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[CITE: 15USC5722]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
         CHAPTER 83--TELEPHONE DISCLOSURE AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
 
                  SUBCHAPTER II--BILLING AND COLLECTION
 
Sec. 5722. Relation to State laws


(a) State law applicable unless inconsistent

    This subchapter does not annul, alter, or affect, or exempt any 
person subject to the provisions of this subchapter from complying with, 
the laws of any State with respect to telephone billing practices, 
except to the extent that those laws are inconsistent with any provision 
of this subchapter, and then only to the extent of the inconsistency. 
The Commission is authorized to determine whether such inconsistencies 
exist. The Commission may not determine that any State law is 
inconsistent with any provision of this subchapter \1\ if the Commission 
determines that such law gives greater protection to the consumer.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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(b) Regulatory exemptions

    The Commission shall by regulation exempt from the requirements of 
this subchapter any class of telephone-billed purchase transactions 
within any State if it determines that under the law of that State that 
class of transactions is subject to requirements substantially similar 
to those imposed under this subchapter \1\ or that such law gives 
greater protection to the consumer, and that there is adequate provision 
for enforcement.

(Pub. L. 102-556, title III, Sec. 302, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4192.)

                       References in Text

    This subchapter, referred to the last time in subsecs. (a) and (b), 
was in the original ``this chapter'' and was translated as reading 
``this title'' meaning title III of Pub. L. 102-556, to reflect the 
probable intent of Congress because Pub. L. 102-556 does not contain 
chapters.
