[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1420.4]

[Page 238]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
     CHAPTER XI--BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 1420_REPORTS OF MOTOR CARRIERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1420.4  Annual and quarterly reports of Class I carriers of passengers.

    (a) All Class I motor carriers of passengers shall complete and file 
Motor Carrier Quarterly and Annual Report Form MP-1 for Motor Carriers 
of Passengers (Form MP-1). Other than Class I carriers are not required 
to file Form MP-1.
    (b) Motor Carrier Quarterly and Annual Report Form MP-1 shall be 
used to file both quarterly and annual selected motor carrier data. The 
annual accounting period shall be based either (1) on the 31st day of 
December in each year, or (2) an accounting year of thirteen 4-week 
periods ending at the close of the last 7 days of each calendar year. A 
carrier electing to adopt an accounting year of thirteen 4-week periods 
shall file with the BTS a statement showing the day on which its 
accounting year will close. A subsequent change in the accounting period 
may not be made except by authority of the BTS. The quarterly accounting 
period shall end on March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31. 
The quarterly report shall be filed within 30 days after the end of the 
reporting quarter. The annual report shall be filed on or before March 
31 of the year following the year to which it relates.
    (c) The quarterly and annual report shall be filed in duplicate to 
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics at the address in Sec. 1420.6. 
Copies of Form MP-1 may be obtained from the BTS.

[52 FR 20400, June 1, 1987. Redesignated at 63 FR 52193, Sept. 30, 1998, 
as amended at 68 FR 4719, Jan. 30, 2003]