Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 97 / Thursday, May 18, 2000 / Notices 31621

Under the railroad retirement program

these statements may relate to changes

in annuity beginning date(s), dates for

marriage(s), birth(s), prior railroad or

non-railroad employment, an applicants

request for reconsideration of an

unfavorable RRB eligibility

determination for an annuity or various

other matters. The statements may also

be used by the RRB to secure a variety

of information needed to determine

eligibility to unemployment and

sickness benefits. Procedures related to

providing information needed for RRA

annuity or RUIA benefit eligibility

determinations are prescribed in 20 CFR

parts 217 and 320 respectively.

The RRB utilizes Form G–93,

Statement of Claimant or Other Person

to obtain the supplemental or corrective

information from applicants or persons

needed to determine applicant

eligibility for an RRA annuity or RUIA

benefits.

The RRB proposes non-burden

impacting formatting and editorial

changes to Form G–93. The completion

time for Form G–93 is estimated at 15

minutes per response. The RRB

estimates that approximately 90 Form

G–93’s are received annually.

Completion is voluntary. One response

is requested of each respondent.

Additional Information or Comments:

To request more information or to

obtain a copy of the information

collection justification, forms, and/or

supporting material, please call the RRB

Clearance Officer at (312) 751–3363.

Comments regarding the information

collection should be addressed to

Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement

Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60611–2092. Written comments

should be received within 60 days of

this notice.

Chuck Mierzwa,

Clearance Officer.

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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

Notice of Public Meeting

The meeting of the Railroad

Retirement Board which was to be held

on May 17, 2000, 9 a.m., at the Board’s

meeting room on the 8th floor of its

headquarters building, 844 North Rush

Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, has been

canceled.

The person to contact for more

information is Beatrice Ezerski,

Secretary to the Board. Phone No. 312–

751–4920.

Dated: May 15, 2000.

Beatrice Ezerski,

Secretary to the Board.

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available

From: Securities and Exchange Commission,

Office of Filings and Information Services,

Washington, DC 20549.

Extension: Rule 11a–3; SEC File No. 270–

321; OMB Control No. 3235–0358.

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (‘‘PRA’’), the

Securities and Exchange Commission

(the ‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting

comments on the collection of

information summarized below. The

Commission plans to submit this

existing collection of information to the

Office of Management and Budget for

extension and approval.

Rule 11a–3 Under the Investment

Company Act of 1940; Offers of

Exchange by Open-End Investment

Companies Other Than Separate

Accounts

Rule 11a–3 under the Investment

Company Act of 1940 [17 CFR 270.11a–

3] is an exemptive rule that permits

open-end investment companies

(‘‘funds’’), other than insurance

company separate accounts, and funds’

principal underwriters, to make certain

exchange offers to fund shareholders

and shareholders of other funds in the

same group of investment companies.

The rule requires a fund, among other

things: (i) To disclose in its prospectus

and advertising literature the amount of

any administrative or redemption fee

imposed on exchange transactions,

other than a nominal one, to maintain

and preserve records with respect to the

actual costs incurred in connection with

exchanges for at least six years; and (iii)

to give the fund’s shareholders a sixty

day notice of a termination of an

exchange offer or any material

amendment to the terms of an exchange

offer (unless the only material effect of

an amendment is to reduce or eliminate

an administrative fee, sales load or

redemption fee payable at the time of an

exchange).

The rule’s requirements are designed

to protect investors against abuses

associated with exchange offers, to

provide fund shareholders with

information necessary to evaluate

exchange offers and certain material

changes in the terms of exchange offers,

and to enable the Commission staff to

monitor funds’ use of administrative

fees charged in connection with

exchange transactions.

It is estimated that approximately

2,900 funds may choose to rely on the

rule, and each fund may spend one hour

annually complying with the

recordkeeping requirement and another

one hour annually complying with the

notice requirement. The burdens

associated with the disclosure

requirement of the rule are accounted

for in the burdens associated with the

Form N–1A registration statement for

funds. The total annual burden

associated with the rule thereof, is

limited to the recordkeeping and notice

requirements under the rule, which is

estimated to be 5,800 hours. This

estimate represents an increase of 800

hours over the prior estimate of 5,000

hours. This increase in burden hours is

attributable to an increase in the

estimated number of funds from 2,500

to 2,900. The estimate of average burden

hours is made solely for the purposes of

the PRA, and is not derived from a

comprehensive or even a representative

survey or study of the costs of

Commission rules and forms.

Written comments are invited on: (a)

Whether the collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the Commission,

including whether the information has

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

Commission’s estimate of the burden of

the collection of information; (c) ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Consideration will be given to

comments and suggestions submitted in

writing within 60 days of this

publication.

Please direct your written comments

to Michael E. Bartell, Associate

Executive Director, Office of

Information Technology, Securities and

Exchange Commission, 450 5th Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20549.

Dated: May 11, 2000.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

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