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title: "16 U.S.C. § 5204"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 5204 - Relationship to State and local law and civil actions

## Text

This chapter does not preempt a State law or local ordinance that provides for civil or criminal penalties for conduct that violates this chapter.

(Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320805, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2122.)