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PUBLIC LAW 104-88 —DEC. 29, 1995 109 STAT. 903 "(B) the State of registration shall fully comply with standards prescribed under this section; and "(C) such single State registration shall be deemed to satisfy the registration requirements of all other States. " (2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.— "(A) EVIDENCE OF FEDERAL REGISTRATION; PROOF OF INSURANCE; PAYMENT OF FEES.— Under the standards of the Secretary implementing the single State registration system described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, only a State acting in its capacity as registration State under such single State system may require a motor carrier registered by the Secretary under this part— "(i) to file and maintain evidence of such Federal registration; "(ii) to file satisfactory proof of required insurance or qualification as a self-insurer; "(iii) to pay directly to such State fee amounts in accordance with the fee system established under subparagraph (B)(iv) of this paragraph, subject to allocation of fee revenues among all States in which the carrier operates and which participate in the single State registration system; and ' "(iv) to file the name of a local agent for service of process. "(B) RECEIPTS; FEE SYSTEM.— The standards of the Secretary— "(i) shall require that the registration State issue a receipt, in a form prescribed under the standards, reflecting that the carrier has filed proof of insurance as provided under subparagraph (A)(ii) of this paragraph and has paid fee amounts in accordance with the fee system established under clause (iv) of this subparagraph; "(ii) shall require that copies of the receipt issued under clause (i) of this subparagraph be kept in each of the carrier's commercial motor vehicles; "(iii) shall not require decals, stamps, cab cards, or any other means of registering or identifying specific vehicles operated by the carrier; "(iv) shall establish a fee system for the filing of proof of insurance as provided under subparagraph (A)(ii) of this paragraph that— "(I) is based on the number of commercial motor veliicles the carrier operates in a State and on the number of States in which the carrier operates; "(II) minimizes the costs of complying with the registration system; and "(III) results in a fee for each participating State that is equal to the fee, not to exceed $10 per vehicle, that such State collected or charged as of November 15, 1991; and "(v) shall not authorize the charging or collection of any fee for filing and maintaining evidence of Federal registration under subparagraph (A)(i) of this paragraph.