[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 47CFR95.33]



[Page 514-515]

 

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 95_PERSONAL RADIO SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart A_General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS)

 

Sec.  95.33  Cooperative use of radio stations in the GMRS.



    (a) Licensees (a licensee is the entity to which the license is 

issued) of radio stations in the GMRS may share the use of their 

stations with other entities eligible in the GMRS, subject to the 

following conditions and limitations.



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    (1) The station to be shared must be individually owned by the 

licensee, jointly owned by the participants and the licensee, leased 

individually by the licensee, or leased jointly by the participants and 

the licensee.

    (2) The licensee must maintain access to and control over all 

stations authorized under its license.

    (3) A station may be shared only:

    (i) Without charge;

    (ii) On a non-profit basis, with contributions to capital and 

operating expenses including the cost of mobile stations and paging 

receivers prorated equitably among all participants; or

    (iii) On a reciprocal basis, i.e., use of one licensee's stations 

for the use of another licensee's stations without charge for either 

capital or operating expenses.

    (4) All sharing arrangements must be conducted in accordance with a 

written agreement to be kept as part of the station records.

    (b) [Reserved]



[48 FR 35237, Aug. 3, 1983, as amended at 63 FR 68975, Dec. 14, 1998]