SUBCHAPTER D. AVAILABILITY OF EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE

Sec. 186.041.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
(1)  "Emergency" means a situation in which property or human life is in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential.
(2)  "Party line" means a subscriber's telephone circuit, consisting of two or more main telephone stations connected with the circuit, each station with a distinctive ring or telephone number.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.