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Registration Plan (IRP)
Apportioned Registration
WHAT
IS IRP APPORTIONED REGISTRATION?
IRP
stands for the INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION PLAN. Kentucky was
one of the initial members to join the plan in 1973. The IRP
was adopted for the registration of commercial motor vehicles
engaged in interstate operations and to promote and encourage
the fullest possible use of the highway system, by authorizing
the apportioned registration of fleets of motor vehicles and
the recognition of apportioned registered vehicles in other
jurisdictions, thus contributing to the economic and social
development and growth of the jurisdictions.
The
term APPORTIONED means basically what it says. Under the IRP,
the registration fee paid by the registrant is determined
by the percentage of miles traveled in each state. The registrant
reports the mileage for each state to the base state on the
required application, and the base state calculates the fees
due and collects the fees for each state. The base state then
distributes the monies to the appropriate states.
Under
the IRP, the interstate operator is required to file an application
with the state in which the operator is based. The base state
issues a base IRP Apportioned Registration license plate and
IRP cab card. The IRP plate and cab card are the only REGISTRATION
identification or credentials required to qualify the operator
to operate interstate &/or intrastate in member jurisdictions
the operator has applied for, providing the operator has the
proper Operating Authority and Fuel Permits. IRP Apportioned
Registration DOES NOT exempt the registrant from other requirements
such as fuel licenses, fuel permits or operating authority.
WHO MUST IRP APPORTION REGISTER?
Any
operator operating or intending to operate one (1) or more
APPORTIONABLE VEHICLE(S) into or through two (2) or more of
the member jurisdictions must be IRP registered or purchase
Trip Permits for each jurisdiction.
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