Marvin Mandel, Governor                          1371

application for registration is made will be determined by the ad-
ministrator upon the sworn application of the applicant showing the
operations during such period in other states and the estimated oper-
ations during the registration year for which registrations is sought,
in the state in which application is being made; or if no operations
were conducted during such period a full statement of the proposed
method of operation.

If any buses operate in two or more states which permit the pro-
ration of registration on the basis of a fleet of buses consisting of a
lesser number of vehicles than provided in Article II(g), such fleet
may be prorated as to registration in such states in which event the
buses in such fleet shall not be required to register in any other con-
tracting states if each such vehicle is registered in some contracting
state except to the extent it is exempt from registration as provided
in Article III (b).

If the administrator of any state determines, based on his method
of the operation thereof, that the inclusion of a bus or buses as a
part of a fleet would adversely affect the proper fleet fee which should
be paid to his state, having due regard for fairness and equity, he
may refuse to permit any or all of such buses to be included in his
state as a part of such fleet.

(b)    Total fleet miles, with respect to each contracting state,
shall mean the total miles operated by the fleet (1) in such state,
(2) in all other contracting states, (3) in other states having pro-
portional registration provisions, (4) in states with which such con-
tracting state has reciprocity, and (5) in such other states as the
administrator determines should be included under the circum-
stances in order to protect or promote the interest of his state,'
except that in states having laws requiring proration on the basis
of a different determination of total fleet miles, total fleet miles shall
be determined on such basis.

(c)    If a bus is operated by a person other than the owner as a
part of a fleet which is subject to the provisions of this article, then
the operator of such fleet shall be deemed to be the owner of said
bus for the purposes of this article.

(d)    Upon the registration of a fleet in a contracting state pur-
suant to this article, each bus in the fleet may be operated in both
interstate and intrastate operations in such state except as provided
in Article III (e).

(e)    The application for proration of registration shall be made
in each contracting state upon substantially the application forms
and supplements authorized by joint action of the administrators of
the contracting states.

(f)    Issuance of Identification. Upon registration of a fleet, the
state which is the base state of a particular bus of the fleet shall
issue the required license plates and registration card for such bus
and each contracting state in which the fleet (of which such bus is a
part) operates shall issue upon payment of a $2.00 fee a special
identification identifying such bus as a part of a fleet which has fully
complied with the registration requirements of such state. The re-
quired license plates, registration cards and identification shall be
appropriately displayed in the manner required by or pursuant to the
laws of each respective state.