parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) (01/08/85)
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Michigan mobile scanner law (from the 1/85 issue of the
RCMA Newsletter):
VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SHORT WAVE LENGTH RADIO
RECEIVING SETS
(M.S.A. 28.776) (AS AMENDED IN COMPILED LAWS 1957)
Section 508. "Any person who shall equip a vehicle
with a radio receiving set that will receive signals
sent on frequencies assigned by the Federal Communica-
tions Commission of the United States of America for
police purposes, or use the same in this state unless
such vehicle is used or owned by a peace officer or
bona fide amateur radio operator holding a conditional,
general, advanced, or extra class amateur license
issued by the Federal Communications Commission,
without first securing a permit so to do from the
Director of the Michigan State Police upon such appli-
cation as may prescribe, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail
not more than 1 year or by a fine of not more than
$500.00 or by both such fine and imprisonment in the
discretion of the court."
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