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§ 158.63 

(5) The provisions of paragraph (b) of 

this section that allow the commin-
gling of PFCs with other air carrier 
revenue do not apply to a covered air 
carrier. 

(d) All collecting air carriers must 

disclose the existence and amount of 
PFC funds regarded as trust funds in 
their financial statements. 

[Doc. No. 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991, as 
amended by Amdt. 158–2, 65 FR 34542, May 30, 
2000; Amdt. 158–4, 72 FR 28850, May 23, 2007] 

§ 158.51 Remittance of PFC’s. 

Passenger facility charges collected 

by carriers shall be remitted to the 
public agency on a monthly basis. PFC 
revenue recorded in the accounting 
system of the carrier, as set forth in 
§ 158.49 of this part, shall be remitted to 
the public agency no later than the 
last day of the following calendar 
month (or if that date falls on a week-
end or holiday, the first business day 
thereafter). 

§ 158.53 Collection compensation. 

(a) As compensation for collecting, 

handling, and remitting the PFC rev-
enue, the collecting air carrier is enti-
tled to: 

(1) $0.11 of each PFC collected. 
(2) Any interest or other investment 

return earned on PFC revenue between 
the time of collection and remittance 
to the public agency. 

(b) A covered air carrier that fails to 

designate a separate PFC account is 
prohibited from collecting interest on 
the PFC revenue. Where a covered air 
carrier maintains a separate PFC ac-
count in compliance with § 158.49(c), it 
will receive the interest on PFC ac-
counts as described in paragraph (a)(2) 
of this section. 

(c)(1) Collecting air carriers may pro-

vide collection cost data periodically 
to the FAA after the agency issues a 
notice in the F

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EGISTER

that 

specifies the information and deadline 
for filing the information. Submission 
of the information is voluntary. The 
requested information must include 
data on interest earned by the air car-
riers on PFC revenue and air carrier 
collection, handling, and remittance 
costs in the following categories: 

(i) Credit card fees; 
(ii) Audit fees; 

(iii) PFC disclosure fees; 
(iv) Reservations costs; 
(v) Passenger service costs; 
(vi) Revenue accounting, data entry, 

accounts payable, tax, and legal fees; 

(vii) Corporate property department 

costs; 

(viii) Training for reservations 

agents, ticket agents, and other de-
partments; 

(ix) Ongoing carrier information sys-

tems costs; 

(x) Ongoing computer reservations 

systems costs; and 

(xi) Airline Reporting Corporation 

fees. 

(2) The FAA may determine a new 

compensation level based on an anal-
ysis of the data provided under para-
graph (c)(1) of this section, if the data 
is submitted by carriers representing 
at least 75 percent of PFCs collected 
nationwide. 

(3) Any new compensation level de-

termined by the FAA under paragraph 
(c)(2) of this section will replace the 
level identified in paragraph (a)(1) of 
this section. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2006–23730, 72 FR 28850, May 
23, 2007; Amdt. 158–4, 72 FR 31714, June 8, 2007] 

Subpart D—Reporting, 

Recordkeeping and Audits 

§ 158.61 General. 

This subpart contains the require-

ments for reporting, recordkeeping and 
auditing of accounts maintained by 
collecting carriers and by public agen-
cies. 

§ 158.63 Reporting requirements: Pub-

lic agency. 

(a) The public agency must provide 

quarterly reports to air carriers col-
lecting PFCs for the public agency 
with a copy to the appropriate FAA 
Airports Office. The quarterly report 
must include: 

(1) Actual PFC revenue received from 

collecting air carriers, interest earned, 
and project expenditures for the quar-
ter; 

(2) Cumulative actual PFC revenue 

received, interest earned, project ex-
penditures, and the amount committed 
for use on currently approved projects, 
including the quarter; 

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§ 158.65 

(3) The PFC level for each project; 

and 

(4) Each project’s current schedule. 
(b) The report shall be provided on or 

before the last day of the calendar 
month following the calendar quarter 
or other period agreed by the public 
agency and collecting carrier. 

(c) For medium and large hub air-

ports, the public agency must provide 
to the FAA, by July 1 of each year, an 
estimate of PFC revenue to be col-
lected for each airport in the following 
fiscal year. 

[Doc. No. 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991, as 
amended by Amdt. 158–2, 65 FR 34542, May 30, 
2000; Amdt. 158–4, 72 FR 28851, May 23, 2007] 

§ 158.65 Reporting requirements: Col-

lecting air carriers. 

(a) Each air carrier collecting PFCs 

for a public agency must provide quar-
terly reports to the public agency un-
less otherwise agreed by the collecting 
air carrier and public agency, providing 
an accounting of funds collected and 
funds remitted. 

(1) Unless otherwise agreed by the 

collecting air carrier and public agen-
cy, reports must state: 

(i) The collecting air carrier and air-

port involved, 

(ii) The total PFC revenue collected, 
(iii) The total PFC revenue refunded 

to passengers, 

(iv) The collected revenue withheld 

for reimbursement of expenses under 
§ 158.53, and 

(v) The dates and amounts of each re-

mittance for the quarter. 

(2) The report must be filed by the 

last day of the month following the 
calendar quarter or other period agreed 
by the collecting carrier and public 
agency for which funds were collected. 

(b) A covered air carrier must provide 

the FAA with: 

(1) A copy of its quarterly report by 

the established schedule under para-
graph (a) of this section; and 

(2) A monthly PFC account state-

ment delivered not later than the fifth 
day of the following month. This 
monthly statement must include: 

(i) The balance in the account on the 

first day of the month, 

(ii) The total funds deposited during 

the month, 

(iii) The total funds disbursed during 

the month, and 

(iv) The closing balance in the ac-

count. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2006–23730, 72 FR 28851, May 
23, 2007] 

§ 158.67 Recordkeeping and auditing: 

Public agency. 

(a) Each public agency shall keep any 

unliquidated PFC revenue remitted to 
it by collecting carriers on deposit in 
an interest bearing account or in other 
interest bearing instruments used by 
the public agency’s airport capital 
fund. Interest earned on such PFC rev-
enue shall be used, in addition to the 
principal, to pay the allowable costs of 
PFC-funded projects. PFC revenue may 
only be commingled with other public 
agency airport capital funds in deposits 
or interest bearing instruments. 

(b) Each public agency shall establish 

and maintain for each approved appli-
cation a separate accounting record. 
The accounting record shall identify 
the PFC revenue received from the col-
lecting carriers, interest earned on 
such revenue, the amounts used on 
each project, and the amount reserved 
for currently approved projects. 

(c) At least annually during the pe-

riod the PFC is collected, held or used, 
each public agency shall provide for an 
audit of its PFC account. The audit 
shall be performed by an accredited 
independent public accountant and 
may be of limited scope. The account-
ant shall express an opinion of the fair-
ness and reasonableness of the public 
agency’s procedures for receiving, hold-
ing, and using PFC revenue. The ac-
countant shall also express an opinion 
on whether the quarterly report re-
quired under § 158.63 fairly represents 
the net transactions within the PFC 
account. The audit may be— 

(1) Performed specifically for the 

PFC account; or 

(2) Conducted as part of an audit 

under Office of Management and Budg-
et Circular A–133 (the Single Audit Act 
of 1984, Pub. L. 98–502, and the Single 
Audit Act Amendments of 1996, Pub. L. 
104–156) provided the auditor specifi-
cally addresses the PFC. 

(3) Upon request, a copy of the audit 

shall be provided to each collecting 
carrier that remitted PFC revenue to