Federal Communications Commission DA 13-2337
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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Improving Public Safety Communications  
in the 800 MHz Band 
McAllen Independent School District Police 
Department, Texas
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Docket No. 02-55
ORDER
Adopted:  December 6, 2013 Released: December 6, 2013
By the Deputy Chief, Policy and Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau 
I. INTRODUCTION
1. Under consideration is the request for extension filed by McAllen Independent School 
District Police Department, Texas (McAllen ISD) seeking an extension of time within which to file a 
rebanding cost proposal with Sprint Corporation (Sprint) as part of the Commission’s 800 MHz band 
reconfiguration initiative.
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II. DISCUSSION
2. McAllen ISD states it is in the process of working with Tri County Communications to 
complete rebanding.
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   McAllen ISD requests an extension to work out some technical issues at its tower 
site.
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  McAllen requests a short extension of time until December 11, 2013 to submit its cost estimate to 
Sprint.
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III. DECISION
3. Section 1.46 of the Commission’s rules provides “It is the policy of the Commission that 
extensions of time shall not be routinely granted.”
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  The import of that rule is especially relevant to 800 
MHz rebanding where delay in rebanding by one licensee can cause a “domino effect” delay in the 
rebanding efforts of other licensees that have met the Commission’s 800 MHz band reconfiguration 
                                                
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Letter from Cris Esquivel, Jr. Chief of Police, McAllen Independent School District Police Department to FCC 
(filed Nov. 18, 2013).
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47 C.F.R. § 1.46.
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deadlines, with a consequent delay of the overall program.  We therefore afford a high degree of scrutiny 
to the reasons licensees advance for extensions of time.
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4. In the instant matter, the extension of time requested is relatively modest and it is apparent 
that the licensee has exercised diligence in attempting to comply with the Commission’s requirements.  
We therefore are granting the requested extension, with the caveat to the licensee that, upon submission of 
the cost proposal, it must diligently pursue the negotiation process with Sprint and timely conclude a 
Frequency Reconfiguration Agreement.
IV. ORDERING CLAUSES
5. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Request for Extension filed by McAllen Independent 
School District Police Department, Texas, IS GRANTED.
6. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that McAllen Independent School District Police Department, 
Texas, SHALL SUBMIT to Sprint Corporation, a cost proposal for reconfiguration of 800 MHz facilities 
by December 11, 2013.
7. This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.191 and 0.392 of the 
Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.191, 0.392.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Michael J. Wilhelm
Deputy Chief, Policy and Licensing Division
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
                                                
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See Regents of the University of California, WT Docket 02-55, Order, DA 13-2234 (PSHSB rel. Nov. 21, 2013).