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CTA in Action: Government Affairs Update
Last week,  the California Supreme Court denied the petition for rehearing filed by Dynamex on the issue of whether the Court’s April 30, 2018 decision in Dynamex Operations West Inc. v. Superior Court should apply retroactively or only prospectively. In other words, the Court declined to provide guidance on whether its adoption of the so-called ABC test as a means of determining whether workers are employees or independent contractors under some California wage and hour laws applies to pending cases or only those filed after the opinion was issued. Read More 
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Affinity Truck Center
Located in the heart of California's Central Valley, Affinity carries a wide variety of trucks to handle a vast array of trucking needs. We offer a complete line of Mack, Volvo and Autocar heavy duty trucks.
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Compliance and Regulatory News
FMCSA has issued an interim final rule that delays several provisions of the Medical Examiner’s Certification Integration final rule (80 FR 22790, Apr. 23, 2015; 80 FR 35577, Jun. 22, 2015) from June 22, 2018 date to June 22, 2021. This action was taken to provide FMCSA additional time to complete certain information technology (IT) system development tasks for its National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners (National Registry) and provide the State Driver’s Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) sufficient time to make the necessary IT programming changes after upgrades to the National Registry. For more information, click here
   
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Unit News and Events
Save the Date for Thursday, July 19. The Central Valley will be holding their unit meeting from 11:45 am to 1:30pm. Location TBD. For more information, please contact Shelly Hardcastle at (209) 405-3112 or shardcastle@caltrux.org.
Please join us in supporting our troops with our 9th annual golf tournament at the world renowned Riverwalk Golf Club in beautiful San Diego, minutes from the beach. Proceeds will be used to honor and support our troops. Register 
Please join CTA's Bay Area and Sacramento Unit's for a joint Golf Tournament at Chardonnay Golf Club in American Canyon. All proceeds from this event will be donated to Fred Finch Youth Center and the Sacramento Children's Home. Register 
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Upcoming Events
Join the Sierra Cascade Unit for a dinner meeting on Wednesday, June 27. Randy Opfer, ARB, will be speaking about On-Road Truck & Bus Regulation and important deadlines. Also, get an update on ELD’s from Tim Huegel, Motor Carrier Specialist. Register 
The San Joaquin Unit proudly presents Truck Driver Appreciation Day on Saturday, July 14 at John Thurman Field in Modesto - Modesto Nuts vs. Stockton Ports. Gates opens at 6:00 pm and first pitch is at 7:05 pm. Featuring a special opening ceremony honoring our valued drivers. Register
   
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