(a) Foreign and domestic motor carriers, motor private carriers, leasing companies, brokers, and freight forwarders shall not operate in interstate commerce in this state without first registering with a base state and paying all fees as required under the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005.
(b) The Public Service Commission is the state agency in this state responsible for the administration of the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005, including participating in the development, implementation, and administration of the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement. The commission may follow rules governing the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement issued under the Unified Carrier Registration Plan by its board of directors.
(c) The commission may follow rules and collect fee assessments set by the federal Secretary of Transportation from foreign and domestic motor carriers, motor private carriers, leasing companies, brokers, and freight forwarders, and do all things necessary to enable this state to participate in the federal Unified Carrier Registration Agreement pursuant to the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005. The commission may register applicants and collect all fees without notice or a public hearing.
(d) Any fees collected by the commission pursuant to this section, except application fees, shall be distributed as follows: One-sixth shall be paid in the Motor Carrier Fund in the State Treasury Fund; and the remaining five-sixths of the fees shall be paid in the Public Service Commission's operating fund, and shall be expended for the payment of expenses incurred by the commission in the regulation of motor carriers upon appropriation as provided by law.
(e) This section shall not be construed as transferring authority for the enforcement of the federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations or any part of the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program from the Department of Public Safety.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.
Chapter 3 - Motor Vehicle Carriers.
Section 37-3-3 - Applicability of Chapter to Interstate Commerce.
Section 37-3-6 - Proprietary or Property Rights in Use of Highways Not Conferred by Chapter.
Section 37-3-7 - Powers and Duties of Commission Generally.
Section 37-3-8 - Commission Members Not to Have Pecuniary Interest, etc., in Carriers or Brokers.
Section 37-3-9 - Disposition of Matters Requiring Hearing.
Section 37-3-11 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Issuance Generally.
Section 37-3-12.1 - Grant of Intrastate Charter Rights to Certain Common Carriers Authorized.
Section 37-3-13 - Contract Carrier Permits - Generally.
Section 37-3-14 - Contract Carrier Permits - Dual Operations.
Section 37-3-15 - Licensing and Regulation of Brokers.
Section 37-3-17 - Transfer of Certificates or Permits.
Section 37-3-18 - Bond or Other Security.
Section 37-3-20 - Tariffs of Common Carriers.
Section 37-3-22 - Accounts, Records and Reports.
Section 37-3-23 - Bills of Lading.
Section 37-3-23.1 - Unenforceability of Certain Motor Vehicle Transportation Contract Provisions.
Section 37-3-24 - Effective Date of Commission Orders.
Section 37-3-25 - Penalties for Violations.
Section 37-3-26 - Collection of Rates and Charges.
Section 37-3-30 - Additional Compensation of Commission Members.
Section 37-3-31 - Appropriation.
Section 37-3-32.1 - Administration of Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005.
Section 37-3-33 - Municipal Privilege License Fees or Taxes.