Volume 86
Public Law 92–267
To amend the Uniform Time Act to allow an option In the adoption of advanced time in certain eases.
Approved March 30, 1972
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Uniform Time Act to allow an option In the adoption of advanced time in certain eases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a) is amended by striking out all after the semicolon and inserting the following in place thereof: “however, (1) any State that lies entirely within one time zone may by law exempt itself from the provisions of this subsection providing for the advancement of time, but only if that law provides that the entire State (including all political subdivisions thereof) shall observe the standard time otherwise applicable during that period, and (2) any State with parts thereof in more than one time zone may by law exempt either the entire State as provided in (1) or may exempt the entire area of the State lying within any time zone.”
Approved March 30, 1972.