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(c) It is the intent of this compact to emphasize performance
requirements and not to determine the specific detail of engineering
in the manufacture of vehicles or equipment except to the extent
necessary for the meeting of such performance requirements.

§ 12-503. Article II. Definitions.
As used in this compact:

(1)    "Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any per-
son or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway,
excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon
stationary rails or tracks.

(2)    "State" means a state, territory or possession of the United
States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico.

(3)    "Equipment" means any part of a vehicle or any accessory
for use thereon which affects the safety of operation of such vehicle
or the safety of the occupants.

§ 12-504. Article III. The Commission.

(a)    There is hereby created an agency of the party states to
be known as the "Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission" herein-
after called the Commission. The Commission shall be composed of
one commissioner from each party state who shall be appointed,
serve and, be subject to removal in accordance with the laws of the
state which he represents. If authorized by the laws of his party
state, a commissioner may provide for the discharge of his duties
and the performance of his functions on the Commission, either for
the duration of his membership or for any lesser period of time,
by an alternate. No such alternate shall be entitled to serve unless
notification of his identity and appointment shall have been given
to the Commission in such form as the Commission may require.
Each commissioner, and each alternate, when serving in the place
and stead of a commissioner, shall be entitled to be reimbursed by
the Commission for expenses actually incurred in attending Com-
mission meetings or while engaged in the business of the Commission.

(b)    The commissioners shall be entitled to one vote each on
the Commission. No action of the Commission shall be binding un-
less taken at a meeting at which a majority of the total number
of votes on the Commission are cast in favor thereof. Action of the
Commission shall be only at a meeting at which a majority of the
commissioners, or their alternates, are present.

(c)    The Commission shall have a seal.

(d)    The Commission shall elect annually, from among its mem-
bers, a chairman, a vice chairman and a treasurer. The Commission
may appoint an Executive Director and fix his duties and compensa-
tion. Such Executive Director shall serve at the pleasure of the
Commission, and together with the Treasurer shall be bonded in
such amount as the Commission shall determine. The Executive
Director also shall serve as secretary. If there be no Executive
Director, the Commission shall elect a Secretary in addition to the
other officers provided by this subdivision.