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California Intrastate Authority

What California requires, in what order, and how to stay current

What you’ll learn

30 self-paced lessons · One-time price · Certificate of completion · Access never expires

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This course covers California intrastate authority end to end: why a USDOT number does not reach an intrastate movement, the two agencies and the three applications that must be made in order, the CA number and what the Motor Carrier Profile establishes, the permit itself with its insurance filing, its Employer Pull Notice requirement and its fees, the Basic Inspection of Terminals program and how your federal safety score selects your California terminals, and what it takes to keep the permit through renewals, changes and the grounds for suspension. It is written for motor carriers of property; household goods and passenger carriers are regulated separately. The course is organized into five modules of short lessons, followed by a final quiz.

1

Two agencies, two numbers

5 lessons

  • 1Why California is different
  • 2The two agencies
  • 3The order matters
  • 4Who needs a Motor Carrier Permit
  • 5Interstate carriers doing work in California
2

The CA number

5 lessons

  • 1What it is
  • 2The USDOT number comes first
  • 3The CHP 362
  • 4What the form is establishing
  • 5Displaying it
3

The Motor Carrier Permit

7 lessons

  • 1What the permit is
  • 2What you need before you apply
  • 3Insurance, and why yours may not count
  • 4Workers' compensation
  • 5The Employer Pull Notice program
  • 6The fees
  • 7Permit terms
4

The BIT program

7 lessons

  • 1What BIT is
  • 2What changed in 2016, and why most guides are wrong
  • 3How terminals are selected now
  • 4Which vehicles bring you into BIT
  • 5What an inspection examines
  • 6Ratings and reinspection
  • 7CSAT
5

Keeping it, and where it goes wrong

6 lessons

  • 1Renewal
  • 2Changes you must report
  • 3Suspension
  • 4Operating without a permit
  • 5Where carriers actually fail
  • 6What you can do now

Final Quiz

Covers the whole course