2005 Vermont Code - § 562. — Definitions-Article II

§ 562. Definitions-Article II

(a) State. State shall include the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the territories of the United States, the provinces of Canada, and the states, territories and federal district of Mexico.

(b) Contracting state. Contracting state shall mean a state which is a party to this agreement.

(c) Administrator. Administrator shall mean the official or agency of a state administering the fee involved, or, in the case of proration of registration, the official or agency of a state administering the proration of registration in that state.

(d) Person. Person shall include any individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.

(e) Base state. Base state shall mean the state from or in which the bus is most frequently dispatched, garaged, serviced, maintained, operated, or otherwise controlled, or also in the case of a fleet bus the state to which it is allocated for registration under statutory requirements. In order that this section may not be used for the purpose of evasion of registration fees, the administrators of the contracting states may make the final decision as to the proper base state, in accordance with section 563(h) of this title, to prevent or avoid such evasion.

(f) Bus. Bus shall mean any motor vehicle of a bus type engaged in the interstate transportation of passengers and subject to the jurisdiction of the interstate commerce commission, or any agency successor thereto, or one or more state regulatory agencies concerned with the regulation of passenger transport.

(g) Fleet. As to each contracting state, fleet shall include only those buses which actually travel a portion of their total miles in such state. A fleet must include three or more buses.

(h) Registration. Registration shall mean the registration of a bus and the payment of annual fees and taxes as set forth in or pursuant to the laws of the respective contracting states.

(i) Proration of registration. Proration of registration shall mean registration of fleets of buses in accordance with section 564 of this title.

(j) Reciprocity. Reciprocity shall mean that each contracting state, to the extent provided in this agreement, exempts a bus from registration and registration fees. (1965, No. 117, § 1.)