Trans 178.03(2)(2) If the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or the U.S. department of transportation acting under 49 USC 14504a(d)(7) publishes in the federal register a schedule of fees for the Unified Carrier Registration Plan that differ from the fees set forth in sub. (1), the department shall send notice of those revised fees to the chairpersons of the standing committees of the legislature having jurisdiction over transportation. If no chairperson notifies the secretary of transportation within 14 working days after the date of the department’s notice that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the fees, the department shall implement the fees. If within 14 working days after the date of the department’s notice a chairperson of a committee notifies the secretary of transportation that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the fees, the department shall implement the fees only with the approval of the committee. Trans 178.03 HistoryHistory: CR 08-002: cr. Register June 2008 No. 630, eff. 7-1-08; CR 10-099: am. (1) Register May 2011 No. 665, eff. 6-1-11. Trans 178.04Trans 178.04 Determining the number of commercial motor vehicles. Trans 178.04(1)(1) The fee is determined by the number of commercial motor vehicles that the registrant operates in interstate commerce, which shall be counted as follows as provided in the UCR Agreement: Trans 178.04(1)(a)(a) The number of commercial motor vehicles owned or operated subject to the fee under this chapter is the greater of the following: Trans 178.04(1)(a)1.1. The number reported on the MCSA-1 most recently filed with the U. S. department of transportation. Trans 178.04 NoteNote: As stated in s. Trans 178.02 (2), a commercial motor vehicle for purposes of UCR does not include a towed vehicle. Therefore, a carrier should exclude any towed vehicles reported on the MCS-150. Trans 178.04(1)(a)2.2. The total number of commercial motor vehicles owned or operated for the 12-month period ending on June 30 immediately prior to the beginning of the registration year. Trans 178.04(1)(b)(b) The registrant shall include the number of commercial motor vehicles owned or operated by the registrant, or controlled by the registrant under a lease having a term longer than 30 days. A registrant may not include any vehicle that is operated by the registrant under a lease of 30 days or less. Trans 178.04(1)(c)(c) Before issuing any documentation of UCR Agreement compliance, the department may require the registrant to reconcile any discrepancy between the number of motor vehicles owned and leased as reported on the MCSA-1 most recently filed with the U. S. department of transportation. Trans 178.04(1)(d)(d) The registrant may, at its sole option, add to the sum of vehicles required to be counted under this section any of the following: Trans 178.04(1)(d)1.1. Any self-propelled commercial motor vehicle operated in intrastate or interstate commerce for compensation regardless of the weight of the vehicle, or the number of passengers transported by the vehicle, or whether the registrant owns or leases the vehicle. Trans 178.04(1)(d)2.2. Any motor vehicle used only in intrastate commerce regardless of the state in which the vehicle has been operated, or whether the registrant owns or leases the vehicle. Trans 178.04(1)(e)(e) The registrant may exclude the number of commercial motor vehicles owned or leased that were operated exclusively in the intrastate transportation of property, waste or recyclable material. Trans 178.04(2)(2) A registrant that operates commercial motor vehicles solely in intrastate commerce is not required to register or pay any fee under this chapter. Trans 178.04(3)(3) Except as provided in sub. (1), only motor vehicles that are operated in interstate commerce shall be counted under this section. Except as provided in sub. (1), motor vehicles operated exclusively in intrastate commerce may not be counted under this section. Trans 178.04(4)(4) Except as provided in sub. (1), a school bus is not required to be counted under this chapter if it is all of the following: Trans 178.04(5)(5) A business that is a single legal entity and operates more than one type of carrier operation that is subject to this chapter shall pay the fee that is the highest applicable fee for any of its carrier operations subject to this chapter. A business that comprises multiple legal entities that operate separate carrier operations subject to this chapter shall pay all appropriate fees for each legal entity. Trans 178.04(6)(6) The department may authorize and designate an agent to collect fees and process registration applications under this chapter. Trans 178.04 HistoryHistory: CR 08-002: cr. Register June 2008 No. 630, eff. 7-1-08; CR 16-074: am. (1) (a) 1., (c) Register June 2019 No. 762, eff. 7-1-19. Trans 178.05Trans 178.05 Records requirements and retention period. A registrant shall retain complete UCR records for the current calendar year and the prior year. The records shall contain the following: Trans 178.05(2)(2) UCR Form 1, Vehicles removed in intrastate transportation. Trans 178.05(3)(3) UCR Form 2, Vehicles owned and operated for the 12-month period ending June 30 of the year immediately prior to the year for which the UCR registration is made.