Sec. 1.1158  Form of payment for regulatory.

    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 or Mastercard 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 Sec. 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]