9.__Offender.__"Offender" means an adult placed under, or subject to, supervision as the result of the commission of a criminal offense and released to the community under the jurisdiction of courts, paroling authorities or corrections or other criminal justice agencies.

10.__Person.__"Person" means any individual, corporation, business enterprise or other legal entity, either public or private.

11.__Rules.__"Rules" means acts of the interstate commission, duly promulgated pursuant to section 9878, substantially affecting interested parties in addition to the interstate commission that have the force and effect of law in the compacting states.

12.__State.__"State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia and any other territorial possession of the United States.

13.__State council.__"State council" means the resident members of the State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision created by each state under section 9874.

§9873.__Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision--

Article 3

1.__Commission created.__The compacting states hereby create the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision.__The interstate commission is a body corporate and joint agency of the compacting states. The interstate 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 selected and appointed by the state council for each 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.__These noncommissioner members must include a member of the