---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 96.23"
title: "47"
number: "96.23"
heading: "Authorization."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/96.23"
---

# §96.23. Authorization.

- (a) An applicant must file an application for an initial PAL. Applications for PALs must:
  - (1) Demonstrate the applicant's qualifications to hold an authorization;
  - (2) State how a grant would serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity;
  - (3) Contain all information required by FCC rules and application forms;
  - (4) Propose operation of a facility or facilities in compliance with all rules governing the Citizens Broadband Radio Service; and
  - (5) Be amended as necessary to remain substantially accurate and complete in all significant respects, in accordance with the provisions of [§ 1.65](/cfr/47/1.65.md) of this chapter.
- (b) CBSDs used for Priority Access must register with an SAS and comply with its instructions consistent with [§ 96.39](/cfr/47/96.39.md) and [subpart F](/cfr/47/subpartF.md) of this part.
- (c) Records pertaining to PALs, including applications and licenses, shall be maintained by the Commission in a publicly accessible system.

## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 36222, June 23, 2015, as amended at 83 FR 63095, Dec. 7, 2018; 85 FR 25315, May 1, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 303, and 307.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 36222, June 23, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[80 FR 36222, June 23, 2015, as amended at 83 FR 63095, Dec. 7, 2018; 85 FR 25315, May 1, 2020]