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TRALA DEFENDS GRAVES LAW IN NY LESSOR LIABILITY CASE

Ensuring that the Graves Law continues to protect non-negligent renting and leasing companies from liability without fault is the goal of an amicus brief filed yesterday by the Truck Renting and Leasing Association.

 

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EnRoute - November 19, 2014


 

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TRALA JOINS WITH HUNDREDS OF ASSOCIATIONS URGING CONGRESS TO PASS TAX EXTENDERS IN LAME DUCK

TRALA and a total of 527 other national and regional organizations on November 18, 2014 formally sent a letter to every member of Congress regarding the urgent need to extend more than 50 temporary tax provisions through legislation that has not yet been passed.

 

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TRALA Optimistic for Progress With New Congress

Truck Renting and Leasing Association (TRALA) President and CEO Tom James issued the following statement in reaction to the results of Tuesday's mid-term elections:

 

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TRALA Founder Lawrence Hosts Congressman Kline at Lawrence NationaLease

United States Congressman John Kline (R-MN) discussed his pro-business congressional agenda with Lawrence NationaLease owner Steve Lawrence and his employees during a visit to the company’s Red Wing, MN location on October 15.  Kline, first elected to Congress in 2002, serves as the Chairman of House Committee on Education and the Workforce. The Committee has jurisdiction over federal education and job training programs as well as other programs aimed at workplace modernization and access to affordable healthcare and retirement security for American workers.

 

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TRALA Urges Members to Get Out and Vote on November 4th

The stakes are high and the need for pro-business leadership has never been greater. TRALA strongly urges all of its members and their employees to take the time to get out and vote on Tuesday, November 4! Political pundits are predicting as many as six to ten Senate races resulting in a party turnover, and control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress depend on the outcome.

 

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TRALA Highlights Renting and Leasing Concerns with FMCSA Minimum Insurance Rulemaking

TRALA on October 28 again cited concerns with the pending mandate that is expected to increase the minimum insurance required for motor carriers and potentially broaden the program to apply it to private carriers for the first time. TRALA made its comments at a meeting of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC), as the committee met to discuss, among other things, "final deliberations" on financial responsibility requirements for motor carriers. FMCSA is set to publish an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for the upcoming rule that is expected to increase the amount of Minimum Financial Responsibility (MFR) coverage that for-hire motor carriers must have. The rulemaking could also subject entities that have not been subject to this mandate - such as private motor carriers - to the new insurance requirement.

 

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