55-12-102 - Article 2 -- Definitions.
55-12-102. Article 2 -- Definitions.
As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction:
(1) "By-laws" means those by-laws established by the Interstate Commission for itsgovernance, or for directing or controlling its actions or conduct.
(2) "Compact Administrator" means the individual in each compacting state appointedpursuant to the terms of this compact, responsible for the administration and management of thestate's supervision and transfer of juveniles subject to the terms of this compact, the rules adoptedby the Interstate Commission, and policies adopted by the State Council under this compact.
(3) "Compacting State" means any state which has enacted the enabling legislation forthis compact.
(4) "Commissioner" means the voting representative of each compacting state appointedpursuant to Section 55-12-103.
(5) "Court" means any court having jurisdiction over delinquent, neglected, or dependentchildren.
(6) "Deputy Compact Administrator" means the individual, if any, in each compactingstate appointed to act on behalf of a Compact Administrator pursuant to the terms of thiscompact responsible for the administration and management of the state's supervision andtransfer of juveniles subject to the terms of this compact, the rules adopted by the InterstateCommission, and policies adopted by the State Council under this compact.
(7) "Interstate Commission" or "commission" means the Interstate Commission forJuveniles created by Section 55-12-103.
(8) "Juvenile" means any person defined as a juvenile in any member state or by the rulesof the Interstate Commission, including:
(a) "accused delinquent" meaning a person charged with an offense that, if committed byan adult, would be a criminal offense;
(b) "accused status offender" meaning a person charged with an offense that would notbe a criminal offense if committed by an adult;
(c) "adjudicated delinquent" meaning a person found to have committed an offense that,if committed by an adult, would be a criminal offense;
(d) "adjudicated status offender" meaning a person found to have committed an offensethat would not be a criminal offense if committed by an adult; and
(e) "nonoffender" meaning a person in need of supervision who has not been accused oradjudicated a status offender or delinquent.
(9) "Noncompacting state" means any state which has not enacted the enablinglegislation for this compact.
(10) "Probation or Parole" means any kind of supervision or conditional release ofjuveniles authorized under the laws of the compacting states.
(11) "Rule" means a written statement by the Interstate Commission promulgatedpursuant to Section 55-12-106 that is of general applicability, implements, interprets, orprescribes a policy or provision of the compact, or an organizational, procedural, or practicerequirement of the Commission, and has the force and effect of statutory law in a compactingstate, and includes the amendment, repeal, or suspension of an existing rule.
(12) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, theCommonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and theNorthern Marianas Islands.
Enacted by Chapter 155, 2005 General Session