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      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.