Okla. Sues to Stop IRP From Holding Fees

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img src="/sites/default/files/images/articles/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>Oklahoma has sued the international group that administers truck registrations to stop that group from withholding millions of dollars in truckers' fees that would go to the state.

"Oklahoma will protect itself and its citizens," Patrick M. Ryan, an attorney for the Oklahoma Tax Commission, said in a statement last month.

The lawsuit, filed Dec. 19 by the commission in the U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City, seeks to stop the International Registration Plan from implementing sanctions that group had imposed on Oklahoma in November.

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