Section 53126.5 Of Article 6.6. State Nonemergency Telephone System From California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 6.6.

. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
  (a) "Local public agency" means a city, county, city and county, and joint powers authority that provides a public safety answering point (PSAP).
  (b) "Nonemergency telephone system" means a system structured to provide access to only public safety agencies such as police and fire, or a system structured to provide access to public safety agencies and to all other services provided by a local public agency such as street maintenance and animal control.
  (c) "Public Safety Communications Division" means the Public Safety Communications Division within the Office of Emergency Services.