2018 TLS Licence Fees

Current Fee Structure

Number of Trucks TSL Program Charge Amount – Commencing January 1, 2018 (Annual)
5 to 9 trucks $25,000
10 to 15 trucks $35,000
16 to 20 trucks $45,000
21 to 45 trucks $45,000 + ($2,711 x [number of trucks over 20 trucks])
45 or more trucks $45,000 + ($2,711 x [number of trucks over 20 trucks])

Bond Requirements

Part 5 — Security

Amount of security
25  The commissioner may, by order or as a condition of a licence, require a licensee to provide security in the following amounts:

(a)$250 000 if the licensee has no more than 20 truck tags;(b)$375 000 if the licensee has more than 20, but no more than 30, truck tags;

(c)$500 000 if the licensee has more than 30, but no more than 40, truck tags;

(d)if the licensee has 41 or more truck tags, an amount calculated in accordance with the following formula:

$250 000 + (A – 20) / 10 x $125 000

where: the number of truck tags held by the licensee, rounded up to the next multiple of 10.

[am. B.C. Reg. 72/2015, s. 12.]

When security is realized

26  Security provided under the Act is realized by the government on the written demand of, and in the amount specified by, the commissioner, if one or more of the following occur:

(a)the licensee is the subject of a judgment or order in relation to unpaid remuneration, wait time remuneration or fuel surcharges owed to a trucker;

(b)the commissioner decides that the licensee owes a trucker unpaid remuneration, wait time remuneration or fuel surcharges;

(c)the licensee fails to pay an administrative fine within the period required under section 35

(2) [imposition of administrative fines] of the Act.

Payment from security

27   (1)The commissioner must pay out from the proceeds of security realized under section 26 [when security is realized] in the following descending order of priority:

(a)any amounts owed by the licensee to a trucker for unpaid remuneration, wait time remuneration or fuel surcharge, to the trucker;
(b)any unpaid administrative fines, to the government;

(c)any expenditures of the commissioner in connection with the realization of the security and the determination and settlement of valid claims, to the government;

(d)any remaining amount

(i)in the case of a surety bond, to the surety,

(ii)in the case of an irrevocable letter of credit, to the obligor, or

(iii)in any other case, to the person designated by the commissioner as the residual interest holder in the security.

(2)If the commissioner is unable to pay in full 2 claims that rank equal in priority under subsection (1), the commissioner must distribute the remaining amount in proportion to the size of the claim.

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