[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR0.212]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

PART 0_COMMISSION ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart B_Delegations of Authority

 

Sec. 0.212  Board of Commissioners.



    (a) Whenever the Chairman or Acting Chairman of the Commission 

determines that a quorum of the Commission is not present or able to 

act, he may convene a Board of Commissioners. The Board shall be 

composed of all Commissioners present and able to act.

    (b) The Board of Commissioners is authorized to act upon all matters 

normally acted upon by the Commission en banc, except the following:

    (1) The final determination on the merits of any adjudicatory or 

investigatory hearing proceeding or of any rule making proceeding, 

except upon a finding by the Board that the public interest would be 

disserved by waiting the convening of a quorum of the Commission.

    (2) Petitions for reconsideration of Commission actions.

    (3) Applications for review of actions taken pursuant to delegated 

authority.

    (c) The Board of Commissioners is authorized to act upon all matters 

normally acted upon by an individual Commissioner (when he or his 

alternates are not present or able to act) or by a committee of 

Commissioners (in the absence of a quorum of the committee).

    (d) Actions taken by the Board of Commissioners shall be recorded in 

the same manner as actions taken by the Commission en banc.

    (e) This section has no application in circumstances in which the 

Commission is unable to function at its offices in Washington, D.C. See 

Sec. Sec. 0.181-0.186 and Sec. Sec. 0.381-0.387.



[30 FR 9314, July 27, 1965]