{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"53126.5","citation":"Gov. Code, § 53126.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001. - 57607.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5"},{"name":"DIVISION 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000. - 55821.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-2"},{"name":"PART 1. POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000. - 54999.7.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-2/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. General [53000. - 53170.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-2/part-1/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 6.6. State Nonemergency Telephone System [53126. - 53127.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-2/part-1/chapter-1/article-6.6"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 28, Sec. 31.   (SB 71)   Effective June 27, 2013.   Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 93 of Ch. 28.","effective":"2013-06-27","html":"<p>For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:</p><p>(a) “Local public agency” means a city, county, city and county, and joint powers authority that provides a public safety answering point (PSAP).</p><p>(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.</p><p>(c) “Public Safety Communications Division” means the Public Safety Communications Division within the Office of Emergency Services.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/state-nonemergency-telephone-system-53126-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}