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furnish such aid and assistance to each other within its
statutory authority as will aid in the proper enforcement
of this agreement.

(h) In any dispute between or among contracting
states arising under this agreement, the final decision
regarding interpretation of questions at issue relating
to this agreement shall be reached by joint action of the
contracting states, acting through the administrator
thereof, and shall upon determination be placed in
writing.

(i) Article and section heading contained herein
shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify, or in any
manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the
provisions of any article or part thereof.

(j) This agreement shall enter into force and
become binding between and among the contracting states
when enacted or otherwise entered into by any two states.
Thereafter, it shall enter into force and become binding
with respect to any state when enacted into law by such
state. If the statutes of any state so authorize or
provide, such state may become party to this agreement
upon the execution thereof by an executive or
administrative official thereof acting on behalf of and
for such state.

3-905.

(a) Any owner of a fleet may register the buses of
said fleet in any contracting state by paying to said
state total registration fees in an amount equal to that
obtained by applying the proportion of in—state fleet
miles divided by the total fleet miles, to the. total fees
which would otherwise be required for regular
registration of each and all of such vehicles in such
contracting state.

All fleet pro rata registration fees shall be based
upon the mileage proportions of the fleet during the
period of twelve months ending on August 31 next
preceding the commencement of the registration year for
which registration is sought: Except, that mileage
proportions for a fleet not operated during such period
in the state where application for registration is made
will be determined by the administrator upon the sworn
application of the applicant showing the operations
during such period in other states and the estimated
operations 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 proration of registration on the basis of a
fleet of buses consisting of a lesser number of vehicles