In our previous post, we offered an alert notice regarding a bill that has been introduced in the Senate called the “Motor Carrier Protection Act of 2010” (Senate Bill 3483). As previously suggested, this bill would destroy the transportation industry as we know it if allowed to pass in its current form. Our serious concerns [...]
02/01/2012 | Read More
Many of you are aware that a bill has been introduced in the Senate called the “Motor Carrier Protection Act of 2010.” If allowed to pass in its current form, it would destroy the transportation industry as we know it. A stated purpose is to protect trucking operators who are victims of ‘corrupt brokers.’ Should [...]
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Reprinted from: the July 4 print edition of Transport Topics. By Eric Miller, Staff Reporter An anti-fraud bill introduced in Congress would raise the freight broker surety requirement to $100,000 and mandate that motor carriers who broker freight loads obtain separate broker authority. The Fighting Fraud in Transportation Act of 2011, introduced June 24 by [...]
07/11/2011 | Read More