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1999 Florida Statutes
Party lines, emergency calls.
365.15 Party lines, emergency calls.--
(1) Any person who shall willfully refuse to immediately relinquish a party line when informed that such line is needed for an emergency call, and in fact such line is needed for an emergency call, to a fire department or police department or for medical aid or ambulance service, or any person who shall secure the use of a party line by falsely stating that such line is needed for an emergency call, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(2)(a) "Party line" as used in this section means a subscriber's line telephone circuit, consisting of two or more main telephone stations connected therewith, each station with a distinctive ring or telephone number.
(b) "Emergency" as used in this section means a situation in which property or human life is in jeopardy and in which the prompt summoning of aid is essential.
(3) Every telephone directory hereafter published and distributed to the members of the general public in this state or in any portion thereof which lists the calling numbers of telephones of any telephone exchange located in this state shall contain a notice which explains the offense provided for in this section; such notice shall be printed in type which is not smaller than the smallest type appearing on the same page and shall be preceded by the word "warning" printed in boldfaced type. However, such notice is not required to be printed in those directories distributed solely for business advertising purposes, commonly known as classified directories, or in any telephone directory heretofore distributed to the general public. Any person, firm, or corporation providing telephone service which distributes or causes to be distributed in this state copies of a telephone directory which is subject to the provisions of this section and which does not contain the notice herein provided for is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.--s. 1, ch. 63-54; s. 275, ch. 71-136; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 4, ch. 80-275.