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47 U.S.C. § 261 — Effect on other requirements

submitted 92 years ago by Pub. L. 104-104 to r/title-47-TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 157 words · no verdicts yet

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This law does not stop the FCC from enforcing its own older rules in this part. It also does not stop states from enforcing their own older rules, or making new ones. States can add extra in-state phone service rules if those rules support competition and don't conflict with federal law.

(a) Commission regulations. This part does not stop the Commission from enforcing regulations it wrote before February 8, 1996, to carry out this part, as long as those regulations don't conflict with this part. (b) Existing State regulations. This part does not stop a state commission from enforcing regulations it wrote before February 8, 1996, or from writing new regulations after that date, to carry out this part - again, as long as they don't conflict with this part. (c) Additional State requirements. This part does not stop a state from adding its own requirements on a telecommunications carrier for in-state services, if those requirements are needed to promote competition in phone exchange service or exchange access, and don't conflict with this part or the Commission's rules implementing it.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a) Commission regulations

Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit the Commission from enforcing regulations prescribed prior to February 8, 1996, in fulfilling the requirements of this part, to the extent that such regulations are not inconsistent with the provisions of this part.

(b) Existing State regulations

Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit any State commission from enforcing regulations prescribed prior to February 8, 1996, or from prescribing regulations after February 8, 1996, in fulfilling the requirements of this part, if such regulations are not inconsistent with the provisions of this part.

(c) Additional State requirements

Nothing in this part precludes a State from imposing requirements on a telecommunications carrier for intrastate services that are necessary to further competition in the provision of telephone exchange service or exchange access, as long as the State’s requirements are not inconsistent with this part or the Commission’s regulations to implement this part.

Source credit: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title II, § 261, as added Pub. L. 104–104, title I, § 101(a), Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 79.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1934Enacted · Pub. L. 104-104 · 110 Stat. 79

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 104-104 on 1934-06-19.

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