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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
which provides opportunity for public
comment on new or revised data
collections, the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed data collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information has practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden related to
the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Title and Purpose of Information
Collection
Application and Claim for Sickness
Insurance Benefits; OMB 3220–0039
Under section 2 of the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA),
sickness benefits are payable to
qualified railroad employees who are
unable to work because of illness or
injury. In addition, sickness benefits are
payable to qualified female employees if
they are unable to work, or if working
would be injurious, because of
pregnancy, miscarriage or childbirth.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
The estimated annual respondent
burden is as follows:
Annual
responses
Form #(s)
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Under section 1(k) of the RUIA, a
statement of sickness with respect to
days of sickness of an employee is to be
filed with the RRB within a 10-day
period from the first day claimed as a
day of sickness. The RRB’s authority for
requesting supplemental medical
information is section 12(i) and 12(n) of
the RUIA. The procedures for claiming
sickness benefits and for the RRB to
obtain supplemental medical
information needed to determine a
claimant’s eligibility for such benefits
are prescribed in 20 CFR part 335.
The forms currently used by the RRB
to obtain information needed to
determine eligibility for and the amount
of sickness benefits due a claimant
follows: Form SI–1a, Application for
Sickness Benefits; Form SI–1b,
Statement of Sickness; Form SI–3, Claim
for Sickness Benefits; Form SI–7,
Supplemental Doctor’s Statement; Form
SI–8, Verification of Medical
Information; Form ID–7h, NonEntitlement to Sickness Benefits and
Information on Unemployment Benefits;
Form ID–11a, Requesting Reason for
Late Filing of Sickness Benefit and ID–
11b, Notice of Insufficient Medical and
Late Filing. Completion is required to
obtain or retain benefits. One response
is requested of each respondent.
The RRB proposes the addition an
equivalent Internet version of Form SI–
3, Claim for Sickness Benefits to the
information collection. The Internet
equivalent Form SI–3 will essentially
mirror the manual RRB Form SI–3
currently in use, but will also provide
the claimant the ability to change their
direct deposit information in addition to
the ability to complete and file the claim
via the Internet. No other changes are
proposed.
Time(min)
Burden (hrs)
SI–1a ............................................................................................................................................
SI–1b (Doctor) .............................................................................................................................
SI–3 (manual) ..............................................................................................................................
SI–3 (Internet) ..............................................................................................................................
SI–7 ..............................................................................................................................................
SI–8 ..............................................................................................................................................
ID–7H ...........................................................................................................................................
ID–11A .........................................................................................................................................
ID–11B .........................................................................................................................................
17,000
17,000
118,150
20,850
22,600
50
50
800
1,000
10
8
5
5
8
5
5
4
4
2,833
2,267
9,846
1,738
3,013
4
4
53
67
Total ......................................................................................................................................
197,500
........................
19,825
Additional Information or Comments:
To request more information or to
obtain a copy of the information
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collection justification, forms, and/or
supporting material, please call the RRB
Clearance Officer at (312) 751–3363 or
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Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Comments
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should be addressed to Patricia A.
Henaghan, Railroad Retirement Board,
844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois
60611–2092 or by e-mail to
Patricia.Henaghan@RRB.gov. Written
comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Charles Mierzwa,
RRB Clearance Officer.
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BILLING CODE 7905–01–P
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Investment Company Act Release No.
29178; 812–13058–06]
RMR Real Estate Income Fund, et al.;
Notice of Application
March 23, 2010.
Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’).
ACTION: Notice of application under
section 6(c) of the Investment Company
Act of 1940 (‘‘Act’’) for an exemption
from section 19(b) of the Act and rule
19b–1 under the Act.
AGENCY:
Applicants
request an order to permit certain
closed-end investment companies to
make periodic distributions of long-term
capital gains with respect to their
outstanding common stock as frequently
as twelve times each year, and as
frequently as distributions are specified
by or in accordance with the terms of
any outstanding preferred stock that
such investment companies may issue.
APPLICANTS: RMR Real Estate Income
Fund and RMR Advisors, Inc.
