IRP International Registration Plan Tim Adams, Director IRP Motor Carrier Services

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IRPInternational Registration PlanTim Adams,
DirectorIRP Motor Carrier Services
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International Registration Plan

• What is IRP
• How IRP Began
• How IRP Works
• Who must register under IRP
• Why is IRP important
• IRP, Inc.
• Partnerships/relationships with other
  organizations

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IRP History

• What is IRP?
• The International Registration Plan (IRP) is an
  agreement providing registration reciprocity
  among the States of the United States, the
  District of Columbia and Provinces of Canada
  providing for payment of license fees on the
  basis of fleet distance operated in the various
  jurisdictions.
• A unique feature of the IRP is that even though
  fees are paid to multiple jurisdictions through
  the base jurisdiction, only one license plate and
  registration cab card is required for each
  vehicle.

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IRP History

• How it began
• Prior to IRP, multiple reciprocity agreements
  existed to cover inter-jurisdictional movement of
  commercial motor vehicles (CMV) between
  jurisdictions. In 1968 the American Association
  of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) formed a
  subcommittee to develop a plan that would
  incorporate all theories of reciprocity and
  attract all jurisdictions of the U.S. and Canada
  into one uniform agreement. The subcommittee
  made up of jurisdiction administrators and
  industry representatives set out to draft what
  has become known as the IRP Plan.

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IRP History

• How it began
• The major objective of the subcommittee was to
  come up with an agreement that would be fair to
  the motor transportation industry and provide a
  fair share of the revenue to all jurisdictions.
• In September 1972 AAMVA went on record as
  endorsing the concept of proportional
  distribution of registration fees for
  inter-jurisdictional vehicles.
• An ad hoc committee for National Proportional
  Registration was formed and assigned the task of
  developing the proposed plan into an agreement
  acceptable to both industry and the
  jurisdictions.
• In the final draft of the plan, the name was
  changed to the International Registration Plan.

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In 1973 nine signatory jurisdictions made IRP a
reality
IRP History
Minnesota
Oregon
Nebraska
Colorado
Utah
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Texas

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IRP History
In July 1974 Alberta became the first Canadian
Province to join the IRP. Since the original
jurisdictions joined in 1973, 50 additional
jurisdictions have joined the IRP.
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IRP History

• In 1991
• Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
  of 1991
• Required all states to become members of IRP.
• In 1994
• IRP, Inc created as official repository

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IRP Membership Today
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Fundamental Principle
The fundamental principle of the Plan is to
promote and encourage the fullest possible use of
the highway system by authorizing apportioned
registration of Fleets of Apportionable Vehicles
and the recognition by each Member Jurisdiction
of the registration of Vehicles apportioned by
other Member Jurisdictions, thus contributing to
the economic and social development and growth of
the Member Jurisdictions. -or- FREEDOM OF VEHICLE
MOVEMENT!
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Member Jurisdiction Responsibilities

• Administrative
• Basic concepts
• Provide base license plate (should
  display-apportion, APP or PRP)
• Single registration cab card
• Inter- and intra-state operations
• Maintain uniformity
• Calculate and collect all IRP fees for
  base-jurisdiction carriers.
• Disburse fees to member jurisdictions within
  30-days of transmittal period
• Notify the IRP Repository of any proposed changes
  regarding IRP apportion registration
• Assist member jurisdiction in connection with
  applications and fee

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How IRP Works

• Registration fees are calculated for each
  jurisdiction the registrant operates into or
  through and collected by the base jurisdiction.
  Fees are based on percentage of distance operated
  in each jurisdiction as reported by the
  registrant annually.
• The registration fees are distributed on a
  monthly basis between the jurisdictions.
• Each apportionable vehicle of the registrants
  fleet is issued one license plate and one IRP cab
  card indicating the jurisdictions the registrant
  is registered for and the weight for which
  registration fees have been paid.

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Sample Fee Calculation
Jurisdiction Distance Percentage Rate Fee
A (Base Jurisdiction) 14,000 52.829 1,500.00 792.44
B 2,500 9.434 1,250.00 117.93
C 5,000 18.868 900.00 169.81
D 3,500 13.208 1,800.00 237.74
E 1,500 5.661 1,525.00 86.33
Total 26,500 100 1,404.25
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Apportionable Vehicle

• Vehicles that must register under the IRP are
  defined as apportionable vehicles. Apportionable
  vehicles are defined as
• A power unit having two axles and a gross vehicle
  weight or registered gross vehicle weight in
  excess of 26,000 pounds or 11,793.401 kilograms
  or
• A power unit having three or more axles
  regardless of weight or
• A vehicle used in combination when the weight of
  such combination exceeds 26,000 pounds or
  11,793.401 kilograms gross vehicle weight.
• Trucks and truck tractors and combinations of
  vehicles having a gross weight of 26,000 pounds
  or 11,793.401 kilograms or less and buses used in
  the transportation of charter parties may be IRP
  registered at the option of the registrant.

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Sample IRP Plate
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Sample IRP Cab Card
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Why is IRP Important?

