News from the Oklahoma Corporation
Commission
Phone: (405)
521-4180, FAX: (405) 521-6945
m.skinner@occemail.com
December 23,
2004
(Motor carrier officers will
begin special enforcement effort New Year’s Day)
Oklahoma
Corporation Commission Motor Carrier Enforcement Officers will join their
counterparts in 37 other states beginning New Year’s Day in a program aimed at
making sure trucking companies have the insurance required to safely operate on
Oklahoma’s highways.
“Oklahoma is
part of a compact of 38 states which work together under the Single State
Registration (SSR) program,” explained Commission Chairman Denise Bode. “Beginning on New Year’s Day, the designated
authorities in each of the 38 states stop and check trucks to be sure they have
their SSR for the new year.”
Commissioner
Jeff Cloud said the program’s bottom line is protection of motorists.
“The SSR
program promotes highway safety and maintenance of proper insurance,” noted
Cloud. “Under the program, truckers registered through a participating state
are required to keep a copy of the SSR in each vehicle. This document cannot be obtained without the proper
insurance.”
Commission Vice-Chairman Bob Anthony added that the
single state registration program is another example of benefiting industry by
streamlining government regulation while maintaining regulatory oversight.
“This cooperative program allows a trucking company
to file its annual registration in one state, rather than having to acquire
decals in each state in which that company does business,” Anthony said. “Yet it still allows each state to maintain
its regulatory oversight of the trucks running on its highways.”
Notices were
sent out in September by
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(All OCC advisories and news
releases are available at the Commission web site www.occ.state.ok.us)