Section 517. Interstate compact guaranteeing appearance


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  • 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  appearance  of  a
      person licensed in one state to answer a summons or an appearance ticket
      for  a moving traffic violation issued by the other state.  Such compact
      shall provide that if a person licensed by  either  state  is  issued  a
      summons  or an appearance ticket by the other state for a moving traffic
      violation covered by the compact or agreement, he shall not be  detained
      or  required  to  furnish  bail  or  collateral, and that if he fails to
      appear in response to such summons or appearance ticket, his license may
      be suspended by the state that issued the license until  he  submits  to
      the  jurisdiction  of the court or administrative tribunal in which such
      summons or appearance ticket is returnable.   Such  compact  shall  also
      provide  such  terms  and  procedures  as  are  necessary  and proper to
      facilitate its administration.
        b. Such interstate compacts may also provide that if a registration or
      renewal  of  a  motor  vehicle  would  be  denied  pursuant  to   either
      subdivision  five-a  of  section  four  hundred one of this chapter, for
      failing to answer  summonses  or  other  processes  issued  for  parking
      infractions,  or  subdivision  four of section one hundred forty-five of
      the transportation law, with respect to the transportation of  household
      goods,  returnable  in  any  court  or an administrative tribunal of the
      department of transportation or for failing to comply with the rules and
      regulations of any administrative tribunal of  appropriate  jurisdiction
      following entry of a final determination with respect to such summons or
      process,  the  state  issuing the registration or renewal shall likewise
      deny the registration or renewal, until such applicant  submits  to  the
      jurisdiction  of  the  court  or  administrative  tribunal in which such
      summonses or other processes are returnable.
        c. The word "state" when used in this section shall  mean  any  state,
      territory  or  possession of the United States, the District of Columbia
      or any province of the Dominion of Canada.