Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-10-.03-2-.02

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 770-X-10-.03-2-.02 - Single State Registration Receipts

(1) All motors carriers that have operations in interstate commerce within the borders of Alabama under a certificate of public convenience and necessity and/or a permit issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall comply with these provisions concerning Single State Registration Receipts.

(2) All motor carriers described in 770-X-10-3-2.02(1) who maintain their principal place of business in Alabama shall select Alabama as their registration state under the Single State Registration System. Carriers who maintain their principal place of business in a state which does not participate in the Single State Registration System may elect Alabama as their registration state provided Alabama is the participating state in which such carrier will operate the largest number of motor vehicles during the next registration year. For purposes of this rule, a carrier's principal place of business shall be the state in which the carrier maintains its headquarters and where it maintains or can make available its operational records.

(a) Carriers utilizing Alabama as their registration state shall file annually registration applications on uniform Single State Registration Forms. Such application shall be filed between the first day of August and the thirtieth day of November of the year preceding the registration year which shall be the calendar year. A carrier that has changed its registration state since its last filing must identify the registration state with which it previously filed. A carrier that intends to commence operating during the current registration year may register at any time, but it must do so before it commences operating.

(b) Along with their uniform applications for Single State Registration, motor carriers utilizing Alabama as their registration state shall file, or cause to be filed, the following:

1. Copies of their Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration certificates and/or permits. Carriers must supplement their filing by submitting copies of any new operating authorities as they are issued. Once a carrier has submitted copies of its authorities, it may thereafter satisfy the filing requirement by certifying that the copies are on file. A carrier granted emergency temporary authority or temporary authority having a duration of 120 days or less is not required to file evidence of such authority, but it must otherwise comply with the requirements of this section.

2. A copy of their proof of public liability security submitted to and accepted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or a copy of an order of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration approving a public liability self-insurance application or other public liability security or agreement under the provisions of that part. A carrier must supplement its filings as necessary to insure that current information is on file. Once a carrier has submitted, or caused to be submitted, a copy of its proof or Order of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, it may thereafter satisfy the filing requirement by certifying that it has done so and that its security self-insurance agreement remains in effect. Consistent with their obligations hereunder, carriers must cause to be timely filed with the Alabama Public Service Commission copies of any notices of cancellation or of any replacement certificates of insurance, surety bonds or other security filed with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

3. A copy of their designation of an agent or agents for service process submitted to and accepted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations CFR Part 366. A carrier must supplement its filing as necessary to insure that current information is on file. Once a carrier has submitted a copy of its designation, it may thereafter satisfy the following requirement by certifying that its designation is on file.

4. A fee for the filing of proof of insurance must be submitted. Said fee to be calculated by indicating on the uniform Single State Registration application the number of vehicles the carrier intends to operate in each participating state during the next registration year, multiplied by the per vehicle fee each pertinent participating state charges. Guaranteed funds in the amount covering the total of all such fees shall be submitted. There will be no prorating of fees to account for partial year operations.

(3) A carrier must make supplemental filings at any time during the registration year as may be necessary to specify additional vehicles and/or states of operation and to pay additional fees.

(4) Upon each carriers compliance with the annual or supplemental registration requirements set out in 770-X-10-.03 -2.02(b), the Commission will issue the carrier a receipt reflecting that the carrier has filed the required proof of insurance and paid all required fees. Said receipt will identify the carrier and specify the states for which fees were paid. Supplemental receipts issued will contain only information relating to their underlying supplemental registrations. All receipts shall expire at midnight on the thirty-first day of December of the registration year for which they were issued.

(5) A carrier is permitted to operate its motor vehicles only in those participating states with respect to which it has paid appropriate fees.

(6) A motor carrier may make copies of receipts only to the extent necessary to maintain in each of its motor vehicles a copy(ies) of its receipt(s), indicating that it has filed the required proof of insurance and paid the required fees.

Motor carriers may not alter a receipt or a copy of a receipt.

(7) The driver of a motor vehicle must present a copy(ies) of a receipt(s) for inspection by any authorized Alabama Public Service Commission personnel on reasonable demand.

(8) All motor carriers described in 770-X-10-.03 -2.02(a) above who are required to select another state participating in the Single State Registration System as their registration state shall comply with the above requirements in their registration state and submit to their registration state the fees for all vehicles which will be operated within the borders of Alabama.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-10-.03-2-.02

Effective September 1994. Filed with LRS February 5, 2013. Filed for Codification in the Alabama Administrative Code by the Alabama Public Service Commission on February 5, 2013, pursuant to Code of Ala. 1975, § 41-22-7.

Author: Alabama Public Service Commission

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 37-3-5, 37-3-7, 37-3-22.