Sec. 1.1162  General exemptions from regulatory fees.

    No regulatory fee established in Secs. 1.1152 through 1.1156, unless 
otherwise qualified herein, shall be required for: (a) Applicants, 
permittees or licensees in the Amateur Radio Service, except that any 
person requesting a vanity call-sign shall be subject to the payment of 
a regulatory fee, as prescribed in Sec. 1.1152.
    (b) Applicants, permittees, or licensees who qualify as government 
entities. For purposes of this exemption, a government entity is defined 
as any state, possession, city, county, town, village, municipal 
corporation, or similar political organization or subpart thereof 
controlled by publicly elected or duly appointed public officials 
exercising sovereign direction and control over their respective 
communities or programs.
    (c) Applicants and permittees who qualify as nonprofit entities. For 
purposes of this exemption, a nonprofit entity is defined as: an 
organization duly qualified as a nonprofit, tax exempt entity under 
section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 501; or an entity 
with current certification as a nonprofit corporation or other nonprofit 
entity by state or other governmental authority.
    (d) Applicants, permittees or licensees in the Special Emergency 
Radio and Public Safety Radio services.
    (e) Applicants, permittees or licensees of noncommercial educational 
broadcast stations in the FM or TV services, as well as AM applicants, 
permittees or licensees operating in accordance with Sec. 73.503 of this 
chapter.
    (f) Applicants, permittees, or licensees qualifying under paragraph 
(e) of this section requesting Commission authorization in any other 
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radio service (except the international broadcast (HF) service), 
wireless radio service, common carrier radio service, or international 
radio service requiring payment of a regulatory fee, if the service is 
used in conjunction with their noncommercial educational broadcast 
station on a noncommercial educational basis.
    (g) Other applicants, permittees or licensees providing, or 
proposing to provide, a noncommercial educational or instructional 
service, but not qualifying under paragraph (e) of this section, may be 
exempt from regulatory fees, or be entitled to a refund, in the 
following circumstances:
    (1) The applicant, permittee or licensee is an organization that, 
like the Public Broadcasting Service or National Public Radio, receives 
funding directly or indirectly through the Public Broadcasting Fund, 47 
U.S.C. 396(k), distributed by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 
where the authorization requested will be used in conjunction with the 
organization on a noncommercial educational basis;
    (2) An applicant, permittee or licensee of a translator or low power 
television station operating or proposing to operate a noncommercial 
educational service who, after grant, provides proof that it has 
received funding for the construction of the station through the 
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) or 
other showings as required by the Commission; or
    (3) An applicant, permittee, or licensee provided a fee refund under 
Sec. 1.1160 and operating as a noncommercial education station, is 
exempt from fees for broadcast auxiliary stations (subparts D, E, and F 
of part 74 of this chapter) or stations in the wireless radio, common 
carrier, or international services where such authorization is to be 
used in conjunction with the noncommercial educational translator or low 
power station.
    (h) An applicant, permittee or licensee that is the licensee of an 
instructional television fixed station (Secs. 74.901 through 74.996 of 
this chapter) is exempt from regulatory fees where the authorization 
requested will be used by the applicant in conjunction with the 
provision of the instructional service.
    (i) Applications filed in the wireless radio service for the sole 
purpose of modifying an existing authorization (or a pending application 
for authorization). However, if the applicant also requests a renewal or 
reinstatement of its license or other authorization for which the 
submission of a regulatory fee is required, the appropriate regulatory 
fee for such additional request must accompany the application.
[ 60 FR 34033 , June 29, 1995, as amended at  60 FR 34904 , July 5, 1995]