T49CH20

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49-2001

TITLE 49 MOTOR VEHICLES CHAPTER 20 DRIVER LICENSE COMPACT 49-2001. Enactment of compact. The driver license compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joined therein in the form substantially as follows: DRIVER LICENSE COMPACT ARTICLE I Findings and Declaration of Policy (a) The party states find that: (1) The safety of their streets and highways is materially affected by the degree of compliance with state laws and local ordinances relating to the operation of motor vehicles. (2) Violation of such a law or ordinance is evidence that the violator engages in conduct which is likely to endanger the safety of persons and property. (3) The continuance in force of a driver’s license to drive is predicated upon compliance with laws and ordinances relating to the operation of motor vehicles, in whichever jurisdiction the vehicle is operated. (b) It is the policy of each of the party states to: (1) Promote compliance with the laws, ordinances, and administrative rules and regulations relating to the operation of motor vehicles by their operators in each of the jurisdictions where such operators drive motor vehicles. (2) Make the reciprocal recognition of drivers’ licenses to drive and eligibility therefor more just and equitable by considering the overall compliance with motor vehicle laws, ordinances and administrative rules and regulations as a condition precedent to the continuance or issuance of any driver’s license by reason of which the licensee is authorized or permitted to operate a motor vehicle in any of the party states. ARTICLE II Definitions As used in this compact: (a) State means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (b) Home State means the state which has issued and has the power to suspend, disqualify or revoke the use of the license or permit to operate a motor vehicle. (c) Conviction means a conviction of any offense related to the use or operation of a motor vehicle which is prohibited by state law, municipal ordinance or administrative rule or regulation, or a forfeiture of bail, bond or other security deposited to secure appearance by a person charged with having committed any such offense, and which conviction or forfeiture is required to be reported to the licensing authority. ARTICLE III Reports of Conviction The licensing authority of a party state shall report each conviction of a person from another party state occurring within its jurisdiction to the licensing authority of the home state of the licensee. Such report shall clearly identify the person convicted; describe the violation specifying the section of the statute, code or ordinance violated; identify the court in which action was taken; indicate whether a plea of guilty or not guilty was entered, or the conviction was a result of the forfeiture of bail, bond or other security; and shall include any special findings made in connection therewith.

49-2002

TITLE 49 MOTOR VEHICLES CHAPTER 20 DRIVER LICENSE COMPACT 49-2002. Expenses of compact administrator. The compact administrator provided for in Article VII of the compact shall not be entitled to any additional compensation on account of his service as the administrator, but shall be entitled to expenses incurred in connection with his duties and responsibilities as administrator, in the same manner as for expenses incurred in connection with any other duties or responsibilities of his office or employment. History: [49-2002, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 443, p. 811.]

49-2003

TITLE 49 MOTOR VEHICLES CHAPTER 20 DRIVER LICENSE COMPACT 49-2003. Judicial review of compact enforcement. Any act or omission of any official or employee of this state done or omitted pursuant to, or in enforcing, the provisions of the driver license compact shall be subject to review by the district court of Ada County or of any other county in which the person aggrieved shall reside, upon a petition therefor filed within thirty (30) days thereafter, but any review of the validity of any conviction reported pursuant to the compact shall be limited to establishing the identity of the person so convicted. History: [49-2003, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 444, p. 811.]