A. A participating state shall recognize the suspension of license privileges of a person by another participating state as though the violation resulting in the suspension:
(1) had occurred in the home state; and
(2) could have been the basis of the suspension of license privileges in the home state.
B. A participating state shall communicate suspension information to other participating states in the form and with the content as contained in the compact manual.
History: Laws 2001, ch. 101, § 6.
ANNOTATIONS"Revocation" and "suspension" construed. — Where the New Mexico department of game and fish (department) denied respondent's application for a New Mexico outfitter's license pursuant to 17-2A-3(C)(2) NMSA 1978, which precludes an individual from working as a registered outfitter if the person has had a guide or outfitter license revoked in another state, and where the district court reversed the decision of the department, finding that the department applied an inapplicable section of 17-2A-3 NMSA 1978 and violated the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact, 11-16-1 to -12 NMSA 1978, the district court did not err in reversing the department's decision, because the evidence in this case established that the actions of the Arizona commission on which the department relied to deny respondent a license are akin to a suspension, rather than a revocation, and therefore the department erroneously applied 17-2A-3(C)(2) NMSA 1978. An applicant whose license has been taken away for a specified period of time or until the applicant comes into compliance with the requirements established by game and fish is subject to the provision of 17-2A-3(C)(3) NMSA 1978. N.M. Dep't of Game & Fish v. Rawlings, 2019-NMCA-018.
Effective dates. — Laws 2001, ch. 101, § 13 made the Wildlife Violator Compact effective July 1, 2001.