Section 173.02. Definitions.

  In this chapter:

(1)  "Active prepaid wireless telephone" means a prepaid wireless telephone that has been used or activated by the customer during the month to complete a telephone call for which the customer's card or account was decremented.

(2)  "Commercial mobile radio service provider" has the meaning given in s. 196.01 (2g) , Stats.

(3)  "Commission" means the public service commission.

(4)  "Designated public safety answering point" means a wireless public safety answering point that has been identified in a resolution adopted under s. 256.35 (3m) (c) 3. or 6. , Stats., for the purpose of implementing the federal wireless orders.

(5)  "Federal wireless orders" means the orders of the federal communications commission regarding 911 emergency services for wireless telephone users in FCC docket no. 94-102.

(6)  "Fund" means the wireless 911 fund established by s. 25.98 , Stats.

(7)  "Local government" has the meaning given in s. 256.35 (3m) (a) 4. , Stats.

(8)  "Phase I wireless 911 service" means the wireless telecommunications service described in 47 CFR 20.18 (d).

(9)  "Phase II wireless 911 service" means the wireless telecommunications service described in 47 CFR 20.18 (e) - (i).

(10)  "Prepaid wireless telephone service" means wireless telephone service which is activated by payment in advance of a finite dollar amount or for a finite set of minutes and which, unless an additional finite dollar amount or finite set of minutes is paid in advance, terminates either upon use by a customer of an agreed-upon amount of service corresponding to the total dollar amount paid in advance, or within a certain period of time following initial purchase or activation.

(11)  "Reimbursement period" has the meaning given in s. 256.35 (3m) (a) 5. , Stats.

(12)  "Surcharge period" means the 3-year period beginning on December 1, 2005, and ending on November 30, 2008.

(13)  "Wireless provider" has the meaning given in s. 256.35 (3m) (a) 6. , Stats.

(14)  "Wireless public safety answering point" has the meaning given in s. 256.35 (3m) (a) 7. , Stats.

(15)  "Wireless surcharge" means the monthly surcharge required by s. 256.35 (3m) (f) , Stats.

History: CR 04-026 : cr. Register November 2004 No. 587 , eff. 1-1-05; corrections in (4), (7), (11), (13), (14), (15) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register February 2011 No. 662 .