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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="1-1317" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “amateur radio” means the use of a radio frequency spectrum for purposes of noncommercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self–training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, or emergency communication by a duly authorized person interested in radioelectric practice with a purely personal aim and without pecuniary interest.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies to all counties and municipalities.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>It is the intent of the General Assembly to codify the provisions of 47 C.F.R. § 97.15 concerning the Federal Communications Commission’s preemption of local ordinances regulating amateur radio station antenna structures.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A county or municipal ordinance regulating amateur radio station antenna structures:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may not preclude amateur radio communications;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>shall reasonably accommodate amateur radio communications; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>shall constitute the minimum practicable regulation to accomplish the legitimate purpose of the ordinance.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
