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scientifically sound safety features and their incorporation into
vehicles.

(b)  The purposes of this Compact are to:

(1)  Promote uniformity in regulation of and standards
for equipment.

(2)  Secure uniformity of law and administrative
practice in vehicular regulation and related safety standards to
permit incorporation of desirable equipment changes in vehicles
in the interest of greater traffic safety.

(3)  To provide means for the encouragement and
utilization of research which will facilitate the achievement of
the foregoing purposes, with due regard for the findings set
forth in subdivision (a) of this article.

(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.

ARTICLE II
Definitions

As used in this Compact:

(1)  "Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which
any person 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.

ARTICLE III
The Commission

(a) There is hereby created an agency of the party states
to be known as the "Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission"
hereinafter 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