• Prior to the IRP, multiple registration
  reciprocity agreements existed for the
  inter-jurisdictional movement of commercial motor
  vehicles but few if any provided reciprocity for
  intra-jurisdictional operations. This meant if a
  motor carrier had intra-jurisdictional operations
  in other jurisdictions, they were forced to dual
  plate per purchase temporary trip permits for
  their vehicles in order to be properly registered
  to operate.
• Prior to IRP for inter-jurisdictional operations,
  only the base jurisdiction received the revenue
  from the registration fees even though the fleet
  vehicles were likely operating in multiple
  jurisdictions.
• Under IRP, each jurisdiction that the motor
  carrier operates into shares in the revenue based
  on the operations of the motor carrier. In other
  words, the jurisdiction is getting a fair share
  based on the operations on the highways within
  their jurisdiction.

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Why is IRP Important?

• Freedom of Movement
• IRP allows the motor carrier industry the freedom
  of movement and operations, both inter intra
  jurisdictional, with only their base registration
  plate and cab card.
• Ease of Registration Process
• Registrants deal with their base jurisdiction,
  paying all registration fees through one source

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Why is IRP Important?

• Financial Impact of IRP
• Registration fees from IRP represents over 2
  billion dollars annually to jurisdictional
  highway funds contributing to funding for highway
  infrastructure projects and highway safety
  initiatives
• These fees are generated from the registration of
  over 2 million commercial motor vehicles
  registered through the 59 IRP member
  jurisdictions

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Benefits

• For Jurisdictions
• Fair share of revenue
• Increased use of highways
• Supersedes other agreements

• For Registrants
• One Stop process
• Inter- and intra-jurisdictional travel

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IRP Brought Uniformity

• IRP has provided a model that many other
  commercial motor vehicle programs have followed
  over the past several years. The uniformity,
  consistency of processes, overall efficiency and
  effectiveness seen in the IRP process has proven
  beneficial to other areas.
• For example, the International Fuel Tax Agreement
  (IFTA) is similar to IRP in that it took the
  cumbersome process of quarterly fuel tax filing
  with each jurisdiction that a motor carrier
  operated into and adopted a process for filing
  quarterly fuel taxes for all jurisdictions
  through the motor carriers base jurisdiction.

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IRP Brought Uniformity

• The IFTA program improved not only the fuel tax
  reporting, it also changed the fuel tax licensing
  process by allowing for the licensing in the base
  jurisdiction qualifying the vehicles for all
  jurisdictions. Each jurisdiction issues IFTA
  decals for each vehicle that is displayed on the
  side of the vehicle to indicate that the vehicle
  has proper fuel tax authority.
• Other programs have been adopted over the years
  and used similar processes to allow the motor
  carriers the improved flexibility and efficiency
  of dealing with their base jurisdiction to
  qualify their vehicles instead of having to deal
  with multiple agencies to qualify.

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IRP, Inc.

• IRP, Inc. serves as the repository for IRP
  supporting the many functions of the Agreement
  including various committees and services. The
  governance of IRP, Inc. is provided by a Board of
  Directors which is made up of IRP Administrators
  from the 4 IRP regions across the U.S. and
  Canada.
• IRP, Inc. Mission Statement
• To serve as the repository of the International
  Registration Plan, improve Plan compliance, and
  serve as a catalyst for positive, effective
  change with respect to commercial motor vehicles
  issues.

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IRP, Inc.

• IRP committees include the
• Audit Committee
• Dispute Resolution Committee
• Peer Review Committee
• Plan Procedures and Education Committee
• International Committee
• Industry Advisory Committee
• And several topic specific task forces and
  working groups including
• Compliance Audit Working Group
• Full Reciprocity Plan Task Force
• Heavy Vehicle Use Tax (HVUT) Task Force
• Credentials Data and Enforcement Access (CDEA)
  Task Force

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IRP, Inc.

• IRP Clearinghouse
• A major product provided by IRP is the IRP
  Clearinghouse which provides an electronic means
  for jurisdictions to share and exchange important
  registrant data as required by the Plan and
  exchange registration fees electronically. The
  Clearinghouse provides a process for netting of
  IRP fees and timely distribution between member
  jurisdictions, meaning the jurisdictions get
  their fees more timely, electronically requiring
  less processing time and storage requirements.

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IRP, Inc.

• IRP Relationships and Partnerships
• IRP works closely with other motor carrier
  related organizations to improve and enhance
  processes where possible.
• IRP works closely with the International Fuel Tax
  Association (IFTA) to host an annual joint audit
  workshop, as well as many other projects, which
  is very beneficial to both the IRP and IFTA
  membership as well as the motor carrier industry.

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IRP, Inc.

• IRP Relationships and Partnerships
• IRP works with many other organizations including
  but not limited to
• FHWA
• FMCSA
• CMV Safety Belt Partnership
• CVISN PRISM Projects
• CMV Highway Safety Award Program
• American Trucking Association (ATA)
• Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA)
• American Association of Motor Vehicle
  Administrators
• Etc.

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IRP, Inc.

• For more information about IRP, visit the IRP,
  Inc. website at www.irponline.org or contact me
  at
• Tim Adams, Director
• IRP Motor Carrier Services
• 4301 Wilson Blvd., Suite 400
• Arlington, VA 22203 or
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• 240 Hensley Road
• Eminence, KY 40019
• Phone [phone]
• Cell [phone]
• Email tadams_at_irpinc.org

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IRP, Inc.

• Thank you!