Section 750.507 - State radio broadcasting station; priority of messages. - Michigan Statutes

THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 328 of 1931

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.