[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 26572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6778]


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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, Washington, DC 
20549.

Extension: Form 24F-2; SEC File No. 270-399; OMB Control No. 3235-
0456.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
requests for extension of the previously approved collections of 
information discussed below.
    Rule 24f-2 (17 CFR 270.24f-2) under the Investment Company Act of 
1940 requires any open-end management companies (``mutual funds''), 
unit investment trusts (``UITs'') or face-amount certificate companies 
(collectively, ``funds'') deemed to have registered an indefinite 
amount of securities to file, not later than 90 days after the end of 
any fiscal year in which it has publicly offered such securities, Form 
24F-2 with the Commission.\1\ Form 24F-2 is the annual notice of 
securities sold by funds that accompanies the payment of registration 
fees with respect to the securities sold during the fiscal year.
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    \1\ 17 CFR 274.24.
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    The Commission estimates that 5,509 funds file Form 24F-2 on the 
required annual basis. The average annual burden per respondent for 
Form 24F-2 is estimated to be two hours. The total annual burden for 
all respondents to Form 24F-2 is estimated to be 11,018 hours. 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.
    Compliance with the collection of information required by Form 24F-
2 is mandatory. The Form 24F-2 filing that must be made to the 
Commission is available 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.
    General comments regarding the above information should be directed 
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 10102, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503, or e-mail to: [email protected]; and (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief 
Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, C/O Shirley 
Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312, or send 
an e-mail to [email protected]. Comments must be submitted to OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.

    April 25, 2006.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-6778 Filed 5-4-06; 8:45 am]
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