Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 47 : Section 544


   

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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