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# 42 U.S.C. § 300ff–140 - Applicability of part

## Text

This part shall not apply in a State if the chief executive officer of the State certifies to the Secretary that the law of the State is substantially consistent with this part.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVI, § 2695I, as added Pub. L. 111–87, § 13, Oct. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 2903.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection effective as if enacted on Sept. 30, 2009, see section 2(a)(3)(B) of Pub. L. 111–87, set out as an Effective Date of 2009 Amendment; Revival of Section note under section 300ff–11 of this title.