

[Federal Register: April 10, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 68)]
[Notices]               
[Page 18119]
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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: Rule 30b2-1; SEC File No. 270-213; and OMB Control No. 
3235-0220.

    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 (``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget requests for extension of the previously approved collection 
of information discussed below.
    Rule 30b2-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 
270.30b2-1) requires the filing of four copies of every periodic or 
interim report transmitted by or on behalf of any registered investment 
company to its stockholders.\1\ This requirement ensures that the 
Commission has information in its files to perform its regulatory 
functions and to apprise investors of the operational and financial 
condition of registered investment companies.\2\
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    \1\ Most filings are made via the Commission's electronic filing 
system; therefore, paper filings under Rule 30b2-1 occur only in 
exceptional circumstances. Electronic filing eliminates the need for 
multiple copies of filings.
    \2\ Annual and periodic reports to the Commission become part of 
its public files and, therefore, are available for use by 
prospective investors and stockholders.
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    Registered management investment companies are required to send 
reports to stockholders at least twice annually. In addition, under the 
recently adopted amendments to rule 30b2-1, each registered investment 
company is required to file with the Commission new form N-CSR, 
certifying the financial statements.\3\ The annual burden of filing the 
reports is included in the burden estimate for Form N-CSR; however, we 
are requesting one burden hour remain in inventory for administrative 
purposes.
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    \3\ See Release No. 34-47262, IC-25914, Jan. 27, 2003 (68 FR 
5384 [Feb. 3, 2003]). (Amending rule 30b2-1(a) under the Investment 
Company Act; adopting Form N-CSR). In addition, the Commission 
amended new rule 30a-2 to require both Forms N-CSR and N-SAR to 
include the certification required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act. No certified shareholder report on Form N-CSR is required 
with respect to a report to shareholders that is not required under 
rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act [17 CFR 270.30e-1], 
e.g., voluntary quarterly reports. These reports to shareholders 
continue to be filed with the Commission as they were prior to the 
2003 amendments. Rule 30b2-1(b) [17 CFR 270.30b2-1(b)].
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    The burden estimate for rule 30b2-1 is made solely for the purposes 
of the Act and is not derived from a comprehensive or even 
representative survey or study of the costs of Commission rules and 
forms.
    The collection of information under rule 30b2-1 is mandatory. The 
information provided by rule 30b2-1 is not kept confidential. 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 OMB 
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 
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, C/O Shirley 
Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, Va. 22312 or send an e-
mail to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: April 3, 2006.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-5181 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am]

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