HB328 Alabama 2014 Session

Under existing law, the Public Service Commission administers the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005 (UCRA) in the state and collects the assessments associated with administration of UCRA

This bill would transfer the responsibility for administration of UCRA to the Department of Revenue which, in turn, will assist in the administrative functions that will ultimately be enforced by the Department of Public Safety. This bill would also provide that the department would collect the fees associated with registration of UCRA and administer the provisions of UCRA in Alabama and for the distribution of the net fees

This bill would also transfer collection of the $6 registration fee for intrastate motor carriers from the Public Service Commission to the Department of Public Safety, with a portion of the fee disbursed to the operating fund of the Department of Public Safety

To amend Section 37-3-32, Code of Alabama 1975; to transfer provisions governing the collection of the $6 registration fee for intrastate motor carriers to the newly created Section 40-12-435, to specify that the Department of Public Safety, rather than the Public Service Commission, will collect the fee; to provide for the disbursement of the fee; to amend and renumber Section 37-3-32.1, Code of Alabama 1975, as Article 10, Section 40-12-435, Code of Alabama 1975; to transfer responsibility for administration of the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005 (UCRA) to the Department of Revenue; to provide that the department collect the fees associated with registration of UCRA and administer the provisions of UCRA in this state; and to provide for distribution of the net fees to the Department of Public Safety.