PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
1919 M STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554________________________DA 96-1767
News media infonnauon 202/418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202/418-2830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gbv ftp.fcc.gov
Released: October 31, 1996
FCC ANNOUNCES 1997 MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT FEE 
FOR AN AMATEUR OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATION
The FCC announced today that effective January 1, 1997, the maximum allowable 
reimbursement fee for an amateur operator license examination will be $6.26. This amount is 
based upon a 3.003% increase in the Department of Labor Consumer Price Index between 
September, 1995, and September, 1996.
Volunteer examiners (VEs) and volunteer-examiner coordinators (VECs) may charge 
examinees for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in preparing, processing, administering, or 
coordinating examinations for amateur operator licenses. The amount of any such reimbursement 
fee from any one examinee for any one examination session, regardless of the number of 
elements administered, must not exceed the maximum allowable fee. Where the VEs and the 
VEC both desire reimbursement, they jointly decide upon a fair distribution of the fee.
This announcement is made pursuant to Section 97.527 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 
97.527.
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