18 U.S.C. § 233 — Preemption

submitted 58 years ago by Pub. L. 90-284 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 75 words · no verdicts yet

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This chapter does not mean Congress wants to take over the entire field it covers and shut out state or local laws on the same topics. But any state law that actually conflicts with this chapter's purposes is invalid.

This section is a single provision with no subsections. Nothing in this chapter should be read as showing that Congress intended to occupy the entire legal field this chapter covers, to the exclusion of state or local laws on the same subject. At the same time, no provision of this chapter should be read to invalidate a state law unless that state law is actually inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter or one of its provisions.

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Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as indicating an intent on the part of Congress to occupy the field in which any provisions of the chapter operate to the exclusion of State or local laws on the same subject matter, nor shall any provision of this chapter be construed to invalidate any provision of State law unless such provision is inconsistent with any of the purposes of this chapter or any provision thereof.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 90–284, title X, § 1002(a), Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 91.)

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1968Enacted · Pub. L. 90-284 · 82 Stat. 91

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