Sec. 95.89  Renewing a license.

    (a) The licensee of a GMRS system may apply to the FCC to renew the 
license for another term (see Sec. 95.105) by filling out FCC Form 574-R 
(or FCC Form 405-A when the licensee has not gotten FCC Form 574-R 
within 30 days of the expiration of the license), and

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sending it, together with the filing fee, to the address specified in 
the Private Radio Services Fee Filing Guide (unless the licensee is a 
governmental entity, in which case the renewal application should be 
sent to the Federal Communications Commission, 1270 Fairfield Road, 
Gettysburg, PA 17325-7245).
    (b) If the renewal application is sent to the FCC before the 
existing license term expires, the renewal application is timely filed. 
Except for GMRS systems whose licenses may not be renewed (see 
Sec. 95.89 (c)(3) and (d)), stations in a GMRS system whose application 
is timely filed may continue to transmit under the expired license until 
the FCC acts on the renewal application. A copy of the renewal 
application sent to the FCC must be kept in the GMRS system records (see 
Sec. 95.113) until the renewed license, or notification of other FCC 
action, is received.
    (c) A GMRS system licensed to a non-individual before July 31, 1987, 
is eligible to renew that license and all subsequent licenses based upon 
it if:
    (1) The non-individual is:
    (i) A partnership, and each partner is 18 years of age or older;
    (ii) A corporation;
    (iii) An association;
    (iv) A state, territorial or local government unit; or
    (v) Other legal entity;
    (2) The non-individual is not:
    (i) A foreign government;
    (ii) A representative of a foreign government; or
    (iii) A federal government agency; and
    (3) The licensee has not been granted any of the modifications to 
its GMRS system license specified in Sec. 95.71(e).
    (d) A GMRS system licensed to a non-individual on or after July 31, 
1987, may not be renewed.
    (e) If a GMRS system license is allowed to expire, the former 
licensee may file an application to reinstate the expired license within 
six months after the expiration date. The application to reinstate must 
be accompanied by a renewal application. An expired GMRS system license 
for which a timely renewal application has not been filed is not valid. 
No station of such a GMRS system may transmit until the licensee has 
received a new GMRS system license based on the late-filed renewal 
application.
[ 53 FR 47716 , Nov. 25, 1988, as amended at  55 FR 51909 , Dec. 18, 1990]

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