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its own registration, license or other fixed fees, then said Commis-
sioner may, by agreement, adopt such exemption with respect to
vehicles of such fleets, whether owned by residents or nonresidents
of this State and regardless of where based. Such agreements, under
such terms, conditions or restrictions as the Commissioner deems
proper, may provide that owners of vehicles operated in interstate
or combined interstate and intrastate commerce in this State shall
be permitted to pay registration, license or other fixed fees on an
apportionment basis, commensurate with and determined by the
miles traveled on and the use made of the highways of this State as
compared with the use made of the highways of other jurisdictions
or any other equitable basis of apportionment. No such agreement
shall authorize, or be construed as authorizing, any vehicle so regis-
tered to be operated in intrastate commerce in this State. The
Commissioner may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations
as he shall deem necessary to effectuate and administer the provi-
sions of this subsection, and the registration of fleet vehicles under
this section shall be subject to the rights, terms and conditions
granted by or contained in any applicable agreement, arrangement
or declaration made by the Commissioner.

(f)    Declarations of extent of reciprocity.—In the absence of an
agreement or arrangement with another jurisdiction, the Commis-
sioner may examine the laws and, requirements of such jurisdiction
and declare the extent and nature of exemptions, benefits and
privileges to be extended to vehicles properly registered or licensed
in such other jurisdiction, or to the owners of such vehicles, which
shall, in the judgment of the Commissioner, be in the best interest
of this State and the citizens thereof, and which shall be fair and
equitable to this State and the citizens thereof, and all of the same
shall be determined on the basis and recognition of the benefits which
accrue to the economy of this State from the uninterrupted flow of
commerce.

(g)    Extension of reciprocal privileges to lessees authorized.—
An agreement or arrangement entered into, or a declaration issued
under the authority of this act, may contain provisions under
which a leased vehicle properly registered by the lessor thereof may
be entitled, subject to terms and conditions stated therein, to the
exemptions, benefits and privileges extended by such agreement, ar-
rangement or declaration.

(h) Automatic reciprocity.—After the effective date of this act,
if no agreement, arrangement or declaration is in effect with respect
to another jurisdiction as authorized by this section, any vehicle
properly registered or licensed in such other jurisdiction, and for
which evidence of compliance is supplied, shall receive, when operated
in this State, the same exemptions, benefits and privileges granted
by such other jurisdictions to vehicles properly registered in this
State. Reciprocity extended under this subsection shall apply to
commercial vehicles only when engaged exclusively in interstate
commerce.

(i) Proportional registration not exclusive.—Nothing contained
in this section relating to proportional registration of fleet vehicles
shall be construed as requiring any vehicle to be proportionally
registered if it is otherwise registered in this State for the operation
in which it is engaged, including but not by way of limitation,