(4) REPORT TO THE APPROPRIATE PARTICIPATING STATE, AS PROVIDED
IN THE COMPACT MANUAL, A CONVICTION RECORDED AGAINST A PERSON WHOSE
HOME STATE WAS NOT THE ISSUING STATE;

(5) ALLOW THE HOME STATE TO RECOGNIZE AND TREAT CONVICTIONS
RECORDED AGAINST ITS RESIDENTS THAT OCCURRED IN A PARTICIPATING STATE AS
THOUGH THEY HAD OCCURRED IN THE HOME STATE;

(6) EXTEND COOPERATION TO ITS FULLEST EXTENT AMONG THE
PARTICIPATING STATES FOR ENFORCING COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF A
WILDLIFE CITATION ISSUED IN ONE PARTICIPATING STATE TO A RESIDENT OF
ANOTHER PARTICIPATING STATE;

(7) MAXIMIZE EFFECTIVE USE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AND
INFORMATION; AND

(8) ASSIST COURT SYSTEMS IN THE EFFICIENT DISPOSITION OF
WILDLIFE VIOLATIONS.

(C) THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMPACT IS TO:

(1) PROVIDE A MEANS THROUGH WHICH PARTICIPATING STATES MAY
JOIN IN A RECIPROCAL PROGRAM TO EFFECTUATE THE POLICIES ENUMERATED IN
SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS ARTICLE IN A UNIFORM AND ORDERLY MANNER; AND

(2) PROVIDE FOR THE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL TREATMENT OF WILDLIFE
VIOLATORS OPERATING WITHIN PARTICIPATING STATES IN RECOGNITION OF
VIOLATORS' RIGHTS TO DUE PROCESS AND THE SOVEREIGN STATUS OF A
PARTICIPATING STATE.

ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS

AS USED FN THIS COMPACT, UNLESS THE CONTEXT REQUIRES OTHERWISE, THE
FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED:

(A) "CITATION" MEANS A SUMMONS, COMPLAINT, SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT,
TICKET, PENALTY ASSESSMENT, OR OTHER OFFICIAL DOCUMENT ISSUED TO A
PERSON BY A WILDLIFE OFFICER OR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR A
WILDLIFE VIOLATION THAT CONTAINS AN ORDER REQUIRING THE PERSON TO
RESPOND.

(B) "COLLATERAL" MEANS CASH OR OTHER SECURITY DEPOSITED TO SECURE
AN APPEARANCE FOR TRIAL IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE BY A WILDLIFE
OFFICER OR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF A CITATION FOR A WILDLIFE
VIOLATION.

(C) "COMPLIANCE" WITH RESPECT TO A CITATION MEANS THE ACT OF
ANSWERING A CITATION THROUGH AN APPEARANCE IN A COURT OR TRIBUNAL, OR
THROUGH THE PAYMENT OF FINES, COSTS, AND SURCHARGES, IF ANY.