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service" , which means an emergency telephone system that provides the user of the public telephone system with 911 service and, in addition, directs 911 calls to appropri-public safety answering points by selective routing based on the geographical location from , which the call originated and provides the capability for automatic number identification and automatic location identification features. . . (2) "911 Charge" means a contribution to Orange County for the 911 service start up equipment costs, subscriber notification costs, addressing costs, billing costs, and non recurring and recurring installation, maintenance, service, and network charges of a service supplier providing 911 service. (3) "Exchange access facility" means the access from a particular telephone subscriber' s premises to the telephone system of a service . supplier. Exchange access facilities include service supplier provided access lines, PBX trunks and centrex network access registers, all _as defined by tariffs of the telephone company as approved by the North Carolina Utilities Commission. Exchange _ access facilities do not include service supplier owned and operated telephone pay station lines, or Wide Area Telecommunication Service (WATS) , Foreign Exchange (FX) or incoming only lines. (4) Public Safety. Telephone Act means N. C. General Statute 62A-1 et sea . (5) "Service Supplier" means a person or entity who provides exchange telephone subscriber. (6) "Telephone Subscriber" or "Subscriber" means a person or entity to whom exchange telephone service, either residential or commercial, is provided and in return for which the person or entity is billed on a monthly basis. When the same person, business, or organization has several telephone access lines, each exchange access facility shall constitute a separate subscription. B. Effective April 4, 1990, there is imposed a monthly 911 service charge, in the amount specified in Subsection C of this ordinance, upon each exchange access facility subscribed to by telephone subscribers whose exchange access lines are in the area served by the 911 service in Orange County. C. The monthly 911 charge is fifty cents ($.50) for each exchange access facility subscribed to by a telephone subscriber whose exchange access line or lines are located in Orange County which are in the area served by 911 service. D. Service suppliers will be responsible for collecting and remitting to the County the 911 charges as provided by the Public Safety Telephone Act. E. Revenues derived from subscriber charges will be used solely for emergency telecommunications as allowed in the Public Safety Telephone Act, and may include: 911 start-up equipment costs, subscriber notification costs, addressing billing costs, and nonrecurring and recurring installation, maintenance, service cost, and dispatch consoles.