FILING DATES: December 31, 2003,
September 23, 2008, February 13, 2009,
and September 30, 2009.
HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An
order granting the application will be
issued unless the Commission orders a
hearing. Interested persons may request
a hearing by writing to the
Commission’s Secretary and serving
applicants with a copy of the request,
personally or by mail. Hearing requests
should be received by the Commission
by 5:30 p.m. on April 19, 2010, and
should be accompanied by proof of
service on applicants, in the form of an
affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of
service. Hearing requests should state
the nature of the writer’s interest, the
reason for the request, and the issues
contested. Persons who wish to be
notified of a hearing may request
notification by writing to the
Commission’s Secretary.
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SUMMARY OF APPLICATION:
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Secretary, Securities and
Exchange Commission, 100 F Street,
NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090;
applicants, 400 Centre Street, Newton,
MA 02458.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wendy Friedlander, Senior Counsel, at
(202) 551–6837, or James M. Curtis,
Branch Chief, at (202) 551–6712
(Division of Investment Management,
Office of Chief Counsel).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following is a summary of the
application. The complete application
may be obtained via the Commission’s
Web site by searching for the file
number, or for an applicant using the
Company name box, at https://
www.sec.gov/search/search.htm, or by
calling (202) 551–8090.
ADDRESSES:
Applicants’ Representations
1. RMR Real Estate Income Fund
(‘‘RIF’’) is a closed-end management
investment company registered under
the Act and organized as a Delaware
statutory trust.1 RIF’s primary
investment objective is to earn and pay
to its common shareholders a high level
of income by investing in real estate
companies, including real estate
investment trusts. RIF’s secondary
investment objective is capital
appreciation. RIF has common stock
that is listed and traded on the NYSE
Amex and preferred stock that does not
trade on any exchange. Applicants
believe that the investors in the
common stock of RIF may prefer an
investment vehicle that provides regular
periodic distributions and a steady cash
flow.
2. RMR Advisors, Inc. (the ‘‘Adviser’’)
is registered under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940 and has provided
investment advisory services to RIF
since its inception. The Adviser is
wholly-owned by Barry M. Portnoy and
Adam D. Portnoy.
3. Applicants represent that RIF’s
Board of Trustees (the ‘‘Board’’),
including a majority of the members of
the Board who are not ‘‘interested
persons’’ of RIF as defined in section
2(a)(19) of the Act (the ‘‘Independent
Trustees’’), approved RIF’s adoption of a
distribution plan with respect to RIF’s
common stock (‘‘Plan’’). The Plan would
1 Applicants request that any order issued
granting the relief requested in the application also
apply to any closed-end investment company that
in the future: (a) Is advised by the Adviser
(including any successor in interest) or by any
entity controlling, controlled by, or under common
control (within the meaning of section 2(a)(9) of the
Act) with the Adviser; and (b) complies with the
terms and conditions of the requested order. A
successor in interest is limited to entities that result
from a reorganization into another jurisdiction or a
change in the type of business organization.
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permit RIF to distribute as often as
monthly to its common stockholders a
fixed percentage of the market price per
common share, a fixed percentage of net
asset value (‘‘NAV’’) per common share,
or a fixed amount per common share,
any of which may be adjusted from time
to time.
4. Applicants represent that, in
adopting the Plan, RIF’s Board,
including a majority of RIF’s
Independent Trustees: (a) Requested
and considered, and the Adviser
provided, information regarding the
purpose and terms of the Plan; the
reasonably foreseeable material effect of
the Plan on RIF’s long-term total return
(in relation to market price and NAV per
common share); and what conflicts of
interest the Adviser and the affiliated
persons of the Adviser and RIF might
have with respect to the adoption or
implementation of the Plan; (b)
approved RIF’s adoption of compliance
policies and procedures in accordance
with rule 38a–1 under the Act that (i)
are reasonably designed to ensure that
all notices required to be sent to RIF’s
shareholders pursuant to section 19(b)
of the Act, rule 19b–1 under the Act and
the conditions set forth below
(‘‘Notices’’) include the disclosure
required by rule 19b–1 and the
condition II. A. below, and that all other
written communications by RIF or its
agents include the disclosure required
by condition III .A. below; and (ii)
require RIF to keep records that
demonstrate its compliance with all of
the conditions of the requested Order
and that are necessary to form the basis
for, or demonstrate the calculation of,
the amounts disclosed in the Notice.
