BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: May 2, 2011
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
AB 28 (Huber) - As Amended: April 26, 2011
SUBJECT : Commercial vehicles: Reciprocity Commission
SUMMARY : Eliminates the Reciprocity Commission (Commission) and
transfers duties for the administration of the International
Registration Plan (IRP) agreements to the Department of Motor
Vehicles (DMV). Specifically, this bill :
1)Deletes provisions related to the Commission in various
statutes.
2)Transfers the authority held by the Commission to enter into
and become a member of the IRP agreement to the DMV.
3)Makes other related clarifying changes.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Establishes the Commission to examine the requirements for
commercial vehicle registration of foreign jurisdictions and
to grant reciprocal privileges to out-of-state vehicles.
2)Prescribes the membership of the Commission to include the
Lieutenant Governor, DMV, California Department of
Transportation, the State Controller, and California Highway
Patrol.
3)Authorizes the Commission to enter into agreements on behalf
of the State of California with foreign jurisdictions for the
registration of foreign vehicles.
4)Requires that all reciprocity agreements, rules, and
regulations authorized by the Commission be in writing and
approved by the Attorney General.
5)Provides, under federal law, that the IRP agreement exists to
facilitate the payment of license fees among states of the
United States, the District of Colombia, and a number of
Canadian provinces.
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6)Authorizes the Commission to participate in the IRP agreement
process.
7)Requires, under federal law, that IRP agreement member
jurisdictions collect registration fees from 'home based'
interstate trucking companies on behalf of each member
jurisdiction.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : The Commission was created in 1959 so that California
could enter into agreements with foreign jurisdictions with
regard to the regarding the payment of license, registration,
and regulatory fees for commercial vehicles travelling across
states, but registered in only one. At that time, reciprocal
agreements existed between individual states and foreign
jurisdictions (Canada).
In the early 1960's, individual reciprocity agreements were
becoming inadequate to meet the needs of expanding interstate
and international commerce. In the late 1960's and early 1970's
the concept of the IRP agreement was conceived. The IRP
agreement is a federally encouraged program to facilitate
commercial vehicle registration and operation among states and
Canadian provinces. IRP agreement member jurisdictions collect
registration fees from their 'home based' interstate trucking
companies on behalf of each member jurisdiction in which the
companies operate and register.
The author notes after California entered into the IRP agreement
in 1985, the duties of the Commission became obsolete. The
purpose of this legislation is to delete references to the
Commission from statute and delegate authority to administer
provision of IRP agreements directly to the DMV.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
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Analysis Prepared by : Victoria Alvarez / TRANS. / (916) 319-
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