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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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Former Art. 83C, § 2-119.1, which created the Charles H. Hickey, Jr. School
Citizen's Advisory Committee, and which terminated July 1, 1991, is deleted as
obsolete.
SUBTITLE 3. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES.
9-301. FINDINGS; 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) DEFINITION OF "PERSON".
(1) IN THIS SUBTITLE, "PERSON" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL.
(2) "PERSON" DOES NOT INCLUDE A RECEIVER, TRUSTEE, GUARDIAN,
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, FIDUCIARY, REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY KIND,
PARTNERSHIP, FIRM, ASSOCIATION, CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 83C, § 3-101.
In subsection (c) of this section, the definition of the term "person" is
substituted for former Art. 83C, § 3-101(c), which provided that the
"definitions of the word 'person' in § 1-101 of this article and Art. 1, § 15 of
the Code do not apply to this title", for clarity.
As to the general policy of the Human Services Article Review Committee
concerning changes to interstate compacts, see General Revisor's Note to
subtitle.
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