Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 47 : Section 544
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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 544 - Notes
SOURCE
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VI, Sec. 624, as added Pub. L.
98-549, Sec. 2, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2789; amended Pub. L.
102-385, Secs. 15, 16, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1490; Pub. L.
103-414, title III, Secs. 303(a)(23), 304(a)(12), Oct. 25, 1994,
108 Stat. 4295, 4297; Pub. L. 104-104, title III, Sec. 301(e), Feb.
8, 1996, 110 Stat. 116.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
For "the effective date of this subchapter", referred to in
subsecs. (b) and (c), as 60 days after Oct. 30, 1984, except where
otherwise expressly provided, see section 9(a) of Pub. L. 98-549,
set out as an Effective Date note under section 521 of this title.
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104-104 substituted "No State or
franchising authority may prohibit, condition, or restrict a cable
system's use of any type of subscriber equipment or any
transmission technology." for "A franchising authority may require
as part of a franchise (including a modification, renewal, or
transfer thereof) provisions for the enforcement of the standards
prescribed under this subsection. A franchising authority may apply
to the Commission for a waiver to impose standards that are more
stringent than the standards prescribed by the Commission under
this subsection."
1994 - Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 103-414, Sec. 304(a)(12), struck
out designation "(A)", inserted "of" after "restrict the viewing",
and struck out subpar. (B) which read as follows: "Subparagraph (A)
shall take effect 180 days after the effective date of this
subchapter."
Pub. L. 103-414, Sec. 303(a)(23), inserted "of" after "restrict
the viewing" in subpar. (A).
1992 - Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 102-385, Sec. 16(c)(1), inserted
", except as provided in subsection (h) of this section," after
"but may not".
Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 102-385, Sec. 15, added par. (3).
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102-385, Sec. 16(a), amended subsec. (e)
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (e) read as follows: "The
Commission may establish technical standards relating to the
facilities and equipment of cable systems which a franchising
authority may require in the franchise."
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 102-385, Sec. 16(b), added subsec. (g).
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 102-385, Sec. 16(c)(2), added subsec. (h).
Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 102-385, Sec. 16(d), added subsec. (i).
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 531, 546 of this title.
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