| | | 7.__Interstate commission.__"Interstate commission" means | | the Interstate Commission for Juveniles established in this | | subchapter. |
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| | | 8.__Juvenile.__"Juvenile" means any person defined as a | | juvenile in any member state or by the rules of the interstate | | commission, including: |
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| | | A.__An accused delinquent who is a person charged with an | | offense that, if committed by an adult, would be a | | criminal offense; |
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| | | B.__An adjudicated delinquent who is a person found to | | have committed an offense that, if committed by an adult, | | would be a criminal offense; |
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| | | C.__An accused status offender who is a person charged | | with an offense that would not be a criminal offense if | | committed by an adult; |
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| | | D.__An adjudicated status offender who is a person found | | to have committed an offense that would not be a criminal | | offense if committed by an adult; and |
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| | | E.__A nonoffender who is a person in need of supervision | | who has not been accused or adjudicated as a status | | offender or delinquent. |
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| | | 9.__Noncompacting state.__"Noncompacting state" means any | | state that has not enacted the enabling legislation for this | | compact. |
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| | | 10.__Probation or parole.__"Probation" or "parole" means any | | kind of supervision or conditional release of juveniles | | authorized under the laws of the compacting states. |
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| | | 11.__Rule.__"Rule" means a written statement by the | | interstate commission promulgated pursuant to section 9904 | | that is of general applicability; implements, interprets or | | prescribes a policy or provision of the compact or an | | organizational, procedural or practice requirement of the | | interstate commission; and has the force of statutory law in a | | compacting state, including the ability to amend, repeal or | | suspend an existing rule. |
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| | | 12.__State.__"State" means a state of the United States, the | | District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the | | U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern | | Marianas Islands. |
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