CHAPTER 495

H.P. 254 - L.D. 311

An Act to Adopt a New Interstate Compact Regarding Adults

Who are on Probation and Parole

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA c. 9, sub-c. 6 is enacted to read:

SUBCHAPTER 6

INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR ADULT

OFFENDER SUPERVISION

§9871.__Short title--Article 1

This subchapter may be known and cited as the "Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision."

§9872.__Definitions--Article 2

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1.__Adult.__"Adult" means both an individual legally classified as an adult and a juvenile treated as an adult by court order, statute or operation of law.

2.__Bylaws.__"Bylaws" means those bylaws established by the interstate commission for its governance or for directing or controlling the interstate commission's actions or conduct.