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.

3.__Commissioner.__"Commissioner" means the voting representative of each compacting state appointed pursuant to section 9873.

4.__Compact administrator.__"Compact administrator" means the individual in each compacting state appointed pursuant to the terms of this compact responsible for the administration and management of the state's supervision and transfer of offenders subject to the terms of this compact, the rules adopted by the interstate commission and policies adopted by the state council under this compact.

5.__Compacting state.__"Compacting state" means any state that has enacted the enabling legislation for this compact.

6.__Interstate commission.__"Interstate commission" means the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision established in this subchapter.

7.__Member.__"Member" means the commissioner of a compacting state or a designee who is a person officially connected with the commissioner.