Motor carriers would pay between $39 and $37,500, depending on the size of their fleets under a schedule of fees proposed by the FMCSA for the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement

In August of 2005, Congress ordered the the UCR Plan replace the existing Single State Registration Plan (SSR) by January 1, 2007. Of course we know this is still in limbo.

The comment period for this proposal ended last month.

Under the 2005 law, the UCR Plan is an organization that will administer the UCR Agreement, an interstate agreement governing the collection and distribution of registration and financial responsibility information provided and fees paid by motor carriers, private motor carriers, brokers, freight forarders and leasing companies.

Thirty eight states participated in the SSR last year and all but California and North Carolina will participate in UCR this year. In addition, Oregon, which in the past has not been a part of SSR, will participate in the UCR Plan.

As called for in the legislation, FMCSA last year, appointed a 15 person board to recommend a fee schedule, which the agency has followed in drafting it’s proposal.

The proposed schedule, which is the total amount to be paid by the individual company or organization is as follows:

  • 0-2 Power units as well as brokers and leasing companies - $39.00
  • 3-5 Power units - $116.00
  • 6-20 Power units - $231.00
  • 21-100 Power units - $806.00
  • 101-1,000 Power units - $3,840.00
  • 1,001 and above - $37,500.00

    • Seems like a fair deal to me. The fees would raise about $107.3 million in fiscal 2007, all but $5 million of which would go to participating states to replace SSR revenues. The remaining $5 million goes for administrative expenses for the UCR Plan.