N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 518: Reciprocal agreements concerning suspension or revocation of registration of a motor vehicle for violations of toll collection regulations

§ 518. Reciprocal agreements concerning suspension or revocation of

registration of a motor vehicle for violations of toll collection

regulations. a. The commissioner may execute a reciprocal compact or

agreement regarding toll collection violations with the motor vehicle

administrator or other authorized official of another state not

inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. Such compact or

agreement shall provide that if a registration of a motor vehicle would

be suspended or revoked pursuant to paragraph d of subdivision three of

section five hundred ten of this chapter, or pursuant to a comparable

law or regulation of another state, because a registrant of such motor

vehicle failed to pay tolls and related fees, or have such tolls or fees

dismissed or transferred, then the state issuing the registration shall

likewise suspend or revoke the registration or bar renewal of such

registration, until such registrant has paid such tolls and fees or

complied with the rules and regulations of the tolling authority that

imposed such tolls and fees. Such compact or agreement shall also

provide that no such action by a state against a motor vehicle

registration shall be taken pursuant to such compact or agreement unless

the tolling authority in the other state provides notice, due process,

an opportunity to be heard and appeal protections for registrants of

motor vehicles, and allows motor vehicle registrants in this state to

present evidence by mail, telephone, electronic means or other means to

invoke rights of due process without having to appear personally in the

jurisdiction where the violations occurred.

b. Such compact or agreement shall also provide such terms and

procedures as are necessary and proper to facilitate its administration.

Any such compact or agreement shall specify the violations subject to

the compact or agreement, and shall include a determination of

comparable violations in each state if any such violations are of a

substantially similar nature but are not denominated or described in

precisely the same words in each party state.

c. The word "state" when used in this section shall mean any state,

territory, a possession of the United States, the District of Columbia

or any province of Canada.