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[CITE: 49USC33118]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
            PART C--INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTS
 
                      CHAPTER 331--THEFT PREVENTION
 
Sec. 33118. Preemption of State and local law

    When a motor vehicle theft prevention standard prescribed under 
section 33102 or 33103 of this title is in effect, a State or political 
subdivision of a State may not have a different motor vehicle theft 
prevention standard for a motor vehicle or major replacement part.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1093.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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33118.................................  15:2031.                         Oct. 2
0, 1972, Pub. L. 92-513, 86 Stat.
                                                                          947, 
Sec.  614; added Oct. 25, 1984,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 98-547, Sec.  101(a), 98 Stat.
                                                                          2763;
 Oct. 25, 1992, Pub. L. 102-519,
                                                                          Sec. 
 306(a), 106 Stat. 3397.
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    The words ``may not have'' are substituted for ``no . . . shall have 
any authority either to establish, or to continue in effect'' to 
eliminate unnecessary words.
