Sec. 601. PURPOSES
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## SEC. 601 PURPOSES **[**[47 U.S.C. 521](/us/usc/t47/s521)**]** The purposes of this title are to— 52Title VI of the Communications Act of 1934 was added by the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, Public Law 98–549, 98 Stat. 2780, Oct. 30, 1984. That Act also contained the following provisions: jurisdiction Sec. 13.
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(b)The provisions of this Act and amendments made by this Act shall not be construed to affect any jurisdiction the Federal Communications Commission may have under the Communications Act of 1934 with respect to any communication by wire or radio (other than cable service, as defined in section 602(5) of such Act) which is provided through a cable system, or persons or facilities engaged in such communications. * * * * * * * effective date Sec. 19. * * *
(b)Nothing in section 623 or 624 of the Communications Act of 1934, as added by this Act, shall be construed to allow a franchising authority, or a State or any political subdivision of a State, to require a cable operator to restore, retier, or reprice any cable service which was lawfully eliminated, retiered, or repriced as of September 26, 1984. ####
(1)establish a national policy concerning cable communications; ####
(2)establish franchise procedures and standards which encourage the growth and development of cable systems and which assure that cable systems are responsive to the needs and interests of the local community; ####
(3)establish guidelines for the exercise of Federal, State, and local authority with respect to the regulation of cable systems; ####
(4)assure that cable communications provide and are encouraged to provide the widest possible diversity of information sources and services to the public; ####
(5)establish an orderly process for franchise renewal which protects cable operators against unfair denials of renewal where the operator's past performance and proposal for future performance meet the standards established by this title; and ####
(6)promote competition in cable communications and minimize unnecessary regulation that would impose an undue economic burden on cable systems.
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- Pub. L. 98-549
- 98 Stat. 2780
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