NAFTA

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NAFTA

• Teamwork At Its Finest

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Team Members

• Border State Representatives Arizona,
  California, New Mexico, Texas Both IFTA and IRP

• US Department of Transportation Federal Motor
  Carrier Safety Administration and Supporting
  Contractors

• The Federal Government of Mexico Various
  Agencies

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Team Members

• Transport Canada
• IRP, Inc.
• IFTA, Inc.
• Industry Partners
• AAMVA Motor Carrier Services

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Discussion Points

• Ballots Pass
• Working Group Meeting May 3, 2005
• Request for Proposals FY2005 Border Enforcement
  Grants Program for IRP and IFTA July 18, 2005
• Issue Brief Posted by NGA

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BORDER STATES BALLOTS

• All Effective January 1, 2006

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STFBP 7-2004

• Will amend Articles of Agreement Section R325 to
  clarify that an IFTA member jurisdiction may
  license a Mexican motor carrier and that such
  motor carrier must either pay audit expenses or
  make the records available in the base
  jurisdiction at the discretion of the base
  jurisdiction.
• Will amend Articles of Agreement Section 960 to
  authorize the use of any national postmark to
  determine timely filing.

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STFBP 8-2004

• Will amend the Articles of Agreement Section R340
  to allow a member jurisdiction to require a bond
  when licensing a carrier under R325 thereby
  making a Border State its IFTA base jurisdiction.

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STFPB 9-2004

• Will amend the Articles of Agreement Sections
  R1010 and R1020 and the Procedures Manual Section
  P570 to clarify that credit may be taken only for
  tax paid fuel purchased in member jurisdictions
  and to make the provisions of the two governing
  documents consistent.

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Working Group

• 2005

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Meeting May 3, 2005

• All border states were represented for both IFTA
  and IRP held at IFTA, Inc. offices
• First meeting since FHwA handed over program to
  FMCSA
• FMCSA representative indicated that FMCSA is
  committed to working with the border states
• While funding had not yet been committed, FMCSA
  will work to assist border states in meeting
  costs of licensing Mexican motor carriers

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Meeting May 3, 2005

• Funding might include
• Uniform activities educational materials,
  training, train-the-trainer for Mexican
  government representatives
• Individual jurisdiction costs
• Border Crossing Update
• Mexico remains concerned that US regulations
  treat Mexican motor carriers differently than US
  and Canadian carriers
• Mexico believes that the regulations give a
  Mexican carrier a different access to direct
  markets

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Meeting May 3, 2005

• The President of the United States, the President
  of Mexico and the Prime Minister of Canada had
  met recently to review the concerns of the
  Mexican government
• The US wants an MOU to allow US inspectors into
  Mexico to do an initial safety audit of the
  Mexican carriers this is required by US law
• Awaiting response from Mexico concerning how the
  border should open

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Meeting May 3, 2005

• Trip permits remain the short term option should
  the border open immediately
• Border state representatives agree that the key
  to the success of this effort will be education
  and training

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Request for Proposal

• Issued by FMCSA on July 18, 2005
• Specific Eligible State Activities
• Personnel expenses, including recruitment and
  screening, training salaries, fringe benefits and
  supervision
• Equipment and software development expenses
• Travel Expenses associated with training and
  coordinating training efforts
• Expenses related to improvement of real property

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Request for Proposal

• Funds will be available from the date granted
  until September 30, 2006
• No further funding guaranteed
• Deadline for proposals August 26, 2005
• Conference calls held August 5th and August 11,
  2005 for border states to coordinate efforts to
  submit proposals

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Issue Brief

• The Issue Brief prepared on behalf of the working
  group has been posted by the National Governors
  Association (NGA) on its Center for Best
  Practices Website
• www.nga.org

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QUESTIONS