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UCRA fee
structure:
FMCSA currently developing
On April 2, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) started the procedure to set fees for the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement (UCRA).
The intent of the 2005 federal highway reauthorization bill was to have the Single State Registration System (SSRS) end on January 1, 2007 and have the UCRA program replace the SSRS on the same day. The UCRA Board of Directors has the responsibility to develop the new program. The Board recommends a fee structure to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the agency that actually sets these fees.
Timing is important as states are eager to get the SSRS extended, but with the FMCSA working on the UCRA program fees, the SSRS extension is unlikely. Fees collected from SSRS were only allowed for use on motor carrier safety initiatives. Without these collected revenues, states have problems implementing safety programs.
The UCRA program is designed to collect the same amount of money as the SSRS. The UCRA program will apply to private and exempt carriers, brokers, freight forwarders and leasing companies, while the SSRS only applied to for-hire carriers. Since the UCRA program will charge more carriers, the fees will be reduced. Fees will be based on fleet size instead of per vehicle. FMCSA has 90 days to set fees for the UCRA
program, and results are expected around
July 1.
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