PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
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                                        Released:  October 28, 1998  



           WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ANNOUNCES
            1999 MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT FEE FOR AMATEUR
                  OPERATOR LICENSE EXAMINATIONS


     Effective January 1, 1999, the maximum allowable reimbursement fee for an amateur operator license
examination will be $6.49.  This amount is based upon a 1.5% increase in the Department of Labor Consumer
Price Index  between September, 1997, and September, 1998.

     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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