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End of Year “To Do” List for Motor Carriers
/in Front Page News, General NewsIf your truck registration renews in January and you have not filed your form 2290 yet, the IRS is doing its usual shutdown of the e-file system beginning on Dec. 26th. Sometime in January it’ll be re-opened. If you need to file, see our ad in the newsletter for 2290tax.com. Also, renewals for IFTA and […]
2023 LEGISLATIVE WRAP-UP: Bills either signed or vetoed by Governor Newsom
/in General News, Governmental Affairs and CommunicationsVETOED: AB 376 (Villapudua), the WSTA-supported bill that would make state financial aid available to truck driving school students, was unfortunately vetoed, with the following veto message: To the Members of the California State Assembly: I am returning Assembly Bill 376 without my signature. This bill would establish a pilot program available until January 1, […]
Drivers Who Failed a Drug or Alcohol Test Can’t Escape Prohibition from Driving a CMV by Simply Moving to Vehicles Under 26,001 Pounds
/in General NewsSince the advent of DOT drug & alcohol testing its been trucking’s’ little secret that drivers with a CDL (or even CDL learners permit) who failed or refused to test, were able to evade compliance with the rules by forgoing a CDL and operating trucks under 26,001 pounds. At the fall meeting of the Commercial […]
WSTA and CIACQ File Petition for Review
/in LegalThe Western States Trucking Association (WSTA) and Construction Industry Air Quality Coalition (CIAQC) filed a petition for review in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on June 5, 2023, challenging EPA’s waiver grant of CARB’s Advanced Clean Trucks Rule, which requires manufacturers of Class 2b-9 chassis to sell increasing […]
OOIDA Requests Preliminary Injunction Against AB5
/in General News, Governmental Affairs and CommunicationsThe Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) Requests Preliminary Injunction Against AB5 Claiming that AB5 (and the Dreaded “ABC” Test) Violates the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution. By G Spencer Mynko, ESQ OOIDA has decided to take a shot against AB5 and the ABC test. Hoping to succeed where the California Trucking Association (CTA) […]
CARB Board Directs Staff to Produce a More Aggressive ZE Truck Mandate to Capture Smaller Fleets
/in CARB Consultant, General NewsCARB Board Directs Staff to Produce a More Aggressive ZE Truck Mandate to Capture Smaller Fleets Sean Edgar, CleanFleets.net The highly anticipated Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) hearing by the CARB Board took place on October 27th. Staff released a very aggressive proposal in late August that would restrict fleets of 50 or more trucks […]
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