<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id29906d8f-ec39-11e5-ad67-f2514918e263" identifier="/us/usc/t47/s261"><num value="261">§ 261.</num><heading> Effect on other requirements</heading><subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="id29906d90-ec39-11e5-ad67-f2514918e263" identifier="/us/usc/t47/s261/a"><num value="a" class="bold">(a)</num><heading class="bold"> Commission regulations</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit the Commission from enforcing regulations prescribed prior to <date date="1996-02-08">February 8, 1996</date>, in fulfilling the requirements of this part, to the extent that such regulations are not inconsistent with the provisions of this part.</p>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="id29906d91-ec39-11e5-ad67-f2514918e263" identifier="/us/usc/t47/s261/b"><num value="b" class="bold">(b)</num><heading class="bold"> Existing State regulations</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit any State commission from enforcing regulations prescribed prior to <date date="1996-02-08">February 8, 1996</date>, or from prescribing regulations after <date date="1996-02-08">February 8, 1996</date>, in fulfilling the requirements of this part, if such regulations are not inconsistent with the provisions of this part.</p>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="id29906d92-ec39-11e5-ad67-f2514918e263" identifier="/us/usc/t47/s261/c"><num value="c" class="bold">(c)</num><heading class="bold"> Additional State requirements</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">Nothing in this part precludes a State from imposing requirements on a telecommunications carrier for intrastate services that are necessary to further competition in the provision of telephone exchange service or exchange access, as long as the State’s requirements are not inconsistent with this part or the Commission’s regulations to implement this part.</p>
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<sourceCredit id="id29906d93-ec39-11e5-ad67-f2514918e263">(<ref href="/us/act/1934-06-19/ch652">June 19, 1934, ch. 652</ref>, title II, § 261, as added <ref href="/us/pl/104/104/tI">Pub. L. 104–104, title I</ref>, § 101(a), <date date="1996-02-08">Feb. 8, 1996</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/110/79">110 Stat. 79</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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