Maine Revised Statutes
Subchapter 3: INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT
34-A §9402. Definitions--Article II

§9402. Definitions--Article II
As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:   [PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).]
1.  Inmate.  "Inmate" means a male or female offender who is committed, under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional institution;  
[PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).]
2.  Institution.  "Institution" means any penal or correctional facility, including, but not limited to, a facility for the mentally ill or mentally defective, in which inmates, as defined in subsection 1, may lawfully be confined;  
[PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).]
3.  Receiving state.  "Receiving state" means a state party to this compact to which an inmate is sent for confinement other than a state in which conviction or court commitment was had;  
[PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).]
4.  Sending state.  "Sending state" means a state party to this compact in which conviction or court commitment was had; and  
[PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).]
5.  State.  "State" means a state of the United States, the United States of America, a territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.  
[PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).

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