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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-A, § 9202: Definitions--Article II, 1983

This section defines terms used in the compact.

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Year 1983
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Enacted 1983 · Source version 1 Oct 2025
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This section defines terms used in the compact.

As used in this compact, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [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. [PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).] 5. State. "State" means a state of the United States, located in New England, to wit, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. [PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).]
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