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Ch.3
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2007 Laws of Maryland
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Defined term: "State" § 9-303
9-302. EXECUTION OF COMPACT, ADDITIONAL ARTICLE, AND AMENDMENTS.
ON BEHALF OF THIS STATE, THE GOVERNOR SHALL EXECUTE WITH ANY OTHER
STATE OR STATES LEGALLY JOINING IN IT:
(1) AN INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES SUBSTANTIALLY AS IT
APPEARS IN § 9-303 OF THIS SUBTITLE;
(2) AN ADDITIONAL ARTICLE TO THE COMPACT SUBSTANTIALLY AS IT
APPEARS IN § 9-304 OF THIS SUBTITLE; AND
(3) AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPACT SUBSTANTIALLY AS THEY APPEAR
IN § 9-305 OF THIS SUBTITLE.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 83C, § 3-102.
The only changes are in style and cross-references.
Defined term: "State" § 9-303
9-303. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES.
THE CONTRACTING STATES SOLEMNLY AGREE:
ARTICLE I — FINDINGS AND PURPOSES
THAT JUVENILES WHO ARE NOT UNDER PROPER SUPERVISION AND CONTROL,
OR WHO HAVE ABSCONDED, ESCAPED, OR RUN AWAY, ARE LIKELY TO ENDANGER
THEIR OWN HEALTH, MORALS, AND WELFARE, AND THE HEALTH, MORALS, AND
WELFARE OF OTHERS. THE COOPERATION OF THE STATES PARTY TO THIS COMPACT
IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO PROVIDE FOR THE WELFARE AND PROTECTION OF
JUVENILES AND OF THE PUBLIC WITH RESPECT TO (1) COOPERATIVE SUPERVISION
OF DELINQUENT JUVENILES ON PROBATION OR PAROLE; (2) THE RETURN, FROM ONE
STATE TO ANOTHER, OF DELINQUENT JUVENILES WHO HAVE ESCAPED OR
ABSCONDED; (3) THE RETURN, FROM ONE STATE TO ANOTHER, OF NON-DELINQUENT
JUVENILES WHO HAVE RUN AWAY FROM HOME; AND (4) ADDITIONAL MEASURES FOR
THE PROTECTION OF JUVENILES AND OF THE PUBLIC, WHICH ANY TWO OR MORE OF
THE PARTY STATES MAY FIND DESIRABLE TO UNDERTAKE COOPERATIVELY. IN
CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS COMPACT THE PARTY STATES SHALL BE
GUIDED BY THE NONCRIMINAL, REFORMATIVE, AND PROTECTIVE POLICIES WHICH
GUIDE THEIR LAWS CONCERNING DELINQUENT, NEGLECTED, OR DEPENDENT
JUVENILES GENERALLY. IT SHALL BE THE POLICY OF THE STATES PARTY TO THIS
COMPACT TO COOPERATE AND OBSERVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR
THE PROMPT RETURN AND ACCEPTANCE OF JUVENILES AND DELINQUENT
JUVENILES WHO BECOME SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS COMPACT. THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS COMPACT SHALL BE REASONABLY AND LIBERALLY CONSTRUED
TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOREGOING PURPOSES.
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