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.

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.

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.

13.__State council.__"State council" means the resident members of the state council for interstate juvenile supervision created by each state under section 9909.

§9903.__Interstate Commission for Juveniles -- Article 3

1.__Commission created.__The compacting states hereby create the Interstate Commission for Juveniles.__The commission is a body corporate and joint agency of the compacting states.__The commission has all the responsibilities, powers and duties set forth in this section, including the power to sue and be sued, and such additional powers as may be conferred upon it by subsequent action of the respective legislatures of the compacting states in accordance with the terms of this compact.

2.__Commissioners.__The interstate commission consists of commissioners appointed by the appropriate appointing authority in each state pursuant to the rules and requirements of each compacting state and in consultation with the state council.__The commissioner is the compact administrator, deputy compact administrator or designee from that state who serves on the interstate commission in such capacity under or pursuant to the applicable law of the compacting state.

3.__Noncommissioner members.__In addition to the commissioners who are the voting representatives of each state, the interstate commission includes individuals who are not commissioners but who are members of interested organizations.__