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 119 STAT. 1764

PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

motor carrier to correct erroneous information contained in any part of the Unified Carrier Registration System. ‘‘(d) FEE SYSTEM.—The Secretary shall establish, under section 9701 of title 31, a fee system for the Unified Carrier Registration System according to the following guidelines: ‘‘(1) REGISTRATION AND FILING EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.—The fee for new registrants shall as nearly as possible cover the costs of processing the registration but shall not exceed $300. ‘‘(2) EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.—The fee for filing evidence of financial responsibility pursuant to this section shall not exceed $10 per filing. No fee shall be charged for a filing for purposes of designating an agent for service of process or the filing of other information relating to financial responsibility. ‘‘(3) ACCESS AND RETRIEVAL FEES.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the fee system shall include a nominal fee for the access to or retrieval of information from the Unified Carrier Registration System to cover the costs of operating and upgrading the System, including the personnel costs incurred by the Department and the costs of administration of the unified carrier registration agreement. ‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—There shall be no fee charged under this paragraph— ‘‘(i) to any agency of the Federal Government or a State government or any political subdivision of any such government for the access to or retrieval of information and data from the Unified Carrier Registration System for its own use; or ‘‘(ii) to any representative of a motor carrier, motor private carrier, leasing company, broker, or freight forwarder (as each is defined in section 14504a) for the access to or retrieval of the individual information related to such entity from the Unified Carrier Registration System for the individual use of such entity. ‘‘(e) APPLICATION TO CERTAIN INTRASTATE OPERATIONS.— Nothing in this section requires the registration of a motor carrier, a motor private carrier of property, or a transporter of waste or recyclable materials operating exclusively in intrastate transportation not otherwise required to register with the Secretary under another provision of this title.’’. SEC. 4305. REGISTRATION OF MOTOR CARRIERS BY STATES.

(a) TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION PROVISIONS.—Section 14504, and the item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 145, of title 49, United States Code, are repealed effective on the first January 1st occurring more than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION SYSTEM PLAN AND AGREEMENT.—Chapter 145 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 14504 the following: ‘‘§ 14504a. Unified Carrier Registration System plan and agreement ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and section 14506, the following definitions apply:

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