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SECTION 516-B
Reciprocal agreements concerning reporting of traffic offenses and administrative action thereon
Vehicle & Traffic (VAT) CHAPTER 71, TITLE 5, ARTICLE 20
§ 516-b. Reciprocal agreements concerning reporting of traffic
offenses and administrative action thereon. (a) The commissioner may
execute a reciprocal compact or agreement not inconsistent with the
provisions of this chapter with the motor vehicle administrator or other
authorized official of another state concerning the reporting of
convictions for traffic offenses occurring in each state by a person
licensed in, or a resident of, the other state to such licensing or
residence state and the treating of any such reported conviction in the
same manner as if the conviction occurred in the licensing or residence
state for the purpose of administrative action. Any such compact or
agreement shall specify the offenses subject to the compact or
agreement, and shall include a determination of comparable offenses in
each state if any such offenses are of a substantially similar nature
but are not denominated or described in precisely the same words in each
party state.

(b) The word "state" when used in this section shall mean any state,
territory, a possession of the United States, District of Columbia or
any province of Canada.

(c) Traffic offenses which may be subject to a reciprocal compact or
agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be limited to the
follwing types of offenses in this state and equivalent offenses in each
party state:

(1) Manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and assault arising
from the operation of a motor vehicle;

(2) Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or
a drug;

(3) Any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used;

(4) Leaving the scene of a personal injury or fatal incident without
reporting;

(5) Any speeding offense;

(6) Any offense consisting of disobeying any traffic control device;

(7) Any offense involving failure to yield the right-of-way;

(8) Any offense involving direction of traffic, overtaking or passing;

9. Any offense involving failure to use a safety belt or child re-
straint device;

(10) Reckless driving; and

(11) Passing a stopped school bus.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the
reporting or recording of convictions or youthful offender or other
juvenile adjudications other than those included in a reciprocal compact
or agreement executed pursuant to this section when the laws of either
state require or permit action to be taken or sanctions to be imposed on
the basis of such convictions or youthful offender or other juvenile
adjudications.