§ 1.1158   Form of payment for regulatory fees.

   Any regulatory fee payment must be submitted in the form of a check, bank
   draft or money order denominated in U.S. dollars and drawn on a United
   States financial institution and made payable to the Federal Communications
   Commission or by Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover credit cards
   only. The Commission discourages applicants from submitting cash payments
   and will not be responsible for cash sent through the mail. Personal or
   corporate checks dated more than six months prior to their submission to the
   Commission's lockbox bank and postdated checks will not be accepted and will
   be returned as deficient.

   (a) Upon authorization from the Commission following a written request,
   electronic fund transfer (EFT) payment of a regulatory fee may be made as
   follows:

   (1)(i) The payor may instruct its bank to make payment of the regulatory fee
   directly to the Commission's lockbox bank, or

   (ii) The payor may authorize the Commission to direct its lockbox bank to
   withdraw funds directly from the payor's bank account.

   (2) No EFT payment of a regulatory fee will be accepted unless the payor has
   obtained the written authorization of the Commission to submit regulatory
   fees electronically. Procedures for electronic payment of regulatory fees
   will be announced by Public Notice. It is the responsibility of the payor to
   insure that any electronic payment is made in the manner required by the
   Commission.  Failure  to  comply  with the Commission's procedures for
   electronic fee payment will result in the return of the fee payment, and a
   penalty fee of 25 percent if the subsequent refiling of the fee payment is
   late. Failure to comply will also subject the payor to the penalties set
   forth in § 1.1164.

   (b)  Multiple  payment instruments for a single regulatory fee are not
   permitted, except that the Commission will accept multiple money orders in
   payment of any fee where the fee exceeds the maximum amount for a money
   order established by the issuing entity and the use of multiple money orders
   is the only practicable means available for payment.

   (c) Payment of multiple standard regulatory fees (including an installment
   payment) due on the same date, may be made with a single payment instrument
   and cover mass media, common carrier, international, and cable service fee
   payments. Each regulatee is solely responsible for accurately accounting for
   and listing each license or authorization and the number of subscribers,
   access lines, or other relevant units on the accompanying FCC Form 159 and,
   if needed, FCC Form 159C and for making full payment for every regulatory
   fee listed on the accompanying form. Any omission or payment deficiency of a
   regulatory fee will result in a 25 percent penalty of the amount due and
   unpaid.

   (d) Any regulatory fee payment (including a regulatory fee payment submitted
   with an application in the wireless radio service) made by credit card or
   money order must be submitted with a completed FCC Form 159. Failure to
   accurately enter the credit card number and date of expiration and the
   payor's signature in the appropriate blocks on FCC Form 159 will result in
   rejection of the credit card payment.

   [ 60 FR 34031 , June 29, 1995, as amended at  67 FR 46306 , July 12, 2002]

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