Definitions applicable to driver license agreement

As used in sections 14-111h to 14-111q, inclusive, the following terms and their derivatives have the following meanings: (1) “Administrative action” means a final determination by a duly authorized administrative agency that a person has violated laws related to the operation of a motor vehicle, or that a person is incapable of safely operating a motor vehicle; (2) “Citation” means any summons, complaint or other official document issued to a person by a duly authorized law enforcement officer or judicial official for any violation relating to conduct to be reported under the driver license agreement; (3) “Conviction” has the meaning provided in section 14-1 and includes a judgment by default, or in absentia; (4) “Driver control record” means the driving history record maintained by the jurisdiction of record in accordance with the driver license agreement; (5) “Failure to comply” means failure to appear or to answer a citation in the manner required by law or the failure to pay fines, penalties or costs related to the disposition of the violation for which the citation has been issued; (6) “Identification card” means a nondriver identity card issued in accordance with the provisions of section 1-1h; (7) “Jurisdiction” means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, a territory or province of Canada or any state of the Republic of Mexico or the federal district of Mexico; (8) “Jurisdiction of record” means the jurisdiction that has issued the last driver's license to a person or, if the person has not been issued a driver's license, the jurisdiction of the person's most current address, as shown on the citation, or record of conviction or on any associated report; (9) “License”, “driver's license” or “operator's license” means an authorization or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in accordance with the laws of a jurisdiction that is recognized by all member jurisdictions; (10) “Licensing authority” means the official organization or entity responsible for administering the driver licensing laws of a member jurisdiction, and with reference to this state, means the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles; (11) “Member jurisdiction” means a jurisdiction that has entered into the driver license agreement; and (12) “Withdrawal” means the suspension, revocation, cancellation or denial of a license or motor vehicle registration or of the privilege to operate a motor vehicle or to obtain a license or registration.