§ 516 Driver license compact
VTL § 516
1.The driver license compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions joining 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 and local laws and 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 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:
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
As used in this compact:
(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.
ARTICLE IV
EFFECT OF CONVICTION
(4)Failure to stop and render aid in the event of a motor vehicle accident resulting in the death or personal injury of another.
ARTICLE V
APPLICATIONS FOR NEW LICENSES
Upon application for a license to drive, the licensing authority in a party state shall ascertain whether the applicant has ever held, or is the holder of a license to drive issued by any other party state. The licensing authority in the state where application is made shall not issue a license to drive to the applicant if:
ARTICLE VI
APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS
Except as expressly required by provisions of this compact, nothing contained herein shall be construed to affect the right of any party state to apply any of its other laws relating to licenses to drive to any person or circumstance, nor to invalidate or prevent any driver license agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a party state and a non-party state.
ARTICLE VII
COMPACT ADMINISTRATOR AND INTERCHANGE OF INFORMATION
ARTICLE VIII
ENTRY INTO FORCE AND WITHDRAWAL
ARTICLE IX
CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY
This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof of any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state party thereto, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
(5)In any case where the application of subdivision five of section five hundred ten of the vehicle and traffic law would require or authorize a result different from that required by article five of the compact, said article five shall govern.
