The International Registration Plan board of directors has given Oklahoma until Jan. 1 to come up with a plan to reimburse other jurisdictions for revenue lost because of its prior registration rules.
Following a lengthy dispute with IRP, the state tightened its proof of residency requirements for carrier registrants last summer. It also changed its rules for first-year mileage estimates which some other states claimed cost them millions in lost registration fees.
An IRP dispute resolution committee recently ordered all other jurisdictions to suspend transmittal of fees to Oklahoma on Dec. 1 if the state hadn’t submitted an acceptable reimbursement plan. The IRP board subsequently extended that deadline to Jan. 1.
The committee also ordered Oklahoma to develop a new estimated distance charge using actual miles, to take effect within 90 days of Nov. 7. It also determined that the state was not following IRP rules regarding owner-operator residency qualifications and gave the state 90 days to show compliance or again face suspension of funds.