IFTA Ballot Proposals Comments

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1st Period Comments on FTPBP #1 - 2024

Jurisdiction Position Comments

ALBERTA		 Support

BRITISH COLUMBIA		 Support

IDAHO		 Support

INDIANA		 Support

KANSAS		 Support

MAINE		 Support

MANITOBA		 Support

MICHIGAN		 Support

NEBRASKA		 Support Nebraska supports the ballot, but read with interest the comments made by several jurisdictions regarding the need to clean up the wording and specify what exactly is meant by "5 years worth of demograhic file data".  We would recommend cleaning up the ballot language before a vote is done. 

NEW BRUNSWICK		 Support

NEW HAMPSHIRE		 Undecided New Hampshire supports the intent of this ballot, however, like Prince Edward Island (PEI) and North Carolina, we feel the language does not clearly demonstrate the intent. The language proposed by PEI seems to communicate the intent of the ballot more clearly. The ambiguity in the current language, specifically the “5 years’ worth of demographic file data. . . regardless of the status of the account”, must be corrected before New Hampshire can support this ballot.

NEW JERSEY		 Support

NORTH CAROLINA		 Undecided North Carolina generally supports the ballot to provide consistency for data uploads. However, the language is not clear.
 
First, North Carolina reads the ballot similarly to Prince Edward Island. The ballot appears to require that for each daily upload, the participating member must upload 5 years of data.
 
Also, if it is the intent of the ballot to require participating member to upload 5 years of data daily, the ballot does not clarify the 5 years of applicable data to be uploaded. For example, can a participating member submit the 5 years of data from 10 years ago? It seems that would be acceptable under the terms of the ballot.
 
Second, North Carolina reads this even more broadly than noted in Prince Edward Island's comments. The ballot proposes that participating members upload 5 years of data on "all accounts . . . regardless of the status of the account." North Carolina is concerned that "all accounts" means "all accounts." In other words, the ballot may require participating members to upload 5 years of data for all accounts that have ever been created by the participating member.
 
Both of the above issues must be resolved before North Carolina can support this ballot.

NOVA SCOTIA		 Oppose

OKLAHOMA		 Support

ONTARIO		 Support

PENNSYLVANIA		 Support

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND		 Oppose As written, for every account, each jurisdiction has to send 5 years’ worth of demographic data, including every address change over that carrier’s latest 5 years. 
 
This means for an account that was closed in 2022, we have to send all their demographic data from 2017 to 2022.  For each account that is still active we have to send all their demographic data from 2019 to 2024.
 
We hope and believe that is not the intent.  We hope the intent is to upload the current demographic data on all carriers who were active within the past 5 years, regardless of their current status.
 
If that is the intent, the language should be more like:
 
Participating members are required to INCLUDE IN THE DAILY UPLOAD, CURRENT demographic file data of all accounts WHICH HAVE BEEN ACTIVE WITHIN THE PAST 5 YEARS regardless of the CURRENT status of the account

QUEBEC		 Undecided Does the 5 years start on January 1st, 2025. We need to confirm that our system retains information relating to an inactive carrier.  

SASKATCHEWAN		 Support

WASHINGTON		 Support

WYOMING		 Support
Support: 17
Oppose: 2
Undecided: 3

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