Sec. 14-111h. Definitions applicable to driver license agreement.
Sec. 14-111h. Definitions applicable to driver license agreement. As used in
sections 14-111h to 14-111q, inclusive, the following terms and their derivatives shall
have the following meanings:
(1) "Administrative action" means a final determination by a duly authorized administrative agency that a person has violated laws related to the operation of a motor
vehicle, or that a person is incapable of safely operating a motor vehicle;
(2) "Citation" means any summons, complaint or other official document issued to
a person by a duly authorized law enforcement officer or judicial official for any violation
relating to conduct to be reported under the driver license agreement;
(3) "Conviction" shall have the meaning stated in section 14-1 and shall include a
judgment by default, or in absentia;
(4) "Driver control record" means the driving history record maintained by the
jurisdiction of record in accordance with the driver license agreement;
(5) "Failure to comply" means failure to appear or to answer a citation in the manner
required by law or the failure to pay fines, penalties or costs related to the disposition
of the violation for which the citation has been issued;
(6) "Identification card" means a nondriver identity card issued in accordance with
the provisions of section 1-1h;
(7) "Jurisdiction" means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the
District of Columbia, a territory or province of Canada or any state of the Republic of
Mexico or the federal district of Mexico;
(8) "Jurisdiction of record" means the jurisdiction that has issued the last driver's
license to a person or if the person has not been issued a driver's license, the jurisdiction
of the person's most current address, as shown on the citation, or record of conviction
or on any associated report;
(9) "License", "driver's license" or "operator's license" means an authorization or
privilege to operate a motor vehicle in accordance with the laws of a jurisdiction that
is recognized by all member jurisdictions;
(10) "Licensing authority" means the official organization or entity responsible for
administering the driver licensing laws of a member jurisdiction, and with reference to
this state, means the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles;
(11) "Member jurisdiction" means a jurisdiction that has entered into the driver
license agreement; and
(12) "Withdrawal" means the suspension, revocation, cancellation or denial of a
license or motor vehicle registration or of the privilege to operate a motor vehicle or to
obtain a license or registration.
(P.A. 02-70, S. 34; P.A. 04-217, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 02-70 effective January 1, 2003; P.A. 04-217 defined "identification card" in new Subdiv. (6), redesignated
existing Subdivs. (6) to (11) as new Subdivs. (7) to (12), respectively, and amended Subdiv. (3) to eliminate reference to
Sec. 14-1(a)(16), effective July 1, 2004.