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Code · U.S. Code · Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION · CHAPTER 331— THEFT PREVENTION · § 33118

§ 33118. Preemption of State and local law

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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, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1093.)
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.
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  • Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e)
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