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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » VAT - Vehicle and Traffic » Title 5 - Drivers' Licenses » Repeal Date: 06/30/2025 » Article 20 - Suspension and Revocation » 516-B – Reciprocal Agreements Concerning Reporting of Traffic Offenses and Administrative Action Thereon.
§ 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.