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12-51-502. Compacting states, effective date, and amendment.
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12-51-502. Compacting states, effective date, and amendment.
(a)(1) Any state, as defined in Article II of this compact, i.e., § 12-51-102, is eligible to become a compacting state.
(2) The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than thirty-five (35) of the states.
(3) The initial effective date shall be the later of July 1, 2001, or upon enactment into law by the thirty-fifth jurisdiction. Thereafter it shall become effective and binding, as to any other compacting state, upon enactment of the compact into law by that state.
(4) The governors of nonmember states or their designees will be invited to participate in Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision activities on a nonvoting basis prior to adoption of the compact by all states and territories of the United States.
(b)(1) Amendments to the compact may be proposed by the interstate commission for enactment by the compacting states.
(2) No amendment shall become effective and binding upon the interstate commission and the compacting states unless and until it is enacted into law by unanimous consent of the compacting states.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-51-502
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12-51-502. Compacting states, effective date, and amendment.
(a)(1) Any state, as defined in Article II of this compact, i.e., § 12-51-102, is eligible to become a compacting state.
(2) The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than thirty-five (35) of the states.
(3) The initial effective date shall be the later of July 1, 2001, or upon enactment into law by the thirty-fifth jurisdiction. Thereafter it shall become effective and binding, as to any other compacting state, upon enactment of the compact into law by that state.
(4) The governors of nonmember states or their designees will be invited to participate in Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision activities on a nonvoting basis prior to adoption of the compact by all states and territories of the United States.
(b)(1) Amendments to the compact may be proposed by the interstate commission for enactment by the compacting states.
(2) No amendment shall become effective and binding upon the interstate commission and the compacting states unless and until it is enacted into law by unanimous consent of the compacting states.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
12-51-102. Definitions.
As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction:
(1) “Adult” means both individuals legally classified as adults and juveniles treated as adults by court order, statute, or operation of law;
(2) “Bylaws” mean those bylaws established by the interstate commission for its governance, or for directing or controlling the interstate commission's actions or conduct;
(3) “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;
(4) “Compacting state” means any state which has enacted the enabling legislation for this compact;
(5) “Commissioner” means the voting representative of each compacting state appointed pursuant to Article III of this compact, i.e., § 12-51-103;
(6) “Interstate commission” means the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision established by this compact;
(7) “Member” means the commissioner of a compacting state or designee, who shall be a person officially connected with the commissioner;
(8) “Noncompacting state” means any state which has not enacted the enabling legislation for this compact;
(9) “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, corrections, or other criminal justice agencies;
(10) “Person” means any individual, corporation, business enterprise, or other legal entity, either public or priv
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-51-102
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 12-51-102. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.