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[CITE: 47USC556]

 
          TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
 
                 CHAPTER 5--WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
 
                  SUBCHAPTER V-A--CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
 
                    Part IV--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 556. Coordination of Federal, State, and local authority


(a) Regulation by States, political subdivisions, State and local 
        agencies, and franchising authorities

    Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect any 
authority of any State, political subdivision, or agency thereof, or 
franchising authority, regarding matters of public health, safety, and 
welfare, to the extent consistent with the express provisions of this 
subchapter.

(b) State jurisdiction with regard to cable services

    Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to restrict a State 
from exercising jurisdiction with regard to cable services consistent 
with this subchapter.

(c) Preemption

    Except as provided in section 557 of this title, any provision of 
law of any State, political subdivision, or agency thereof, or 
franchising authority, or any provision of any franchise granted by such 
authority, which is inconsistent with this chapter shall be deemed to be 
preempted and superseded.

(d) ``State'' defined

    For purposes of this section, the term ``State'' has the meaning 
given such term in section 153 of this title.

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VI, Sec. 636, as added Pub. L. 98-549, 
Sec. 2, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2800; amended Pub. L. 104-104, 
Sec. 3(d)(3), Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 61.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-104 substituted ``section 153'' for 
``section 153(v)''.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective 60 days after Oct. 30, 1984, except where 
otherwise expressly provided, see section 9(a) of Pub. L. 98-549, set 
out as a note under section 521 of this title.
