SB 200 -- UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION ACT OF 2005

SPONSOR:  Stouffer (St. Onge)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Transportation by a vote of 9 to 0.

This bill authorizes the Highways and Transportation Commission
to take the necessary steps to implement and administer a state
plan to conform with the federal Unified Carrier Registration
(UCR) Act of 2005.  The UCR Act eliminates the state's
registration system and replaces it with the federal UCR
Agreement.

The commission may submit to the proper federal authorities,
amend, and carry out a state plan to qualify as a base-state and
to participate in the UCR Plan and administer the UCR Agreement.
The commission is authorized to administer the registration of
Missouri domiciled motor carriers, motor private carriers,
brokers, freight forwarders and leasing companies, and persons
domiciled in nonparticipating states who have designated Missouri
as their base-state under the UCR Act; to receive, collect,
process, deposit, transfer, distribute, and refund registration
fees; and to enter into an agreement with any U. S. agency.

Every motor carrier, motor private carrier, broker, and freight
forwarder and leasing company that has its principal place of
business in Missouri and every person who has designated this
state as his or her base-state must timely complete and file with
the commission all the forms and registration fees required by
the UCR.

Implementing the UCR Act will not be construed as exempting any
motor carrier or any person controlled by a motor carrier from
any state regulation regarding motor carriers.

The bill also repeals provisions regarding the issuance of
interstate motor carrier permits.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2008, FY 2009, and
FY 2010.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that states operating under the
single state registration system will be prohibited from
continuing to collect interstate regulatory license fees and
regulatory license fees from interstate motor carriers that are
exempt, regardless of whether the state has joined the UCR
Agreement.  The bill is needed to allow Missouri to participate
in the new federal registration and continue to collect fees.
Missouri could lose approximately $2.3 million in registration
fees annually.

Testifying for the bill were Senator Stouffer; Missouri Motor
Carriers Association; and Motor Carrier Services Division,
Department of Transportation.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
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