[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40126-40127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19627]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, 450 
Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.

Form 24F-2--SEC File No. 270-399--OMB Control No. 3235-0456
Form N-1A--SEC File No. 270-21--OMB Control No. 3235-0307
Form N-3--SEC File No. 270-281--OMB Control No. 3235-0316
Form N-4--SEC File No. 270-282--OMB Control No. 3235-0318
Form N-14--SEC File No. 270-297--OMB Control No. 3235-0336
Form S-6--SEC File No. 270-181--OMB Control No. 3235-0184

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (the ``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget the following proposed amendments to previously 
approved collections of information discussed below. The proposed 
amendment would implement a provision of the National Securities 
Markets Improvement Act of 1996 (``Improvement Act'') relating to the 
registration of certain investment company securities under the 
Securities Act of 1933 (``Securities Act'').
    Form 24F-2 is the form used by open-end management investment 
companies (``mutual funds''), unit investment trusts (``UITs'') and 
face-amount certificate companies (collectively, ``funds'') to pay 
registration fees under the Securities Act. Form 24F-2 is required to 
be filed annually. It is estimated that approximately 6,680 funds file 
Form 24F-2 for a total of 6,680 annual burden hours.
    Form N-1A is used by mutual funds to register with the Commission 
as investment companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 
``Investment Company Act'') and to register their offerings of 
securities under the Securities Act. Form N-1A is filed annually and 
updated on occasion. It is estimated that approximately 7,500 fund file 
Form N-1A for a total of 990,000 annual burden hours.
    Form N-3 is used by insurance company separate accounts organized 
as management investment companies to register with the Commission as 
investment companies under the Investment Company Act and to register 
their offerings of securities under the Securities Act. Form N-3 is 
filed annually and updated on occasion. It is estimated that 
approximately 53 funds file Form N-3 for a total of 27,499 annual 
burden hours.
    Form N-4 is used by insurance company separate accounts organized 
as UITs to register with the Commission as investment companies under 
the Investment Company Act and to register their offerings of 
securities under the Securities Act. Form N-4 is filed annually and 
updated on occasion. It is estimated that approximately 288 funds file 
Form N-4 for a total of 40,562 annual burden hours.
    Form N-14 is the registration statement used by mutual funds to 
register securities under the Securities Act which are to be issued in 
connection with mergers and other forms of business combinations. Form 
N-14 is filed on occasion. It is estimated that approximately 95 funds 
file Form N-14 for a total of 58,900 annual burden hours.
    Form S-6 is used by UITs to register their securities under the 
Securities Act (UITs register as investment companies on a separate 
Form N-8B-2). Form S-6 is filed annually. It is estimated that 
approximately 3,263 funds file Form S-6 for a total of 114,205 annual 
burden hours.
    The proposed amendments to Form 24F-2 reflect the changes made by 
the Improvement Act to the method of determining the amount of 
registration fees on fund securities. The proposed amendments would 
simplify the Form, reduce the burdens of filing the Form, and assist 
funds in complying with the changes made by the Improvement Act. The 
proposed amendments to Forms N-1A, N-3, N-4, N-14 and S-6 would conform 
the language on the cover page of each Form to the amended statutory 
provisions and would not result in any change in the paperwork burden 
of these Forms.
    Complying with the collection of information requirements of the 
rule is mandatory. The filings that the rule requires to be made with 
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Commission are avaialbel to the public. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid control number.
    The estimate of average burden hours is made solely for the 
purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act, and is not derived from a 
comprehensive or even a representative survey or study of the costs of 
Commission rules and forms.
    Please direct general comments regarding the above information to 
the following persons: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and Exchange 
commission, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 3208, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, D.C. 20503; and (ii) Michael E. Bartell, Associate 
Executive Director, Office of Information Technology, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. 
Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: July 15, 1997.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-19627 Filed 7-24-97; 8:45 am]
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