Sec. 21.952  Bidding application procedures.

    (a) Short-form applications. To participate in MDS auctions, all 
applicants must submit short-form applications, along with all required 
certifications and exhibits specified by such forms, pursuant to the 
provisions of Sec. 1.2105(a) and any Commission public notices. See 47 
CFR 1.2105(a).
    (b) Filing of short-form applications. Prior to any MDS auction, the 
Commission will issue a public notice announcing the availability of BTA 
service areas and, in the event that mutually exclusive short-form 
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(as defined by Sec. 21.925(a)(2)) are filed, the date of the auction for 
those BTA service areas. This public notice also will specify the date 
on or before which applicants intending to participate in an MDS auction 
must file their short-form applications in order to be eligible for that 
auction, and it will contain information necessary for completion of the 
application as well as other important information such as the material 
which must accompany the forms, any filing fee that must accompany the 
application or any upfront payment that will need to be submitted, and 
the location where the application must be filed.
    (c) Modification and dismissal of short-form applications.
    (1) Any short-form application that is not signed in some manner or 
form, including by electronic means, and does not contain all requisite 
certifications is unacceptable for filing and cannot be corrected 
subsequent to any applicable filing deadline. Such short-form 
application will be dismissed with prejudice.
    (2) The Commission will provide bidders a limited opportunity to 
cure certain defects specified herein and to resubmit an amended short-
form application. For MDS, we classify all amendments to a short-form 
application as major, except those to correct minor errors or defects, 
such as typographical errors, or those to reflect ownership changes or 
formation of bidding consortia or joint bidding arrangements 
specifically permitted under Sec. 21.953. A short-form application may 
be modified to make minor amendments. However, applicants who fail to 
correct defects in their short-form applications in a timely manner as 
specified by public notice will have their applications dismissed with 
no opportunity for resubmission.
    (3) A short-form application will be considered to be a newly filed 
application if it is amended by a major amendment and may not be 
resubmitted after applicable filing deadlines.
[ 60 FR 36558 , July 17, 1995]