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AL HB709
Bill
Status
3/11/2010
Primary Sponsor
Ronald Grantland
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AI Summary
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Transfers administration of the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005 (UCRA) from the Public Service Commission to the Department of Revenue.
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Requires the Department of Revenue to collect registration fees from foreign and domestic motor carriers, motor private carriers, leasing companies, brokers, and freight forwarders operating in interstate commerce.
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Distributes collected fees (minus collection costs) with five-sixths going to the Department of Public Safety's operating fund and one-sixth to the Motor Carrier Fund in the State Treasury.
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Defines collection costs as salaries and operational expenses appropriated to the Department of Revenue for administering the UCRA program.
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Preserves the Department of Public Safety's authority to enforce Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program, with effectiveness on October 1 following passage.
Legislative Description
Motor carriers, federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005, responsibility for administration transferred from Public Service Commission to Revenue Department, distrib. of net fees to Public Safety Department, Sec. 37-3-32.1 amended and renumbered as Sec. 40-12-435
Motor Vehicles
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Commerce
3/11/2010