Applicants further state that after
considering such information the Board,
including a majority of the Independent
Trustees, approved the Plan and
determined that the Plan is consistent
with RIF’s investment objectives and is
in the best interests of RIF’s common
stockholders. Applicants represent that
the Board has recorded the basis for its
approval of the Plan, including its
considerations of the factors listed in
this paragraph, in its minutes, which
will be preserved for a period of not less
that six years from the date of the
meeting, the first two years in an easily
accessible place, or such longer period
as may otherwise be required by law.
Applicants’ Legal Analysis
1. Section 19(b) generally makes it
unlawful for any registered investment
company to make long-term capital
gains distributions more than once each
year. Rule 19b–1 limits the number of
capital gains dividends, as defined in
section 852(b)(3)(C) of the Code
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[FR Doc No: 2010-6906]
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for
public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries of proposed data
collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed information
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information has practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the RRB's estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden related to the collection of information on respondents,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Title and Purpose of Information Collection
Application and Claim for Sickness Insurance Benefits; OMB 3220-0039
Under section 2 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA),
sickness benefits are payable to qualified railroad employees who are
unable to work because of illness or injury. In addition, sickness
benefits are payable to qualified female employees if they are unable
to work, or if working would be injurious, because of pregnancy,
miscarriage or childbirth. Under section 1(k) of the RUIA, a statement
of sickness with respect to days of sickness of an employee is to be
filed with the RRB within a 10-day period from the first day claimed as
a day of sickness. The RRB's authority for requesting supplemental
medical information is section 12(i) and 12(n) of the RUIA. The
procedures for claiming sickness benefits and for the RRB to obtain
supplemental medical information needed to determine a claimant's
eligibility for such benefits are prescribed in 20 CFR part 335.
The forms currently used by the RRB to obtain information needed to
determine eligibility for and the amount of sickness benefits due a
claimant follows: Form SI-1a, Application for Sickness Benefits; Form
SI-1b, Statement of Sickness; Form SI-3, Claim for Sickness Benefits;
Form SI-7, Supplemental Doctor's Statement; Form SI-8, Verification of
Medical Information; Form ID-7h, Non-Entitlement to Sickness Benefits
and Information on Unemployment Benefits; Form ID-11a, Requesting
Reason for Late Filing of Sickness Benefit and ID-11b, Notice of
Insufficient Medical and Late Filing. Completion is required to obtain
or retain benefits. One response is requested of each respondent.
The RRB proposes the addition an equivalent Internet version of
Form SI-3, Claim for Sickness Benefits to the information collection.
The Internet equivalent Form SI-3 will essentially mirror the manual
RRB Form SI-3 currently in use, but will also provide the claimant the
ability to change their direct deposit information in addition to the
ability to complete and file the claim via the Internet. No other
changes are proposed.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
The estimated annual respondent burden is as follows:
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Annual
Form (s) responses Time(min) Burden (hrs)
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SI-1a........................................................... 17,000 10 2,833
SI-1b (Doctor).................................................. 17,000 8 2,267
SI-3 (manual)................................................... 118,150 5 9,846
SI-3 (Internet)................................................. 20,850 5 1,738
SI-7............................................................ 22,600 8 3,013
SI-8............................................................ 50 5 4
ID-7H........................................................... 50 5 4
ID-11A.......................................................... 800 4 53
ID-11B.......................................................... 1,000 4 67
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Total....................................................... 197,500 .............. 19,825
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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 or send an e-mail request to Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV.
Comments regarding the information collection
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should be addressed to Patricia A. Henaghan, Railroad Retirement Board,
844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092 or by e-mail to
Patricia.Henaghan@RRB.gov. Written comments should be received within
60 days of this notice.
Charles Mierzwa,
RRB Clearance Officer.
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