§ 360.5 - Updating user fees.

§ 360.5 Updating user fees.

(a) Update. Each fee established in this part subpart may be updated in accordance with this section , as deemed necessary by the FMCSA.

(b) Publication and effective dates. Updated Notice of updated fees shall be published in the Federal Register and shall become effective 30 days after publication.

(c) Payment of fees. Any person submitting a filing for which a filing fee is established shall must pay the fee in effect at the time applicable on the date of the filing or request for services.

(d) Method of updating fees. Each fee shall be updated by updating the cost components comprising the fee. However, fees shall not exceed the maximum amounts established by law. Cost components shall be updated as follows:

(1) Direct labor costs shall be updated by multiplying base level direct labor costs by percentage changes in average wages and salaries of FMCSA employees. Base level direct labor costs are direct labor costs determined by the cost study in Regulations Governing Fees For Service, 1 I.C.C. 2d 60 (1984), or subsequent cost studies. The base period for measuring changes shall be April 1984 or the year of the last cost study.

(2) Operations overhead shall be developed each year on the basis of current relationships existing on a weighted basis, for indirect labor applicable to the first supervisory work centers directly associated with user fee activity. Actual updating of operations overhead will shall be accomplished by applying the current percentage factor to updated direct labor, including current governmental overhead costs.

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(i) Office general and administrative costs shall be developed each year on the basis of current levels costs, i.e., dividing actual office general and administrative costs for the current fiscal year by total office costs for the office directly associated with user fee activity. Actual updating of office general and administrative costs will shall be accomplished by applying the current percentage factor to updated direct labor, including current governmental overhead and current operations overhead costs.

(ii) The FMCSA general and administrative costs shall be developed each year on the basis of current level costs; i.e., dividing actual FMCSA general and administrative costs for the current fiscal year by total agency Agency expenses for the current fiscal year. Actual updating of FMCSA general and administrative costs will shall be accomplished by applying the current percentage factor to updated direct labor, including current governmental overhead, operations overhead and office general and administrative costs.

(4) Publication costs shall be adjusted on the basis of known changes in the costs applicable to publication of material in the Federal Register or FMCSA Register.

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This rounding procedures excludes copying, printing and search fees.)

(e) Rounding of updated fees. Updated fees shall be rounded in the following manner:

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as follows. (This rounding procedure excludes copying, printing and search fees.)

(1) Fees between $1 and $30 will shall be rounded to the nearest $1;

(2) Fees between $30 and $100 will shall be rounded to the nearest $10;

(3) Fees between $100 and $999 will shall be rounded to the nearest $50; and

(4) Fees above $1,000 will shall be rounded to the nearest $100.

Effective Date Note

Effective Date Note:

At 82 FR 5297, Jan. 17, 2017, § 360.5 was suspended, effective Jan. 14, 2017.