Arizona Arizona Revised Statutes

§ 8-361 — Adoption of interstate compact for juveniles

ARS § 8-361Title 8. Child Safety · Ch. 3. JUVENILE OFFENDERS · Art. 5. Interstate Compact for Juveniles

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8-361. Adoption of interstate compact for juveniles The governor is authorized and directed to enter into a compact on behalf of this state with any of the United States lawfully joined in the compact in a form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I PURPOSE A. This state and the other compacting states to this interstate compact recognize that each state is responsible for the proper supervision or return of juveniles, delinquents and status offenders who are on probation or parole and who have absconded, escaped or run away from supervision and control and in so doing who have endangered their own safety and the safety of others. The compacting states also recognize that Congress, by enacting the crime control act, 4 United States Code Section 112 (1965), has authorized and encouraged compacts for cooperative efforts and mutual assistance in the prevention of crime. B. It is the purpose of this compact, through means of joint and cooperative action among the compacting states, to do all of the following: 1. Ensure that adjudicated juveniles and status offenders who are subject to this compact are provided with adequate supervision and services in the receiving state as ordered by the adjudicating judge or parole authority in the sending state. 2. Ensure that the public safety interests of the citizens, including the victims of juvenile offenders, in both the sending and receiving states are adequately protected. 3. Return juveniles who have run away, absconded or escaped from supervision or control or have been accused of an offense to the state requesting their return. 4. Make contracts for the cooperative institutionalization in public facilities in member states for delinquent youth who need special services. 5. Provide for the effective tracking and supervision of juveniles. 6. Equitably distribute the costs, benefits and obligations of the compact among the compacting states. 7. Establish procedures to manage the movement between states of juvenile offenders who are released to the community under the jurisdiction of courts, juvenile departments or any other criminal or juvenile justice agency that has jurisdiction over juvenile offenders. 8. Ensure immediate notice to jurisdictions where defined offenders are authorized to travel or to relocate across state lines. 9. Establish procedures to resolve pending charges or detainers against juvenile offenders before transfer or release to the community under the terms of this compact. 10. Establish a system of uniform data collection pertaining to juveniles who are subject to this compact that allows access by authorized criminal justice officials and regular reporting of compact activities to heads of state executive, judicial and legislative branches and criminal justice administrators. 11. Monitor compliance with rules governing interstate movement of juveniles and initiate interventions to address and correct noncompliance. 12. Coordinate training and education regarding the regulation of interstate movement of juveniles for officials involved in such activity. 13. Coordinate the implementation and operation of the compact with the interstate compact for the placement of children, the interstate compact for the supervision of adult offenders and other compacts that affect juveniles, particularly in those cases where concurrent or overlapping supervision issues arise. C. It is the policy of the compacting states that the activities that are conducted by the interstate commission created under this compact are the formation of public policies and therefore are public business. Furthermore, the compacting states shall cooperate and observe their individual and collective duties and responsibilities for the prompt return and acceptance of juveniles who are subject to the provisions of this compact. The provisions of this compact shall be reasonably and liberally construed to accomplish the purposes and policies of the compact. ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: 1. "Bylaws" mean those bylaws established by the interstate commission for its governance or for directing or controlling the interstate commission's actions or conduct. 2. "Commissioner" means the voting representative of each compacting state who is appointed pursuant to Article III of this compact. 3. "Compact administrator" means the individual in each compacting state who is appointed pursuant to the terms of this compact and who is responsible for the administration and management of the state's supervision and transfer of juveniles who are 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 that has enacted the enabling legislation for this compact. 5. "Court" means any court that has jurisdiction over delinquent, neglected or dependent children. 6. "Deputy compact administrator" means the individual, if any, in each compacting state who is appointed to act on behalf of a compact administrator pursuant to the terms of this compact and who is responsible for the administration and management of the state's supervision and transfer of juveniles who are subject to the terms of this compact, the rules adopted by the interstate commission and policies adopted by the state council under this compact. 7. "Interstate commission" means the interstate commission for juveniles established by this compact. 8. "Juvenile" means any person who is defined as a juvenile in any member state or by the rules of the interstate commission, including:

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