NYSentencing

§ 270.15  Unlawfully refusing to yield a party line.
  1.  As used in this section:
  (a)  "Party line" 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  call"  means  a  telephone  call  to  a  police or fire
department, or for medical aid or  ambulance  service,  necessitated  by  a
situation  in  which  human  life  or  property  is  in jeopardy and prompt
summoning of aid is essential.
  2.  A person is guilty of unlawfully refusing to yield a party line when,
being informed that a party line  is  needed  for  an  emergency  call,  he
refuses immediately to relinquish such line.
  Unlawfully refusing to yield a party line is a class B misdemeanor.
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