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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · provide for the regulation of interstate and foreign communication by wire or radio, and for other purposes · Sec. 637

Sec. 637. EXISTING FRANCHISES

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## SEC. 637 EXISTING FRANCHISES **[**[47 U.S.C. 557](/us/usc/t47/s557)**]** ###
(a)The provisions of— ####
(1)any franchise in effect on the effective date of this title, including any such provisions which relate to the designation, use, or support for the use of channel capacity for public, educational, or governmental use, and ####
(2)any law of any State (as defined in section 3) in effect on the date of the enactment of this section, or any regulation promulgated pursuant to such law, which relates to such designation, use or support of such channel capacity, shall remain in effect, subject to the express provisions of this title, and for not longer than the then current remaining term of the franchise as such franchise existed on such effective date. ###
(b)For purposes of subsection
(a)and other provisions of this title, a franchise shall be considered in effect on the effective date of this title if such franchise was granted on or before such effective date.
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