J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1169

(d)   The Commission shall send prompt notice of its action in
issuing any rule, regulation or code pursuant to this Article to the
appropriate motor vehicle agency of each party state and such notice
shall contain the complete text of the rule, regulation or code.

(e)  If the constitution of a party state requires, or if its statutes
provide, the approval of the legislature by appropriate resolution
or act may be made a condition precedent to the taking effect in
such party state of any rule, regulation or code. In such event, the
commissioner of such party state shall submit any Commission rule,
regulation or code to the legislature as promptly as may be in lieu
of administrative acceptance or rejection thereof by the party state.

(f)  Except as otherwise specifically provided in or pursuant to
subdivisions (e) and (g) of this Article, the appropriate motor
vehicle agency of a party state shall in accordance with its constitu-
tion or procedural laws adopt the rule, regulation or code within six
months of the sending of the notice, and, upon such adoption, the
rule, regulation or code shall have the force and effect of law therein.

(g)  The appropriate motor vehicle agency of a party state may
decline to adopt a rule, regulation or code issued by the Commission
pursuant to this Article if such agency specifically finds, after public
hearing on due notice, that a variation from the Commission's rule,
regulation or code is necessary to the public safety, and incorporates
in such finding the reasons upon which it is based. Any such finding
shall be subject to review by such procedure for review of administra-
tive determinations as may be applicable pursuant to the laws of the
party state. Upon request, the Commission shall be furnished with
a copy of the transcript of any hearings held pursuant to this
subdivision.

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ARTICLE VI
Finance

(a)   The Commission shall submit to the executive head or desig-
nated officer or officers of each party state a budget of its estimated
expenditures for such period as may be required by the laws of
that party state for presentation to the legislature thereof.

(b)  Each of the Commission's budgets of estimated expenditures
shall contain specific recommendations of the amount or amounts to
be appropriated by each of the party states. The total amount of
appropriations under any such budget shall be apportioned among
the party states as follows: one-third in equal shares; and the
remainder in proportion to the number of motor vehicles registered
in each party state. In determining the number of such registrations,
the Commission may employ such source or sources of information
as? in its judgment present PRESENTS the most equitable and accu-
rate comparisons among the party states. Each of the Commission's
budgets of estimated expenditures and requests for appropriations
shall indicate the source or sources used in obtaining information
concerning vehicular registrations.

(c)  The Commission shall not pledge the credit of any party state.
The Commission may meet any of its obligations in whole or in part
with funds available to it under Article III (h) of this compact,