§ 408. — Order not for payment of money; when effective.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 47USC408]
TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
CHAPTER 5--WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
SUBCHAPTER IV--PROCEDURAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 408. Order not for payment of money; when effective
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all orders of the
Commission, other than orders for the payment of money, shall take
effect thirty calendar days from the date upon which public notice of
the order is given, unless the Commission designates a different
effective date. All such orders shall continue in force for the period
of time specified in the order or until the Commission or a court of
competent jurisdiction issues a superseding order.
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title IV, Sec. 408, 48 Stat. 1096; Pub. L. 97-
259, title I, Sec. 123, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1098.)
Amendments
1982--Pub. L. 97-259 substituted provision that all orders of the
Commission but for payment of money shall take effect thirty calendar
days from the date upon which public notice of the order is given,
unless the Commission designates a different effective date, and that
such orders shall continue in force for the period of time specified in
the order or until the Commission or a court of competent jurisdiction
issues a superseding order, for provision that such orders would take
effect within such reasonable time, not less than thirty days after
service of the order, and would continue in force until its further
order, or for a specified period of time, as prescribed in the order,
unless the same were suspended or modified or set aside by the
Commission, or suspended or set aside by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
