Title 12 — Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs

(a) The compacting states to this interstate compact recognize that each state is responsible for the supervision of adult offenders in the community who are authorized pursuant to the bylaws and rules of this compact to travel across state lines both to and from each compacting …

(1) As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction:(1) “Adult” means both individuals legally classified as adults and juveniles treated as adults by court order, statute, or operation of law;(2) “Bylaws” mean those bylaws established by the…

(a) (a) (1) The compacting states hereby create the “Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision”.(2) The interstate commission shall be a body corporate and joint agency of the compacting states.(3) The interstate commission shall have all the responsibilities, powers, …

(a) An Arkansas State Council for the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision is created, which shall consist of the following members:(1) One (1) nonelected person, chosen from a list of five (5) names submitted by the Director of the Division of Community Correctio…

(1) The Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision shall have the following powers:(1) To adopt a seal and suitable bylaws governing the management and operation of the interstate commission;(2) To promulgate rules which shall have the force and effect of statutory law …

(1) The Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision shall, by a majority of the members, within twelve (12) months of the first interstate commission meeting, adopt bylaws to govern its conduct as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the compact, …

(a) (1) The Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision shall, by a majority of the members, elect from among its members a chair and a vice chair, each of whom shall have such authorities and duties as may be specified in the bylaws.(2) The chair or, in his or her absen…

The Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision shall maintain its corporate books and records in accordance with the bylaws.

(a) (1) The members, officers, executive director, and employees of the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision shall be immune from suit and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for any claim for damage to or loss of property or personal injur…

(a) The Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision shall meet and take such actions as are consistent with the provisions of this compact. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this compact and unless a greater percentage is required by the bylaws, in order to constitute …

(a) The Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision shall promulgate rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purposes of the compact including transition rules governing administration of the compact during the period in which it is being considered and…

(a) The Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision shall oversee the interstate movement of adult offenders in the compacting states and shall monitor such activities being administered in noncompacting states which may significantly affect compacting states. (b) The co…

(a) The compacting states shall report to the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision on issues or activities of concern to them, and cooperate with and support the interstate commission in the discharge of its duties and responsibilities. (b) The interstate commissi…

The Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision in the reasonable exercise of its discretion shall enforce the provisions of this compact using any or all means set forth in Article XII, Section B, i.e., § 12-51-602, of this compact.

(a) The Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision shall pay or provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization, and ongoing activities. (b) (1) The interstate commission shall levy on and collect an annual assessment from each comp…

(a) (1) Any state, as defined in Article II of this compact, i.e., § 12-51-102, is eligible to become a compacting state.(2) The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than thirty-five (35) of the states.(3) The in…

(a) Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every compacting state; provided, that a compacting state may withdraw from the compact as a “withdrawing state” by enacting a statute specifically repealing the statute which enacted the com…

(a) If the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision determines that any compacting state has at any time defaulted as a “defaulting state” in the performance of any of its obligations or responsibilities under this compact, the bylaws, or any duly promulgated rules, t…

(a) The Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision may, by majority vote of the members, initiate legal action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or, at the discretion of the interstate commission, in the Federal District where the intersta…

(a) The compact dissolves effective upon the date of the withdrawal or default of the compacting state which reduces membership in the compact to one (1) compacting state. (b) Upon the dissolution of this compact, the compact becomes null and void and shall be of no further force…

(a) The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be enforceable. (b) The provisions of this compact shall be liberally constructed to effectuate its purp…

(a) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a compacting state that is not inconsistent with this compact. (b) All compacting states' laws conflicting with this compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict.

(a) All lawful actions of the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision, including all rules and bylaws promulgated by the interstate commission, are binding upon the compacting states. (b) All agreements between the interstate commission and the compacting states are …

A fine, fee, or cost that may be levied against the state under the interstate compact under this chapter shall be paid by the entity that either failed to meet the obligation or responsibility of the interstate compact or failed to comply with a bylaw or rule of the Interstate C…