TITLE 18 TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS

CHAPTER 3 MOTOR CARRIER GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART 13 REGISTRATION OF INTERSTATE CARRIERS

18.3.13.1 ISSUING AGENCY: New Mexico Department of Transportation.

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18.3.13.2 SCOPE: This rule applies to interstate motor carriers that identify New Mexico as their base state.

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18.3.13.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Section 65-2A-4, NMSA 1978, and 2023 N.M. Laws, Chapter 100, Section 81.

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18.3.13.4 DURATION: Permanent.

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18.3.13.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2024, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

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18.3.13.6 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this rule is to implement Section 65-2A-16 NMSA 1978.

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18.3.13.7 DEFINITIONS:

A. FMCSA authorized carrier means a motor carrier subject to the authority of the United States department of transportation (U.S. DOT) and authorized by the federal motor carrier safety administration (FMCSA) to engage in compensated transportation in interstate or foreign commerce;

B. unified carrier registration (UCR) means the federal requirements for state registration of FMCSA authorized carriers.

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18.3.13.8 REGISTRATION OF FMCSA AUTHORIZED CARRIERS:

A. Yearly UCR registration is required of FMCSA authorized carriers. Registration may be completed on-line through the national registration system (NRS) portal (www.ucr.gov).

B. FMCSA authorized carriers that identify New Mexico as their base state shall pay yearly registration fees as required by the UCR Plan (https://plan.ucr.gov/regulation ). Fees must be paid to the department before January 1 of the registration year, and may be submitted on-line at the time of registration (www.ucr.gov), or by mail in a check to the address shown on the registration website.

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HISTORY OF 18.3.13 NMAC:

Pre-NMAC history. The material in this rule was previously filed with the state records center as:

SCC 68-16, N.M. Motor Carrier Act, Rules and Regulations, effective Sept. 1, 1967, filed on 3/14/1968;

SCC 71-6, N.M. Motor Carrier Act, Rules and Regulations, effective July 1, 1971, filed on 9/21/1971;

SCC 73-1, N.M. Motor Carrier Act, Rules and Regulations, filed on 6/14/1973;

SCC 74-1, N.M. Motor Carrier Act, Rules and Regulations, effective July 1, 1973, filed on 2/5/1974;

SCC 75-1, N.M. Motor Carrier Act, Rules and Regulations, effective Jan. 1, 1975, filed on 4/17/1975;

SCC 75-3, N.M. Motor Carrier Act, Rules and Regulations (Rev.), effective Jan. 1, 1975, filed on 9/19/1975;

SCC 76-1, N.M. Motor Carrier Act, Rules and Regulations, effective April 1, 1976, filed on 4/15/1976;

SCC 77-1, N.M. Motor Carrier Act, Rules and Regulations, effective Jan. 1, 1977, filed on 1/25/1977;

SCCMC Rule No. 46, Standards for Operations of Interstate Carriers, filed on 3/5/1982;

NMSCC Rule No. 40, NMSCC Cab Card, filed on 3/5/1982;

SCC Rule 215, Registration of Interstate Carriers, filed on 1/5/1993;

SCC Rule 215, Registration of Interstate Carriers, filed on 10/27/1993.

History of repealed material:

SCC Rule 215, Registration of Interstate Carriers, filed on 10/27/1993.

18.3.13 NMAC, Motor Carrier General Provisions / Registration of Interstate Carriers (filed 12/10/2002), repealed 7/1/2024.

Other History:

18.3.13 NMAC, Registration of Interstate Carriers (filed 12/10/2002) was replaced by 18.3.13 NMAC, Registration of Interstate Carriers effective 7/1/2024.