[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR51.223]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 51_INTERCONNECTION--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart C_Obligations of All Local Exchange Carriers
 
Sec. 51.223  Application of additional requirements.

    (a) A state may not impose the obligations set forth in section 
251(c) of the Act on a LEC that is not classified as an incumbent LEC as 
defined in section 251(h)(1) of the Act, unless the Commission issues an 
order declaring that such

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LECs or classes or categories of LECs should be treated as incumbent 
LECs.
    (b) A state commission, or any other interested party, may request 
that the Commission issue an order declaring that a particular LEC be 
treated as an incumbent LEC, or that a class or category of LECs be 
treated as incumbent LECs, pursuant to section 251(h)(2) of the Act.