Sec. 90.815 Eligibility for small business status.
(a) Short-Form Applications: Certifications and Disclosure. Each
applicant for an MTA license which qualifies as a small business or
consortium of small businesses shall append the following information as
an exhibit to its short-form application (Form 175):
(1) The identity of the applicant's affiliates, persons or entities
that hold attributable interests in such entity, and their affiliates,
and, if a consortium of small businesses, the members in the joint
venture; and
(2) The applicant's gross revenues, computed in accordance with
Sec. 90.814.
(b) Long Form Applications: Certifications and Disclosure. In
addition to the requirements in subpart U of this part, each applicant
submitting a long-form application for license(s) and qualifying as a
small business shall, in an exhibit to its long-form application:
(1) Disclose separately and in the aggregate the gross revenues,
computed in accordance with Sec. 90.814, for each of the following: the
applicant; the applicant's affiliates, the applicant's attributable
investors, affiliates of its attributable investors, and, if a
consortium of small businesses, the members of the joint venture;
(2) List and summarize all agreements or other instruments (with
appropriate references to specific provisions in the text of such
agreements and instruments) that support the applicant's eligibility as
a small business under Secs. 90.810 through 90.812, including the
establishment of de facto and de jure control; such agreements and
instruments include articles of incorporation and bylaws, shareholder
agreements, voting or other trust agreements, franchise agreements, and
any other relevant agreements (including letters of intent), oral or
written; and
(3) List and summarize any investor protection agreements, including
rights of first refusal, supermajority clauses, options, veto rights,
and rights to hire and fire employees and to appoint members to boards
of directors or management committees.
(c) Records Maintenance. All winning bidders qualifying as small
businesses, shall maintain at their principal place of business an
updated file of ownership, revenue and asset information, including any
documents necessary to establish eligibility as a small business and/or
consortium of small businesses under Sec. 90.814. Licensees (and their
successors in interest) shall maintain such files for the term of the
license.
(d) Audits. (1) Applicants and licensees claiming eligibility as a
small business or consortium of small businesses under Secs. 90.810
through 90.812 shall be subject to audits by the Commission, using in-
house and contract resources. Selection for audit may be random, on
information, or on the basis of other factors.
(2) Consent to such audits is part of the certification included in
the short-form application (Form 175). Such consent shall include
consent to the audit of the applicant's or licensee's books, documents
and other material (including accounting procedures and practices)
regardless of form or type, sufficient to confirm that such applicant's
or licensee's representations are, and remain, accurate. Such consent
shall include inspection at all reasonable times of the facilities, or
parts thereof, engaged in providing and transacting business, or keeping
records regarding licensed 900 MHz SMR service and shall also include
consent to the interview of principals, employees, customers and
suppliers of the applicant or licensee.
(e) Definitions. The terms affiliate, business owned by members of
minority groups and/or women, consortium of small businesses, gross
revenues, members of minority groups, nonattributable equity, small
business and total assets used in this section are defined in
Sec. 90.814.
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