Section 106.03 - Electronic Filing by Applicants during RFA-1 and RFA-2 Processes(1) The commission shall develop and post on its website administrative procedures pursuant to which all applications, papers, documents, correspondence and other information submitted by an applicant to the commission or the bureau during the RFA-1 process pursuant to 205 CMR 115.00: Phase 1 Suitability Determinations, Standards and Procedures and the RFA-2 process described in 205 CMR 110.00: Issuance of Request for Category 1 and Category 2 License Applications must be filed by electronic means as provided therein. Any document required by 205 CMR 101.00 to be signed or notarized shall be signed or notarized, scanned and submitted in PDF form. All applicants must comply with those administrative procedures.(2) All such electronic submissions shall be made in PDF format. Subject to technological limitations, all such submissions shall be machine-readable and text searchable.(3) In accordance with the administrative procedures, electronic submission may be made via the internet or by filing at the main office of the commission or the bureau, as applicable, a disk containing the electronic submission. For electronic submissions via the internet, the commission or the bureau will electronically transmit a Notice of Electronic Filing which will constitute confirmation of the filing of the submission with the commission or the bureau as applicable. In the event the applicant does not receive a Notice of Electronic Filing, it is the applicant's duty to take appropriate measures to confirm timely receipt of the electronic submission by the commission or the bureau as applicable.(4) Electronic filing via the internet will be generally available 24 hours a day; however, that availability shall not alter any filing deadline, whether set by regulation, commission or bureau order, or the RFA itself. All electronic submissions of documents must be completed prior to 5:00 P.M. to be considered timely filed that day.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1489, eff. 1/25/2023 (EMERGENCY).Amended by Mass Register Issue 1493, eff. 1/25/2023 (COMPLIANCE).