MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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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 contracting 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 proportional
registration provisions, (4) in states with which such
contracting state has reciprocity, and (5) in such other
states as the administrator determines should be included
under the circumstances in order to protect or promote
the interests 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 pursuant 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)    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 required license plates, registration cards
and identification shall be appropriately displayed in
the manner required by or pursuant to the laws of each