750.507 State radio broadcasting station; priority of messages. Sec. 507. Every telegraph and telephone company operating in this state shall give priority to emergency messages or operator-handled telephone calls directed to any public safety agency and the person responsible for failure so to do shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. For the purposes of this section, public safety agency means any fire department, ambulance company, law enforcement agency, civil defense communications facility and the department of military affairs. History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.507 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 195, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 Former Law: See section 4 of Act 152 of 1929, being CL 1929, § 577.
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