HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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SUBTITLE 3. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES.

6-301. FINDINGS AS TO JUVENILES; POLICY; DEFINITION.

(A)  FINDINGS.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS THAT:

(1)  JUVENILES WHO ARE NOT UNDER PROPER
SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OR WHO ABSCOND, ESCAPE, OR RUN AWAY
ARE LIKELY TO ENDANGER THE HEALTH, MORALS, AND WELFARE OF
THEMSELVES AND OTHERS; AND

(2)  COOPERATION OF THIS STATE WITH OTHER STATES
IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE FOR THE WELFARE AND PROTECTION OF
JUVENILES AND OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE.

(B)  POLICY.

IT IS THE POLICY OF THIS STATE, IN ADOPTING THE
INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES, TO COOPERATE FULLY WITH
OTHER STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPACT:

(1)  TO RETURN JUVENILES TO OTHER STATES IF THEIR
RETURN IS SOUGHT; AND

(2)  TO INITIATE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE RETURN OF A
JUVENILE AND ACCEPT THE RETURN OF A JUVENILE, IF A JUVENILE
RESIDING IN THIS STATE IS FOUND OR APPREHENDED IN ANOTHER
STATE.

(C)  INAPPLICABILITY OF DEFINITION OF "PERSON".

THE DEFINITIONS OF THE WORD "PERSON" IN § 1-101 OF THIS
ARTICLE AND ARTICLE 1, § 15 OF THE CODE DO NOT APPLY TO THIS
SUBTITLE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsections (a) and (b) of this section
formerly appeared as Article 41, § 387.

Subsection (c) of this section is new language
added because, in the Interstate Compact on
Juveniles, the word "person" is used to mean an
individual. The definitions of "person" in §
1-101 of this article and Article 1, § 15 of the
Code are much broader.

The only other changes are in style.

Defined term: "State" § 1-101

6-302. EXECUTION OF COMPACT, ADDITIONAL ARTICLE, AND
AMENDMENTS.