§ 750.507State radio broadcasting station; priority of messages

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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.

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