Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 47 : Section 533
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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 533 - Notes
SOURCE
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VI, Sec. 613, as added Pub. L.
98-549, Sec. 2, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2785; amended Pub. L.
102-385, Sec. 11, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1486; Pub. L. 103-414,
title III, Sec. 303(a)(22), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4295; Pub. L.
104-104, title II, Sec. 202(i), title III, Secs. 302(b)(1), Feb. 8,
1996, 110 Stat. 112, 124.)
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-104, Sec. 202(i), redesignated
par. (2) as subsec. (a) and subpars. (A) and (B) of par. (2) as
pars. (1) and (2) of subsec. (a), respectively, added par. (3), and
struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: "It shall be
unlawful for any person to be a cable operator if such person,
directly or through 1 or more affiliates, owns or controls, the
licensee of a television broadcast station and the predicted grade
B contour of such station covers any portion of the community
served by such operator's cable system."
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-104, Sec. 302(b)(1), struck out subsec.
(b), which related to common carriers, direct video programming, an
exception for rural areas, and waiver.
1994 - Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 103-414 substituted "pole, line,
conduit space" for "pole line conduit space".
1992 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-385, Sec. 11(a), designated
existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102-385, Sec. 11(b), substituted "any other
media" for "any media" and inserted at end "Nothing in this section
shall be construed to prevent any State or franchising authority
from prohibiting the ownership or control of a cable system in a
jurisdiction by any person (1) because of such person's ownership
or control of any other cable system in such jurisdiction; or (2)
in circumstances in which the State or franchising authority
determines that the acquisition of such a cable system may
eliminate or reduce competition in the delivery of cable service in
such jurisdiction."
Subsecs. (f) to (h). Pub. L. 102-385, Sec. 11(c), added subsec.
(f) and redesignated former subsecs. (f) and (g) as (g) and (h),
respectively.
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 573 of this title.
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