[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 8946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02831]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[SEC File No. 270-019, OMB Control No. 3235-0012]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 15b1-
1/Form BD

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 
20549-2736

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (``PRA'') (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and 
Exchange Commission (``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (``OMB'') a request for approval of extension of 
the previously approved collection of information provided for in Rule 
15b1-1 (17 CFR 240.15b1-1) and Form BD (17 CFR 249.501) under the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 U.S.C. 78a et seq.).
    Form BD is the application form used by firms to apply to the 
Commission for registration as a broker-dealer, as required by Rule 
15b1-1. Form BD also is used by firms other than banks and registered 
broker-dealers to apply to the Commission for registration as a 
municipal securities dealer or a government securities broker-dealer. 
In addition, Form BD is used to change information contained in a 
previous Form BD filing that becomes inaccurate.
    The total industry-wide annual time burden imposed by Form BD is 
approximately 3,703 hours, based on approximately 9,842 responses (175 
initial filings + 9,667 amendments). Each application filed on Form BD 
requires approximately 2.75 hours to complete and each amended Form BD 
requires approximately 20 minutes to complete. (175 x 2.75 hours = 481 
hours; 9,667 x 0.33333333 hours = 3,222 hours; 481 hours + 3,222 hours 
= 3,703 hours.) The staff believes that a broker-dealer would have a 
Compliance Manager complete and file both applications and amendments 
on Form BD at a cost of $344/hour. Consequently, the staff estimates 
that the total internal cost of compliance associated with the annual 
time burden is approximately $1,273,832 per year ($344 x 3,703).
    The Commission uses the information disclosed by applicants in Form 
BD: (1) to determine whether the applicant meets the standards for 
registration set forth in the provisions of the Exchange Act; (2) to 
develop a central information resource where members of the public may 
obtain relevant, up-to-date information about broker-dealers, municipal 
securities dealers, and government securities broker-dealers, and where 
the Commission, other regulators, and SROs may obtain information for 
investigatory purposes in connection with securities litigation; and 
(3) to develop statistical information about broker-dealers, municipal 
securities dealers, and government securities broker-dealers. Without 
the information disclosed in Form BD, the Commission could not 
effectively implement policy objectives of the Exchange Act with 
respect to its investor protection function.
    Completing and filing Form BD is mandatory to engage in broker-
dealer activity. Compliance with Rule 15b1-1 does not involve the 
collection of confidential information.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information under the PRA unless it 
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    The public may view background documentation for this information 
collection at the following website: www.reginfo.gov. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent by March 13, 2023 to (i) www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain and (ii) David Bottom, Director/Chief Information 
Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o John Pezzullo, 100 F 
Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an email to: 
[email protected].

    Dated: February 6, 2023.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-02831 Filed 2-9-23; 8:45 am]
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