Compiled Laws, Chapter 28. Michigan State Police § 28.283

Sec. 3. (1) The department of state police shall broadcast all police dispatches and reports that have a reasonable relation to or connection with the apprehension of criminals, the prevention of crime, or the maintenance of peace, order, and public safety in this state.

(2) The director of the department of technology, management, and budget and the director of the department of state police jointly may authorize any public safety agency or person to utilize the Michigan public safety communications system for communications consistent with federal rules and regulations or to utilize the Michigan public safety communications system for collocations.Collocations by a person other than a governmental entity shall be authorized only to provide service in a service needs area.

(3) All costs associated with planning, installing, and maintaining collocation equipment are the responsibility of the public safety agency or person requesting permission for collocation. Costs associated with collocating on the Michigan public safety communications system paid by a public safety agency shall be comparable to the costs charged to other public safety agencies. Costs associated with collocating on the Michigan public safety communications system paid by a person other than a public safety agency shall be comparable to the costs charged to other persons that are not a public safety agency.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a governmental entity may collocate on the Michigan public safety communications system. Until 3 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection,  1 a governmental entity that is not a public safety agency shall not collocate on the Michigan public safety communications system for any commercial or business purpose. Beginning 3 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, a governmental entity that is not a public safety agency may collocate on the Michigan public safety communications system for a commercial or business purpose only to provide service in a service needs area.

(5) The department of technology, management, and budget shall use any money collected from collocation leasing of the Michigan public safety communications system for the construction or maintenance of the Michigan public safety communications system including the payment of debt service for bonds that finance the construction or maintenance of the Michigan public safety communications system.

(6) The department of technology, management, and budget shall not allow a public safety agency or person access to a tower for installation, attachment, maintenance, or any other purpose without the supervision of an appropriate employee of the department of technology, management, and budget. The department of technology, management, and budget shall perform an inspection following any installation of collocation equipment to ensure that the integrity of the Michigan public safety communications system has not been compromised.

(7) The director of the department of technology, management, and budget and the director of the department of state police shall jointly deny a public safety agency or person permission to install, attach, or continue to collocate equipment to a tower constructed under this act if the director of the department of technology, management, and budget and the director of the department of state police, or their designees, jointly determine that the installation, attachment, or continued collocation will interfere with the optimum operation of the Michigan public safety communications system or any current or planned public safety communications collocated on a tower.

(8) As used in this section: