(a) On and after the date on which the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation establishes the unified carrier registration system in accordance with 49 USC 13908, as amended, no foreign or domestic motor carrier, motor private carrier, leasing company, broker or freight forwarder, as defined in Title 49 of the United States Code, shall operate any motor vehicle on the highways of this state without first registering under said unified carrier registration system and paying all fees required for such registration.
(b) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall continue to require each haul-for-hire motor carrier to make an annual payment, in an amount not to exceed ten dollars, per owned and operated vehicle for filings made with the Department of Motor Vehicles required by the single state registration system, established in accordance with 49 USC 14504, as amended, until the occurrence of the transition termination date, as defined in 49 USC 13902(f), as amended.
(c) The commissioner is authorized to participate in the unified carrier registration plan and agreement, established in accordance with 49 USC 14504a, as amended, and to file on behalf of the state the plan required by the provisions of 49 USC 14504a(e).
(P.A. 93-307, S. 12, 34; P.A. 95-126, S. 19, 25; P.A. 96-222, S. 13, 41; P.A. 00-148, S. 14; P.A. 06-130, S. 24.)
History: P.A. 93-307 effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 95-126 deleted an obsolete date and required Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to adopt regulations instead of Commissioner of Transportation; P.A. 96-222 inserted “or its successor agency” after “Interstate Commerce Commission”, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 00-148 changed reference to “Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991” to “Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century” and changed Public Law reference from “102-240” to “105-178”; P.A. 06-130 deleted former provisions re Interstate Commerce Commission, Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and requirement that commissioner adopt regulations and added new Subsecs. (a) to (c), inclusive, re unified carrier registration, effective July 1, 2006.
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