IFTA LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE 2012 IFTA ANNUAL BUSINESS

IFTA LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE 2012 IFTA ANNUAL BUSINESS METING LT. JENNIFER BROWN (AZ), CHAIR

COMMITTEE MEMBERS Lt. Jennifer Brown, Chair Agent Anthony Hatcher Arizona Department of Transportation Comptroller of Maryland, Field Enforcement Division Insp. Andrew Markle, Vice Chair Ontario Ministry of Finance Investigation and Inspection Branch Sgt. Michael Branch Lt. William Haynes Department of Safety Division of State Police Nevada Department of Public Safety / Nevada Highway Patrol Sgt. Timothy Hepner Investigator Michael Calfee Mr. Trent Knoles North Carolina Department of Revenue Illinois Department of Revenue Robert Chapple Deputy Chief Joseph Noland Revenue Enforcement Officer Supervisor of Investigations and Enforcement, Saskatchewan Ministry of Finance, Revenue Division Ohio Department of Taxation Mr. David Couprie Manager of Special Investigations Manitoba Finance-Taxation Division Kansas Highway Patrol Thomas Penny Director of Fuels Tax Enforcement Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES • MARCH AND MAY ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE • DECAL PLACEMENT GUIDE • MONTHLY CONFERENCE CALLS • SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP PREPARATIONS • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

MARCH AND MAY COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE • The LEC held the 3 nd annual M & M Compliance Initiative this year. Also known as the M & M Blitz. • Statistics from the initiative will be presented at the workshop in September.

DECAL PLACEMENT GUIDE • The LEC continues to promote the decal placement guide which provides recommendations on where to place the IFTA decals so that there is some sort of uniformity within participating jurisdictions.

CONFERENCE CALLS • The LEC continues to hold monthly teleconference calls. On these call the committee plans and organizes upcoming events and agenda’s.

SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP PREPARATIONS • The LEC continues to prepare for the upcoming Workshop that will be held in September. • The LEC also has been working in conjunction with the APC and IRP, Inc. on planning the agenda.

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP • The LEC has experienced some retirements from the committee that will be greatly missed. This has left vacancies on the committee that the LEC is actively recruiting to fill.

BUDGETS • All committee members are experiencing difficulty to get approved to travel due to the economy and the respective jurisdictions budgets.